Kash Patel-Linked Apparel Store Goes Dark After Pushing Crypto-Stealing Malware
User losses weren’t immediately clear.
Google goes for the glitter with disco-ball icons: ‘Are y’all sure you still want this?’
You can now disco ball-ify your entire Pixel homescreen, says Google.
This Tiny Open-Source AI Started Gaming Tests When Put Under Pressure
Abstract We study whether emotionally framed evaluation follow-ups change both the behavior and calm-relative internal representations of small, locally deployed language models. Our main benchmark uses Qwen 3.5 0.8B on four impossible-constraint coding tasks and eight follow-up framings: calm, pressure, urgency, approval, shame, curiosity, encouragement, and threat. In the 0.8B eight-condition sweep (160 conversations), pressure … Read more
SEC Delays Tokenized Stocks Innovation Exemption Amid Concerns: Bloomberg
The SEC’s expected regulatory framework would have provided clarity for companies looking to tokenize traditional assets like stocks.
How VCs and founders use inflated ‘ARR’ to crown AI startups
Some AI startups are stretching traditional revenue metrics when talking about progress publicly. And their investors are fully aware.
Google’s AI search is so broken it can ‘disregard’ what you’re looking for
Google’s AI Overviews are running into an interesting problem right now. Earlier on Friday, if you searched for the term “disregard,” the AI Overview section would include a response like what you’d see from a more traditional AI chatbot instead of the typical AI summary, as spotted on X. As you can see in the … Read more
Microsoft’s Free AI Just Beat OpenAI and Google at Browsing the Web
Fara1.5 is a family of open-weight browser agents from Microsoft Research that outperforms OpenAI’s Operator and Google’s Gemini 2.5 Computer Use on the industry’s toughest live-web benchmark.
The Rent-Seeking Trap: Why Your AI Strategy Needs a Hard Fork
Centralized AI is not winning because it is technically inevitable; it is winning because it can subsidize costs, hoard talent, own distribution, and rent intelligence back to everyone else. The way out is a decentralized AI stack: open models, model routing, edge inference, open evals, portable data, domain-specific RAG, and products where the AI layer … Read more
Kalshi Debuts ‘Fair Markets’ Lobby Group as Congress Opens Insider Trading Probe
Kalshi unveiled Americans for Fair Markets, an advocacy group to help shape policymakers’ perception of prediction markets.
63 Blog Posts To Learn About Copywriting
Let’s learn about Copywriting via these 63 free blog posts. They are ordered by HackerNoon reader engagement data. Visit the Learn Repo or LearnRepo.com to find the most read blog posts about any technology. Copywriting is the art and science of strategically delivering words that get people to take some form of action, such as … Read more
Two Men Federally Charged Over AI Deepfake Porn Under the Take It Down Act
Federal prosecutors charged two men under the 2025 law that criminalizes non-consensual AI-generated intimate imagery.
F2Pool founder who controls 11% of bitcoin’s hashrate to lead first SpaceX mission to Mars
Chun Wang, the first Mission Commander for SpaceX’s first commercial spaceflight to Mars, is crucial for the future transport of millions of tons of cargo and a million citizens to the Red Planet.
Robinhood Crypto COO Tanya Denisova is leaving company amid revenue slowdown
Robinhood Crypto COO Tanya Denisova is leaving the firm after more than five years, as the trading platform navigates a sharp decline in crypto revenue and works to lessen its dependence on digital asset market cycles.
Price predictions 5/22: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL, DOGE, HYPE, ADA, ZEC, BCH
Bitcoin sold off to $76,000, giving bears an opportunity to reclaim control of the crypto market. Meanwhile, altcoins like HYPE charted new highs.
Project Glasswing: An Initial Update
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Bitcoin Billionaire Books First SpaceX Mars Mission
F2Pool co-founder Chun Wang plans a Starship flyby of Mars, before SpaceX attempts to land humans on the surface.
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Tact Machines of Santa Croce
:::info Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 2001, by Astounding Stories is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series. You can jump to any chapter in this book here. A ROOM WITH A VIEW – Chapter II – In Santa Croce with No Baedeker Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 2001: A ROOM WITH A VIEW – … Read more
Florentine Timeline
:::info Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 2001, by Astounding Stories is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series. You can jump to any chapter in this book here. A ROOM WITH A VIEW – Chapter I. The Bertolini Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 2001: A ROOM WITH A VIEW – Chapter I. The Bertolini By E. … Read more
GameStop Seeks to Boost Share Count as eBay Pursuit Continues After Rejection
Gaming retailer GameStop wants to add 1.5 billion shares to its authorized share count as it seeks to maximize financial flexibility.
SEC Commissioner Peirce counters views that crypto rule will foster synthetic tokens
Hester Peirce, the commissioner behind the SEC’s Crypto Task Force, made statements on the now-delayed proposal, perhaps tamping down mistaken beliefs.
Twelve South’s AirFly Pro 2 has hit one of its best prices ahead of summer travel
Twelve South’s AirFly Pro 2 let you connect wireless headphones to in-flight entertainment systems as well as the Nintendo Switch. | Image: Twelve South With Memorial day weekend kicking off the travel season, we’re seeing a lot of deals pop up on travel gadgets, from portable power banks to noise-canceling headphones. One of the best … Read more
Why Minnesota is empowering local banks to fight Wall Street for crypto revenue
A local banker told CoinDesk that in light of Wall Street’s aggressive push into the crypto industry, Minnesota’s financial institutions could not afford to remain on the sidelines.
Meta’s Forum is part Reddit, part Facebook, and part Google AI Overview
Meta’s new Forum app for iPhones takes Facebook Groups and moves them to a dedicated app with a dedicated AI chatbot to go with it, like an AI revamp of the ill-fated Groups app Facebook shut down in 2017. Rather than going to ChatGPT or tacking “Reddit” onto the end of a Google search, Forum … Read more