2025-03-17
‘Going National: The Drexel Microcomputing Project’
From Drexel’s YouTube channel: But far less recognized is that Drexel made the very bold decision of committing all students to purchase a previously unreleased and untested computer from Apple....
Why All of the JFK Assassination Documents Haven’t Been Released Yet
"The conspiracies are funny, everyone is acting like not getting instant responses for complicated, broad searches is malice. A lot of it is just very unexciting."
Rules Over Followers: BYDFi’s Official Response to ExtraVOD’s False Allegations
BYDFi has been accused of misleading accusations made by the content creator of ExtraVOD on social media against BYDFi. ExtraVod claimed ignorance of the policy but admitted to creating a...
Indie game Blobun has a joke setting that eliminates its lesbian content....
Indie game Blobun has a joke setting that eliminates its lesbian content. But the main character is gay “so flipping the so-called ‘lesbian toggle’ in the options menu removes her...
‘40 Years Ago, Drexel Made Computer — and Apple — History’
Alissa Falcone, in a good piece looking back at (my alma mater) Drexel University’s groundbreaking deal with Apple 40 years ago to provide deeply discounted Macintoshes to all students, and...
Meet AWS Marketplace: HackerNoon Company of the Week
This week, we proudly present AWS Marketplace - a one-of-a-kind online store that connects businesses with thousands of software solutions designed to run on Amazon Web Services (AWS). From security...
Voice Actor for Aloy in "Horizon" Games Creeped Out by AI Version of Her Character
Ashly Burch, the voice actor behind Aloy from the "Horizon" video games, has responded to the leaked tech demo showing off a clumsy but uncanny AI imitation of her performance...
House Of Doge And Dogecoin Foundation Unveil Board-Elect, Advisors And Global Dogecoin Adoption Plan
House of Doge announces exclusive five-year partnership with the Dogecoin Foundation. Board-Elect and Advisory Team Include Top Executives in Payments, Sports, and Global Food & Beverage. Additional Members Being Announced...
Liquid Mercury And dVIN Labs Partner To Launch Investment-Grade Wine Trading Platform
Liquid Mercury’s solution will power the global order book for trading tokenized wine on the dVIN Protocol. Liquid Mercury will provide a white-labeled platforms for dVin channel partners to onboard...
If you’re mad as hell, one thing you can do is run...
If you’re mad as hell, one thing you can do is run for elected office. Run For Something recruits & supports “young, diverse progressives to run for down-ballot races in...
SuperScale Case Study Highlights Aethir’s Impact On Gaming User Acquisition
Aethir is a provider of decentralized cloud gaming infrastructure. SuperScale conducted a two-phase analysis to assess Aethir’s impact on gaming user acquisition. Click-through rates (CTR) increased by 35% compared to...
My 2015 Interview With ‘Becoming Steve Jobs’ Authors Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli
Ten years ago I played two small roles in the release of the aforelinked Becoming Steve Jobs. First, I got to announce the book here at Daring Fireball, after having...
Mothers and Children Are Already Dying Because of Elon Musk’s Cuts
Children are already dying due to cuts from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — but none that matter to the billionaire or his boss, Donald Trump. As the ...
The Original ‘Something’s Rotten in Cupertino’ — Brent Schlender’s 1997 Story for Fortune
During Friday’s episode of Dithering — a free listen — Ben Thompson reminded me that my headline reference last week, alluding to the well-known line from Hamlet, had been used,...
The HackerNoon Newsletter: Sneaky UX Tricks Thatll Make Your Users Fall in Love (3/17/2025)
How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, March 17, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Apple Sues Microsoft...
A really important point from Masha Gessen about the Trumpist attacks on...
A really important point from Masha Gessen about the Trumpist attacks on (and “denationalization” of) trans people: “The reason you should care about this is not that it could happen...
Scientists Discover Four Intriguing Planets Around Closest Single-Star Solar System to Earth
Astronomers have spotted four sub-Earth exoplanets orbiting the closest single-star system to us, called Barnard's Star. As detailed in a new paper published in the journal The Astrophysical Journal Letters, ...
Win Your Share of $5000 in the Web3 Development Writing Contest by GetBlock and HackerNoon
The Web3 Development Writing Contest, sponsored by GetBlock & HackerNoon, offers a $5,000 prize pool for top stories on blockchain APIs, dApp development, and GetBlock tutorials. Submit by June 17,...
From Rome to the Riviera: Embracing Italy’s eSIM Revolution for Seamless Journeys
Italy’s eSIM revolution is reshaping travel, allowing tourists to stay seamlessly connected without physical SIM cards. From Rome to the Riviera, eSIM tech enhances exploration with real-time navigation, digital guides,...
A good, long piece from Thomas Zimmer about how we “underestimated the...
A good, long piece from Thomas Zimmer about how we “underestimated the Trumpist threat and overestimated how resilient both the political system as well as American civil society would be…that...
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