2025-05-02
Was the Vietnam War Winnable?
Key Points: This analysis argues the US failed in Vietnam primarily because it misunderstood the conflict鈥檚 political nature, treating it as a military problem while backing a weak, corrupt South...
The Breach update for No Rest for the Wicked is an overhaul so massive that old save files just won't cut it
Two new zones, a horrible plague to fight and a bunch of gribbly new bosses nearly double the game's scope.
AI Welfare Risks
Published on May 2, 2025 5:49 PM GMTMy paper "AI Welfare Risks" has been accepted for publication at Philosophical Studies!I argue that near-future AI systems may have welfare, that RL...
Would Ukraine Dare Attack Putin鈥檚 World War II Victory Parade?
This May Day, an editorial in The Hill has a harsh take on the issue of Russia鈥檚 proposed call for a 30-hour ceasefire, beginning a week from today. 鈥淩ussian President...
New Wearable for Exceptionally Pathetic Men Detects When Their Wife Is Cheating
In an apparent effort to cash in on the hype surrounding AI and wearables, tech startup RAW Ring has come up with a ring that can catch a cheating partner...
Building Secure Data Pipelines for Insurance AI: Insights from Balaji Adusupalli鈥檚 Research
Balaji Adusupalli introduces a secure AI data pipeline framework for insurance, enabling federated learning while preserving privacy, compliance, and model performance. His Federated Insurance Data Engineering Pipeline (FIDEP) uses encryption,...
Enhancing Trauma and Acute Care with AI-Driven Decision Support Systems
Tulasi Naga Subhash Polineni presents an AI-powered decision support system using generative neural networks to improve trauma and acute care. By integrating real-time data and predictive analytics, his framework enhances...
Your Children鈥檚 Children Will Die in Our Factories
The small, pathetic technofeudalist dystopian vision of Howard Lutnick and the Trump administration.
Meet AccuKnox, Member of Startups of The Year 2024's Momentum 10
AccuKnox provides the industry's most comprehensive Zero Trust Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) Built on powerful open-source foundations like KubeArmor, our mission is to deliver seamless, robust security from...
Temu Addicts Suffering Withdrawal
American shoppers ordering from ultra-cheap Chinese shopping websites Temu and Shein are already experiencing major sticker shocks in the wake of president Donald Trump's trade war. A 145 percent tariff...
Driving Real-Time Fraud Detection with Generative AI: Insights from Pallav Kumar Kaulwar鈥檚 Research
Pallav Kumar Kaulwar鈥檚 research presents a generative AI-powered framework to predict, detect, and explain financial fraud in real time. Using GANs, behavioral biometrics, and explainable AI, his model improves accuracy,...
Canada Might Be Stuck with the F-35 Fighter
Key Points: Following his election victory, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney faces a difficult F-35 decision amid severely strained relations with the Trump administration. -While Carney promised to review the...
The World鈥檚 Largest Data Center Rises in Texas
Photographer Stephen Voss has been working on a project about data centers and recently travelled to Abilene, Texas to document the first data center built as part of the Stargate...
Meloni, Not Orb谩n, Has Become Trump鈥檚 Bridge to Europe
Italy鈥檚 Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is emerging as the main conduit between Europe and United States President Donald Trump鈥檚 orbit, far eclipsing Hungary鈥檚 Viktor Orban in influence and appeal. The...
The HackerNoon Newsletter: How to Write Content that E-E-A-Ts (5/2/2025)
How are you, hacker? 馃獝 What鈥檚 happening in tech today, May 2, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Electric Theatre opened...
Research by Harish Kumar Sriram Proposes AI-Driven Automation for Secure Transactions
Harish Kumar Sriram proposes a generative AI-powered framework for secure digital payments, combining neural networks, smart pseudo-labeling, and anomaly detection to prevent fraud in real time. His research advances adaptive,...
SQL Data Modification Commands With Examples: A Fast and Easy Guide
The DML language includes commands to add, modify, or remove rows in a database. INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE commands are used to add and modify data within tables. In this...
What if the U.S. Military Used Nuclear Weapons During the Vietnam War?
Summary and Key Points: This analysis delves into the historical consideration of using US tactical nuclear weapons during the Vietnam War. -A 1966 study by the elite JASONs advisory group...
Behind the Blog: The News Hits Different
This week, we discuss eyebrow-raising apps, more media mess, and lovingly gazing at AI slop.
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