2025-02-25
Affirmative Action for Dictators (audio and text)
American Foreign Policy seen from Munich
Space Force Releases Photo of Earth Taken by Experimental Space Plane
The United States Space Force has unexpectedly published a picture its top-secret X-37B space plane took while orbiting the Earth last year. The image, which the military arm shared on...
Y Combinator Supports AI Startup Dehumanizing Factory Workers
Optifye.ai's pitch includes a video where a "boss" yells at a "worker" by calling him a number, and sarcastically saying he's having a bad month.
Rover Discovers Evidence of Giant Ocean on Mars
China's Zhurong Mars rover, which has been exploring the planet's arid surface since May 2021, has made a fascinating discovery: ancient, "vacation-style" beaches. The findings, as detailed in a new...
The HackerNoon Newsletter: Bybit Only Has Itself to Blame (2/25/2025)
How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, February 25, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, we present you...
Slow Start Today…
It turns out when you get a flat tire after hitting a pothole in the middle of nowhere late at night and you don’t have a spare1 in a state...
Meet Miro: HackerNoon Company of the Week
Miro's Innovation Workspace - an AI-powered collaboration platform - allows teams to collaborate on projects, prototypes, briefs, plans, diagrams, and more.
Trump White House Tells Elon He's Stepped Over the Line
It took just over a month after his second inauguration, but it appears that Donald Trump may finally have put Elon Musk in his place. After the unelected official took...
This weekend, JD Vance is visiting a small VT town near where...
This weekend, JD Vance is visiting a small VT town near where I live and plans to ski at Sugarbush. The locals are understandably pissed — both at our fascist...
Trump Administration Litigation Tracker. “The table below tracks legal challenges to the...
Trump Administration Litigation Tracker. “The table below tracks legal challenges to the Trump administration’s executive orders, as well as cases on behalf of the Trump administration to enforce them.”
How AI Learns Words but Not Meaning
AI models can mimic human language fluently but struggle with true understanding. Critics argue they lack semantic competence and real-world grounding, relying instead on statistical patterns and linguistic structures. Some...
Do AI Models Challenge the Need for Innate Grammar?
The success of LLMs in learning syntax without innate grammatical knowledge challenges traditional nativist claims about language acquisition. However, AI models are trained on far more data than human children,...
The AI Compositionality Debate
AI models face a long-standing debate on compositionality. While some claim neural networks must implement symbolic rules, others argue for a non-classical cognitive structure. Recent advances in Transformer models suggest...
Building Africa’s Digital Future: Interview with Startups of the Year 2024 Nominee, NAYAMAX
NAYAMAX, a leading African e-commerce SaaS startup, is nominated for HackerNoon’s Startups of The Year 2024 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Our mission is to empower SMEs with digital tools, logistics...
Trash and auto purge from Gmail. How to leverage Apps Scripts to make your life easier!
An abusive partner is sending atrocious emails, the counterpart trashes them but, in moments of weakness, can't resist digging them up in the trash. Learn how to delete and instantly...
Facilitating a Seamless Backend Transition From LevelUp to Paytronix
Discover how Maruti Techlabs ensured a seamless transition for Ann’s Boba Tea from LevelUp to Paytronix, preventing downtime and enhancing user experience.
Taste: The key to creating exceptional digital products
Great digital products go beyond function—they inspire. Learn how intuition, taste, and design-driven teams create unforgettable user experiences and market-leading products. Read more » The post Taste: The key to...
How I Scaled My Digital Workplace with AI, Automation, and Workforce Apps
40% of managers reported feeling doubtful about their ability to manage remote teams. Asana is a cloud-based tool that lets you manage your remote team from anywhere.
3 Painfully Obvious Mistakes Early-Stage Founders Keep Making (and How to Dodge Them)
Startups are hard, and I’ve seen (and built) a few that made mistakes so glaring from the outside but nearly invisible when you’re in the trenches. Let’s break down three...
Commerce DeFi: How Blockchain Payments Will Fuel the Next Wave of Crypto Adoption
Commerce DeFi bridges decentralized finance (DeFi) with real-world commerce, making crypto practical for daily expenses like buying coffee or paying rent. By leveraging stablecoins, instant blockchain payments, and tokenized loyalty,...
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