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The HackerNoon Newsletter: What If Your Messy Data Is Actually Perfect? (7/2/2025)
How are you, hacker? đȘ Whatâs happening in tech today, July 2, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Netscape produces Navio...
To Fix Smart Contracts, Start With Their Secrets
Smart contracts on public blockchains lack privacy, limiting their use in sensitive applications. This paper presents a comprehensive framework for evaluating TEE-assisted confidential smart contracts, categorizing them into Layer-1 and...
Agentic AI Explained: How It Works, Top Use Cases & Future Potential
Agentic AI refers to artificial intelligence systems that can think, decide, and act independently to achieve specific goals without constant human input.
Mind the Gap: End-to-End Quality Drop with ANN in Web Search AI
Discover how integrating ANN indices leads to a substantial drop in final retrieval quality compared to brute-force search, demanding innovations in system design.
The Dirty Secrets of Developer Advertising: Why Traditional Channels Failâand What to Do Instead
Developer advertising is brokenâCTR on traditional channels like Google, Reddit, and Stack Overflow is abysmal. Why? Because developers ignore anything that feels like marketing fluff. This post unpacks why your...
The Open Platform Is First Unicorn In Web3 Ecosystem In Telegram At $1bn Valuation
The Open Platform raised $28.5 million in an extended Series A funding round, led by Ribbit Capital, with Pantera Capital also participating. Including this latest raise and previous seed investments,...
Delaying Navyâs F/A-XX Fighter Would Be a âDisasterâ vs. China
Key Points â Potential multi-year delays to the US Navyâs F/A-XX sixth-generation carrier fighter programâreportedly due to funding debates, industrial base capacity concerns, and strategic indecision over manned versus unmanned...
Chinaâs J-36 and J-50 Fighters Have a Message for the F-47
Key Points: Chinaâs emerging sixth-generation fighters, the Chengdu J-36 and Shenyang J-50, have been captured in new, detailed images, highlighting innovative design features. -The J-36 sports a unique, triple-engine, tailless...
The Slow âCrash Landingâ of Russiaâs Su-57 Felon Stealth Fighter
Summary and Key Points: Russiaâs fifth-generation Su-57 Felon fighter remains shrouded in secrecy, particularly regarding advanced computing, sensor integration, and drone-teaming capabilities. While it appears stealthy and boasts Mach 2...
Bungie announces the next four Destiny 2 expansions, and yes, the second one is literally just Star Wars
The Edge of Fate is out July 15, but it's the expansion in December that's bringing a lightsaber to the game.
I'm honestly shocked, but Arc Raiders is a much more exciting extraction shooter than Marathon
After 4 hours with both shooters, Bungie should be worried that Embark will steal its spotlight.
Here are the Oblivion Remastered system specs: 'More friendly to gamers with modern hardware' and Steam Deck Verified
There's Lumen software and hardware ray tracing, so no RTX actually required.
The Assassin's Creed Shadows delay worked out so well for Ubisoft its CEO decided, hey, let's do a couple more for the roadâand save 100 million more euros while we're at it
"We have decided to provide additional development time to some of our biggest productions."
If you're getting Oblivion Remastered, save $9 by grabbing a Steam key from Fanatical's day-one sale
A launch day sale to get the Oblivion remaster at a more reasonable price.
Chinaâs J-36 6th-Generation Fighter Has a Message for the B-21 Raider
The Chinese military publication âThe Shipborne Weaponsâ magazine has made a bold claim about the new J-36, the sixth-generation fighter. The publication, which is affiliated with the China Ship Building...
Navy Aircraft Carrier USS George Washington Didnât Sail for Almost 6 Years
Summary and Top Points: The USS George Washington recently completed an unprecedented six-year midlife overhaul, exposing serious challenges in maintaining Americaâs aging nuclear-powered carriers. -Unexpected turbine damage, initially unnoticed, required...
How to tumble launch in REPO
Dodge, duck, dip, dive, and dodge.
Forget the SR-71 Darkstar: The SR-91 Aurora âMightâ Have Hit Mach 6
Summary and Key Points: Rumors of Americaâs hypersonic spy plane, the SR-91 Aurora, have intrigued aviation enthusiasts for decades, yet evidence strongly suggests it never existed. -Budget references in the...
2,000 Missiles Gone: The Navyâs Tomahawk Cruise Missile Nightmare
Key Points: The US Navy faces a potential shortage of Tomahawk cruise missiles, using them in conflicts like Yemen faster than they can be replaced. -This problem is also compounded...
Jak powstaĆa najgorsza jednostka w historii Waffen-SS
ZamĂłw ksiÄ ĆŒkÄ "Wojna oczami wroga. Sojusznicy Hitlera" juĆŒ dziĆ: http://www.wojnaoczamiwroga.pl/ Premiera 27 listopada 2024 roku! SkÄ d naprawdÄ wziÄĆa siÄ Brygada Szturmowa SS "Dirlewanger"? Czyje wsparcie zapewniĆo Oskarowi Dirlewangerowi karierÄ w...
AIM-174B: Is Navyâs New Air-Launched Missile a Hypersonic Killer?
Key Points: Two new air-to-air missiles recently entered US service, significantly expanding capabilities beyond the standard AIM-9X Sidewinder and AIM-120 AMRAAM. -The low-cost ($25k) AGR-20 FALCO, a laser-guided rocket conversion,...
Jason Snellâs M4 MacBook Air Review
Jason Snell, last month: The new M4 MacBook Air is the Mac most people should buy. [...] Thatâs why perhaps the most important change in the M4 MacBook Air is...
Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro: Closed Studio Headphones
Ten years ago I bought a pair of Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro headphones for use while podcasting. My product research was rigorous and exhaustive: I asked Marco Arment which headphones...
Sebastiaan de Withâs iPhone 16e Camera Review: âThe Essentialsâ
Sebastiaan de With: You can speculate what the âeâ in â16eâ stands for, but in my head it stands for âessentialâ. Some things that I consider particularly essential to the...
The Navyâs F-14 Tomcat Fighter Was Built For Just 1 Mission
Summary and Key Points: The F-14 Tomcat, a legendary Cold War fighter made famous by Top Gun, was unmatched in power and performanceâbut plagued by reliability issues and high costs....
Rematch, the soccer game from the maker of Sifu and Absolver, is holding an open beta this weekend
Here's your chance to see what it's all about.
Today's Wordle is the 5th toughest ever, ending streaks for 50% of players
It took pretty much everyone at PC Gamer all of our guesses to get it.
C1 Ariete: The Worst Tank In NATO (Made in Italy)
Summary and Key Points: Italyâs C1 Ariete main battle tank, introduced in the 1990s, has been criticized as NATOâs weakest armored vehicle. -Designed to replace aging Cold War-era tanks, the...
Why the Navyâs Most Important Submarine Wonât Be Ready Until 2031
Key Points and Summary â The U.S. Navyâs Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) program, the future sea-based leg of the nuclear triad, is plagued by significant cost overruns and production...
Cursor: Clarifying Our Pricing
Cursor: Clarifying Our Pricing Cursor changed their pricing plan on June 16th, introducing a new $200/month Ultra plan with "20x more usage than Pro" and switching their $20/month Pro plan...
F-16FSW: Americaâs Radical Backward-Winged Fighter That Almost Happened
Summary and Key Points: In the early 1980s, DARPA considered an unconventional forward-swept wing design for the versatile F-16 Fighting Falcon. Dubbed the F-16FSW, the radical wing layout promised unmatched...
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 actor celebrates the Grand Theft Auto 6 delay: 'WE'RE IN WITH A SHOT! GOTY!'
Luke Dale, the voice of Hans Capon, is thrilled that GTA 6 won't be out until 2026, and for a pretty good reason.
macOS still isn't as small as you think
2 years ago I wrote a piece about how the macOS UI isn't as small as you think it is. The point of that piece was to challenge the accepted...
Od kiedy Niemcy wiedzieli, ĆŒe przegrali II wojnÄ ĆwiatowÄ
Zarejestruj siÄ w LetyShops i skorzystaj z gorÄ cego cashbacku na Allegro: https://letyshops.onelink.me/HKO3/o75z6h70 MiÄdzy 1941 a 1943 rokiem sytuacja Wehrmachtu kompletnie siÄ zmieniĆa. PoraĆŒka pod MoskwÄ a nastÄpnie pod Stalingradem oznaczaĆa...
The mod that aimed to recreate Counter-Strike 1.6 in CS:GO is now officially cancelled following 'abrupt actions by Valve that prevent us from releasing' the project
A last-ditch effort to resurrect Classic Offensive in March has come to naught.
Steam adds an in-game performance monitor so you can brag about hitting 900 FPS in Deus Ex
And promises more tools to help identify performance bottlenecks.
Feedback wanted: Shortlist of AI safety ideas
Published on June 29, 2025 4:28 AM GMTSummary:I made a prioritized list of 130 ideas on how to contribute to AI safety.The top 12 ideas have similar overall scores, so...
Space Marine 2 gets a new mission, weapon, boss fight, and big gameplay changes in its latest major update
The Trygon Update is live now.
Use Conflict as a Leadership Advantage
In todayâs polarized environment, workplace conflict is inevitableâbut it doesnât have to be destructive. Leaders with high conflict intelligence know how to engage it constructively. Hereâs how to apply seven...
Layered AI Defenses Have Holes: Vulnerabilities and Key Recommendations
Published on July 4, 2025 12:07 AM GMTLeading AI companies are increasingly using "defense-in-depth" strategies to prevent their models from being misused to generate harmful content, such as instructions to...
Former Forza dev says original Motorsport series died in Microsoft's cuts, but Forza Horizon lives on
Developer Fred Russell left the studio in 2016, but presumably still has connections at Turn 10.
Best gaming chair in 2025: I've tested a ton of gaming chairs and these are the seats I'd suggest for any PC gamer
Treat your body to one of the best gaming chairs and sit like a royal on your new throne.
How excited are we to replay a shinier version of Oblivion 19 years later?
Oblivion is a safe pick for the remaster treatment, sandwiched between the more flavorful Morrowind and more popular Skyrim.
5 Fastest Fighter Jets on Earth (Not All Made in USA)
5 Fastest Fighter Jets in the World You may wonder what the fastest fighter jet in the world is. We may have some ultra-swift models on this list of the...
Going Deep on âDeepâ
Katy Steinmetz, writing for The Washington Post (via Mignon Fogarty): But lately, one meaning has become trendier than the rest. Close ties to artificial intelligence have led to a surge...
Apparently, Jack Black wasn't the first pick for Steve in A Minecraft MovieâIt was meant to go to Matt Berry, according to Hollywood rumours
Can't be side-tracked with cheap Minecraft potions.
Valve only wants to make new Half-Life games if they push the medium forward, but what could it push forward next?
If Half-Life 3 ever happens, what big innovation would justify it in Gabe Newell's eyes?
