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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, October 26, 2024?

The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Whitney Houston Earns Her First #1 Hit in 1985, Infant Receives Baboon Heart in 1984, The First Continental Congress Adjourns in 1774, and we present you with these top quality stories. From 13 Cybercrime Facts That Will Give You Chills to Is Backup Testing Part of Your Security Strategy?, let’s dive right in.


The Market Today

#01 Instagram (Meta)
573.25 -0.12%
#02 Facebook (Meta)
573.25 -0.12%
#03 Microsoft
428.15 +0.32%
#04 ThoughtWorks
4.45 +0.22%
#05 Alphabet
166.99 +0.98%
#01 Bitcoin
$66754.16 -2.49%

cybersecurity

13 Cybercrime Facts That Will Give You Chills

TL;DR Reading scary information isn’t just for Halloween. Here are 13 cybersecurity facts that haunt businesses and individuals all year long.

By @casey-crane [ 9 Min read ]

Cybercriminals love to give new meaning to the phrase “trick or treat.”

Knowing this, let’s explore 13 cybercrime facts that will make your hair stand on end.

For perspective, that single ransom cost the same amount as what Google dedicated to fund its AI Opportunity Fund...

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data-science

Is Backup Testing Part of Your Security Strategy?

TL;DR Data backups are crucial in our age of ransomware attacks — but have you tested the effectiveness of your backups? Heres why backup testing is crucial.

By @zacamos [ 4 Min read ]

Unfortunately, backups aren’t indestructible. Human error, bugs, hardware damage, incompatibilities, and mismatched encryption keys can cause data loss, rendering them useless. Alternatively, a tech-savvy attacker could use ransomware to encrypt all your files simultaneously, preventing you from using your copies to recover...

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tech-stories

How to Write Precise Prompts on Googles AI Test Kitchen

TL;DR The simple guide to writing effective AI prompt for Googles AI Test Kitchen.

By @thecharlemagne [ 7 Min read ]

This principle also applies when generating precise images. However, in this case, when prompting, you need to think like a photographer, a designer, and a writer all at once.

In this article, we’ll explore how to write effective prompts for Google's AI Test Kitchen ImageFX to get accurate results...

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On This Day

Whitney Houston Earns Her First #1 Hit

A near-unknown prior to the release of her debut album Whitney Houston, she shot to stardom when her first chart-topping hit, “Saving All My Love For You,” hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Poll Of the Week

Crypto Winter

Following the death of LUNA and the FTX bankruptcy, what is your interpretation of the year 2022 in the crypto market?

12% Pump soon! To the moon!

38% Just a bump in the road

12% Crypto is dead

15% Never cared enough about crypto

21% Crypto is a scam

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