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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, March 18, 2025?

The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Arcade Game of Many Firsts in 1974, and we present you with these top quality stories. From AI Honeypots Are the Future of Cybersecurity to Open Source Is Supposed to Be a Meritocracy—So Why Are Companies Trying to Buy Their Way In?, let’s dive right in.


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programming

Open Source Is Supposed to Be a Meritocracy—So Why Are Companies Trying to Buy Their Way In?

TL;DR A recent survey by the Linux Foundation found that organizations contribute 7.7B USD annually to open source projects.

By @ct2034 [ 15 Min read ]

I think this quote summarizes it well

[Motivations include] both extrinsic, enhancing reputation and developing human capital and social networks; and intrinsic, satisfying psychological needs, pleasure, and a sense of social belonging.

The key takeaways that could be useful from this article are:..

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startups

TechWomen Fellows Fight to Save U.S.-Backed STEM Exchange Program

TL;DR The U.S. suspends TechWomen, a vital STEM exchange program, leaving global scholars in limbo. Advocates rally to restore funding and save the initiative.

By @jessidg [ 4 Min read ]

Tens of thousands of technical women aspire to apply to this program, but as of Friday, it might be gone forever.

For those who are unfamiliar with highly competitive international tech exchange programs, here are 3 key facts about TechWomen:

About the Authors..

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tech-stories

Can ChatGPT Predict the Future?

TL;DR Can ChatGPT-4 predict the future? This study explores how storytelling prompts improve its forecasting accuracy for economic trends and major cultural events.

By @precedent [ 8 Min read ]

Authors:

(1) Pham Hoang Van, Department of Economics, Baylor University Waco, TX, USA (Van [email protected]);

(2) Scott Cunningham, Department of Economics, Baylor University Waco, TX, USA (Scott [email protected]).

Abstract and 1 Introduction

2 Direct vs Narrative Prediction

3 Prompting Methodology and Data Collection

4 Results

Appendix..

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management

The Best Interview Question is “Tell me how to get to your favorite restaurant”

TL;DR Interviews are hard enough without turning them into a name the secret word quiz show. This surprisingly simple question tells you everything you need to know

By @leonadato [ 4 Min read ]

None tell you if the candidate can DO the JOB – the work of the work, day after day, showing up and pitching in and getting things done.

In both of those scenarios, I’d like to offer up my favorite interview question.

And then I share it.

Footnotes:..

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cybersecurity

AI Honeypots Are the Future of Cybersecurity

TL;DR Clone traps automate threat response by deceiving the deceivers and fighting AI with AI.

By @sergej.kostenko [ 6 Min read ]

Photo by Carla Quario on Unsplash


Responding to cybersecurity threats means a company must be five steps ahead of the hackers. Clone traps, a vanguard in deception technology, automate threat response by deceiving the deceivers and fighting AI with AI...

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On This Day

Arcade Game of Many Firsts

Atari Introduces Gran Trak 10. It is the first arcade game to use solid state read-only memory (ROM) to store sprites for each car, the game timer, the race track, and the score. As such, it’s the the first game to have defined characters rather than mathematically manipulated dots. The...

Poll Of the Week

When You Need Answers, Where Do You Turn to?

With chatbots getting more advanced, some people are turning away from Google and Bing to seek answers in chatbots instead. When you're desperately seeking info, where do you turn?

Google
Bing
ChatGPT
Perplexity
Other (let us know in the comments!)

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