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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, May 11, 2025?

The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Apple 1, the first Apple computer, was released in 1976, AI's first win against a chess master in 1997, and we present you with these top quality stories. From Monero Vs. The Regulators: A Technical Analysis of Privacy Under Scrutiny to JavaScript Just Became 10X faster Thanks to a New Game-changing Feature From Chrome, let’s dive right in.

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The Market Today

#01 Instagram (Meta)
592.49 -1.90%
#02 Amazon
193.06 -0.16%
#03 Coursera
8.96 +0.67%
#04 Famety
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#05 Microsoft
438.73 -0.29%
#01 Bitcoin
$104315.68 +0.82%

JavaScript Just Became 10X faster Thanks to a New Game-changing Feature From Chrome

By @thisweekinjavascript [ 3 Min read ]

Chromes V8 team just dropped a game-changing feature that makes JavaScript blazingly fast! Read More.


AI is Neither the Magical Replacement for Human Analysts Nor a Useless Gimmick

By @vakamynin [ 6 Min read ]

AI is being used to help analysts with routine tasks. But it can also be a real contender on the analytics team. Read More.


AI and Proxies: Are They Connected?

By @dataimpulse [ 4 Min read ]

Explore how proxies power AI—from web scraping to automation—helping bots gather data, avoid bans, and operate smarter, faster, and globally. Read More.


AI Needs Better Data, Not Just Bigger Models

By @danstein [ 4 Min read ]

LLMs have changed fast—doing things that felt impossible. But big challenges remain. Sapien’s CEO Rowan Stone shares what’s working and what needs fixing. Read More.


Nurses Are Being Hired Like Ubers

By @TheMarkup [ 10 Min read ]

The app lets nurses and nurse aides book individual shifts for a set number of hours with health care facilities, get paid, and move on to the next gig. Read More.


Monero Vs. The Regulators: A Technical Analysis of Privacy Under Scrutiny

By @stealthex [ 6 Min read ]

Discover how Moneros privacy features work and why regulators struggle to track transactions despite increasing pressure on cryptocurrency exchanges. Read More.


Six Side Characters That Stole The Show In TV Shows

By @@Zohan [ 3 Min read ]

The Vampire Diaries, Game of Thrones and The Big Bang Theory have all had interesting side characters. Read More.


This One Python Tool Fixed My AIs Function-Calling Chaos

By @riteshmodi [ 9 Min read ]

Learn how to tame unpredictable AI outputs with Pydantic validation. This guide shows how to enforce consistent JSON structures from function calling. Read More.


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-This Subtle URL Trick Let Attackers Bypass Google’s OAuth Defenses

-How to Tell if AI Really is a Revolution

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-Meet The Open Hardware Startup Backed by $50 Million from Vitalik Buterin

-Coding Might Not Be the Best Use of Your Time Any More

-For the Ideal VR Experience, Would You Rather See Yourself in First- or Third-Person?

-Developer Productivity with GitHub Copilot AI Tools by Aditya Mishra

-Bitcoin Isn’t a Financial Asset Anymore

-For Best Results with LLMs, Use JSON Prompt Outputs

-Backpressure Isn’t a Bug: It’s a Feature for Building Resilient Systems

-My Remote Reboot on Upwork and Freelancer.com: 96 Months Later

-How to Build LLM-Powered Applications Using Go

On This Day

Apple 1, the first Apple computer, was released

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak's Apple I computer went on sale. It was a single-board computer that was sold as a kit and required the user to assemble it themselves. It was the first product to be released by Apple Computer, which would later become one of the most valuable...

Poll Of the Week

Would You Let AI Companies License Your Work?

OpenAI, Microsoft, and a host of other companies developing generative AI products have been accused of training their products on unlicensed work(s). If the companies reached out to you to license YOUR work, would you let them?

21% I would let AI companies freely use my work

29% I would license my work in exchange for a fee

15% I would license my work on a case by case basis, regardless of whether a fee is involved

12% I am not interested in licensing my work to AI companies

21% I don't want to license my work but I believe AI companies will use it anyway

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