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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, January 13, 2025?

The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Johnny Cash performed a concert at Folsom State Prison in 1968, Wikipedia went live in 2001, SpaceX launched its Falcon Heavy rocket in 2018, and we present you with these top quality stories. From Predicting Crypto 2025: Up, Up, and… Away? to New Study Exposes OpenVPN Fingerprintability, Raising Privacy Concerns, let’s dive right in.


The Market Today

#01 Instagram (Meta)
615.86 +0.95%
#02 Facebook (Meta)
615.86 +0.95%
#03 ThoughtWorks
4.47
#04 Roblox
61.82 +0.74%
#05 Microsoft
418.95 -1.36%
#01 Bitcoin
$91785.67 -3.06%

machine-learning

I Over Relied on AI and Those Shortcuts Cost Me

TL;DR While AI offers efficient shortcuts to problem-solving, it changes the nature of the journey that shapes our genius.

By @gleams [ 8 Min read ]

30th of November in 2022 is the day I embraced ChatGPT with no hesitation as my colleague, editor, and assistant. “What can I help with?” has become the most relieving sentence that’s welcomed me to work for the past two years...

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machine-learning

Stuck in Time: Why AI Can’t Stop Drawing Watches at 10:10

TL;DR Why does AI always draw watches at 10:10? Explore the surprising link between human design, data bias, and AI creativity.

By @pawarashishanil [ 6 Min read ]

Let’s be honest, AI is stunningly cool—until it’s also stunningly predictable.

But then, you ask an AI to draw a watch. And all the magic screeches to a halt. What do you get? A watch stubbornly stuck at 10:10.

And now, AI does too.

Here’s a key technical detail:..

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tech-stories

Predicting Crypto 2025: Up, Up, and… Away?

TL;DR As the tectonic plates of society shift, transformation is happening in an evergrowing pocket on the outskirts of cyberspace. Ushering in a new era for the c...

By @andreydidovskiy [ 15 Min read ]

As the world continues to burn in front of our very eyes (at least according to mainstream media), something transformative is happening in an evergrowing pocket on the outskirts of cyberspace.

Disclaimer:

Nothing is more accurate at expressing the state of the crypto industry than total Market capitalization...

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cybersecurity

New Study Exposes OpenVPN Fingerprintability, Raising Privacy Concerns

TL;DR This research outlines methods to fingerprint OpenVPN traffic, achieving 85% accuracy, raising concerns about VPN blockability and countermeasures.

By @virtualmachine [ 6 Min read ]

Authors:

(1) Diwen Xue, University of Michigan;

(2) Reethika Ramesh, University of Michigan;

(3) Arham Jain, University of Michigan;

(4) Arham Jain, Merit Network, Inc.;

(5) J. Alex Halderman, University of Michigan;

(6) Jedidiah R. Crandall, Arizona State University/Breakpointing Bad;

(7) Roya Ensaf, University of Michigan.

11 Conclusion..

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programming

This Open-Source Marketing Hack Could Set You Up for Financial Freedom in 2025!

TL;DR At the beginning of 2024, I started to work on a social media scheduling tool called Postiz. Little did I know it would end up making thousands every month.

By @nevodavid10 [ 3 Min read ]

TL;DR launched Postiz open-source on September 1, and it is making $2,000 per month already 💪🏻

At the beginning of 2024, I started to work on a social media scheduling tool called Postiz. I have 10 years of experience as an SWE / Dev team leader, so programming was a breeze...

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On This Day

Johnny Cash performed a concert at Folsom State Prison

Johnny Cash performed a concert at Folsom State Prison in California, which was later recorded and released as a live album titled "At Folsom Prison." The album became a huge commercial success and is now considered one of Cash's most iconic recordings. The concert and album helped to rehabilitate Cash's...

Poll Of the Week

Ready to Plug Into the Electric Vehicle Movement?

67% of Americans are open to electric cars (EVs), with big names like Ferrari joining the movement. Demand is high, but concerns remain about charging stations and costs. Even battery makers are feeling the pinch. Would you consider an EV for your next car?

38% Yes, I'm excited to switch to electric!

31% No, I prefer a gas-powered car for now.

19% Hybrid cars are where it's at.

10% Not sure, I need to learn more about EVs.

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