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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, December 25, 2024?

The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, NASA Launched The James Webb Space Telescope in 2021, Gorbachev Resignd and Ukraine left the Soviet Union in 1855 AD, Huygens Probe Landed on Titan's Surface in 2004, and we present you with these top quality stories. From Microsoft Defeats Proposal Asking Company to Add Bitcoin to Its Balance Sheet to Googled Tricked OpenAI Into Thinking It Was Ahead (It Wasnt), let’s dive right in.


The Market Today

#01 Instagram (Meta)
607.75 +0.83%
#02 Facebook (Meta)
607.75 +0.83%
#03 ThoughtWorks
4.47
#04 Microsoft
439.33 +1.05%
#05 Roblox
59.56 +0.65%
#01 Bitcoin
$98468.74 +1.28%

machine-learning

Googled Tricked OpenAI Into Thinking It Was Ahead (It Wasnt)

TL;DR Google has released a cheap, fast and highly capable model to build agentic flows.

By @hacker661972 [ 11 Min read ]

Plastic influencer. AI Fanboy. Cardboard expert. All terms entering the modern lexicon to describe the wave of ‘hype’ surrounding AI. I’ve long been a skeptic of some of the more outlandish and grandiose claims in the GenAI scene.

1/ Programmers will disappear

2/ AGI will arrive in 2024..

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tech-stories

Why the Race to AGI is Humanitys Defining Moment

TL;DR If you ever wondered why AGI is so scary for some scientists, while others are pursing it with passion - well - this article explains everything.

By @thomascherickal [ 6 Min read ]

An ASI entity would have cosmic power—to deny it is to fool oneself.

The USA recently set up a committee that proposed AGI as the world’s next Manhattan project and that achieving AGI is the most important goal that humanity has now.

Hold on, Thomas, you might say.

Cheers!..

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web3

How Is Crypto Regulation Shaping Up In The 2nd Largest Continent in the World?

TL;DR Africas crypto regulation landscape is diverse and dynamic with 54 countries, six major languages, and over 1 billion people.

By @ilinskii [ 5 Min read ]

However, crypto ban wasn’t imposed. On August 29, 2024, the country’s Securities and Exchange Commissionannounced it had granted licenses to two crypto exchanges, Quidax and Busha. Also Nigeria is going to provide a 2024 Tax Bill, which will probably provide regulation for crypto taxation...

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web3

Microsoft Defeats Proposal Asking Company to Add Bitcoin to Its Balance Sheet

TL;DR Why Microsoft refused to add Bitcoin to its balance sheet?

By @sergeigorshunov [ 2 Min read ]

Microsoft had a chance to become a major corporate player in the crypto market. Its shareholders have recently voted on the NCPPR (National Center for Public Policy Research) proposal to add BTC to the company’s reserves...

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tech-stories

My Crypto Wallet Setup Lets Me Stay Anonymous While Protecting Me Against Theft

TL;DR Learn to set up a cold wallet using Tails, Feather and KeepAssXC.

By @techshinobi [ 7 Min read ]

Eventually, I found myself with enough leisure and motivation to set up a crypto wallet. For my situation, investing time and money into my skills, knowledge, and projects yields more return and safer than in finance.

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On This Day

NASA Launched The James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope, launched by NASA on December 25, 2021, is a next-generation space observatory designed to study the universe's early galaxies, stars, and planetary systems. It is the largest and most complex space telescope ever built and is equipped with a 6.5-meter primary mirror, four scientific instruments,...

Poll Of the Week

What's Your Take On Russia's Announcement of Cancer Vaccine In 2025?

Russia has developed a free mRNA cancer vaccine, showing promise in suppressing tumors and metastases in trials. Distribution is planned for early 2025, marking a significant advancement in accessible cancer treatment.

I believe it! This is a groundbreaking step forward in cancer treatment.
Promising, but we need to see global trials first.
Skeptical—need more transparency about the research.
Neutral—it’s too early to tell its real impact.

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