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Welcome to HackerNoon Decoded—the ultimate recap of the AI stories, writers, and trends that defined 2024! Explore the top AI stories that captivated our readers, meet the leading writers who shaped the discourse, and celebrate the standout readers who enriched our community. Let's dive into the best of 2024!

A study on Gamekins' integration into a software testing course reveals its effect on student testing behavior. Students tackled coding challenges, wrote tests, and provided feedback on their experience, with insights into their engagement and perceptions of the tool.

The study analyzes data from students using Gamekins during a software testing course, covering their usage patterns, testing behaviors (tests, commits, coverage), and survey feedback. The analysis compares performance across two projects and evaluates the students' perceptions of the tool.

Paolo Ardoino is the CEO of Tether Holdings Ltd., the company behind USDT, the world’s largest stablecoin. While companies like Amazon employ millions of people and rely on sprawling global operations, Tether employs… about 40–50 people. Tether doesn’t build flashy electric cars or make blockbuster smartphones. Instead, it quietly *prints money*. How? By issuing USDT tokens pegged to the U.S. dollar.

The global market for AI agents is expected to surge to USD 47.1 billion by 2030, driven by advancements in NLP and machine learning but facing hurdles such as data privacy, high implementation costs, and regulatory uncertainties.

YAGNI is an acronym for “You Aren’t Gonna Need It” It is one of the key principles of the agile movement. YAGNI aims to build simpler, more maintainable software systems.

How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what's trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set email preference here. By @journalistic [ 4 Min read ] Intel shares have dropped approximately 60% over the past three years. Read More. Welcome t...

Excellence isn't an event. It's not something you can turn on for special occasions. Excellence isn't a switch – it's a habit. Every time you choose to show up with less than your best, you're not just affecting that moment. You're programming your brain to accept mediocrity as an option. The higher you climb, the more this matters.

This is the third part of the series Container Networking. I will explain docker container networking in this blog post.

The article explores the author's experience in automating REST APIs using tools such as Postman, Newman and Jenkins.

A video by Sabine Hossenfelder was released on YouTube discussing whether the Universe is capable of thinking. According to Einstein’s theory of relativity, information cannot be transmitted faster than the speed of light. However, the laws of physics do not completely exclude the possibility that the Universe could think.

Starlink’s latest satellites boast groundbreaking speeds, reshaping global connectivity. In tandem with Spacecoin’s blockchain governance, satellite networks could replace undersea cables, offering resilience and democratization. For regions like the Pacific Islands, the future of connectivity is skyward, not underwater.

How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, January 19, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Edgar Allan Poe was born in 1809, Apple introduced the Apple Lisa in 1983, NASA launched the New Horizons spacecraft in 2006, and we present you with ...

DeepSee enables groundbreaking multidimensional visualizations of seabed sediment cores, offering new ways to predict and explore scientific data. Future work will focus on enhancing data analysis, supporting AI-driven autonomous sampling, and extending these tools to other ecosystems and interplanetary missions.

India is considered WhatsApp’s largest market, with hundreds of millions of monthly active users. WhatsApp Pay was given permission for WhatsApp Pay to extend its UPI services to its entire Indian user base in December 2024. This ruling highlights the increasing footprint, and therefore, a potentially Meta-branded superapp, within India.

GameGPT launches Genesis AI NFT Collection of 6,000 NFTs. NFT owners can upgrade digital assets into interactive AI Agents. Agents can: Engage with social media on behalf of the owner, Execute blockchain transactions autonomously, and Learn to play games.

Learn how to create professional app promotional videos using AI tools like Similarvideo. This guide covers audience targeting, scripting, editing, and SEO tips to maximize visibility and drive downloads.

How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what's trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set email preference here. By @mexcmedia [ 4 Min read ] MEXC highlights key December 2024 crypto trends, from Bitcoin's $100K milestone to Solana's tr...

DeepSee’s deployment revealed critical lessons, including the need to prioritize data integration, visualize data in environmental context, combine data types effectively, and create interactive tools that aid in mental modeling. These insights will guide future research tool designs to improve scientific workflows.

How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, January 18, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Wilhelm I was proclaimed the first German Emperor in 1871, Martin Luther King Jr. Day was first observed after becoming a national holiday 10 years pr...

Experts discussed several limitations of DeepSee, including challenges with data formatting, accuracy of interpolation methods, and the impracticality of real-time data input during expeditions. Future enhancements, like real-time data integration, are anticipated as the system evolves.

Hyperbridge announces extension of Initial Relayer Offering deadline. Over 52 million tokens out of total 100 million supply already sold. Early buyers still eligible for bonuses. Token Generation Event set for Q1 2025.

How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what's trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set email preference here. By @journalistic [ 4 Min read ] Intel shares have dropped approximately 60% over the past three years. Read More. Welcome t...

Hackers are particularly good at one thing: Hacking. But hackers are particularly bad at another thing: Sports.

Digesto is an experimental Node.js library that lets you define your data model in a YAML file and watch as it does the heavy lifting. It’s designed for frontend developers who’d rather not wrestle with backend complexities.

AI enthusiast couldn't log on to OpenAI's ChatGPT.com. He tried all sorts of ways to fix the problem, but nothing worked. He eventually managed to migrate his conversations to a new account using some undocumented steps.

This is the sixth part of a series on Parallel Programming for Beginners. In this article, we’ll explore real-world scenarios and their solutions.

Data Quality Management (DQM). It’s on top of many businesses’ minds. In this AI generation, quality data is proving to be more important than ever. As such, many businesses try to achieve data quality through DQM practices. So what is DQM, and how do DQM and data integration improve AI models?

B2B2C is where your platform (the B2B component) serves businesses who, in turn, serve end consumers. B2C perspective: They want seamless experiences, fun interactions, minimal friction, and—most of all—instant gratification. If your B2C user experience is lackluster, those consumers get frustrated and look for alternatives.

EIP-7623 proposes changes to Ethereum's calldata pricing structure, aiming to make gas costs more reflective of actual resource usage. This adjustment seeks to improve fairness and efficiency in how Ethereum's resources are allocated. Read the full article to learn more about how these changes could impact Ethereum users and the network in general.

Not every device can operate in every environment; once engineers know the usage environment, they can address potential hazards through design choices. Extreme heat requires cooling and low-power components, while extreme cold requires insulation or special materials. Other environments require designs to prevent intrusion, survive physical shocks, or fight off electromagnetic interference.

Earth's aerial biosphere supports transient microbial life in clouds, contrasting Venus' potential for permanent microbial habitation due to its lack of a habitable surface. The study highlights adaptive mechanisms, including microbial life cycles, droplet colonization, and gravity-wave mixing, for surviving in Venus' clouds. Further research is needed to understand the dynamics and biomass flux in Venus' lower haze layer.

This study revisits the potential for life in Venusian clouds, addressing challenges like acidity, low water content, and nutrient scarcity. It proposes a life cycle where microbes reside in cloud droplets, form desiccated spores upon descending to the lower haze layer, and are transported back to habitable zones to restart the cycle. Spores act as cloud condensation nuclei, enabling survival under extreme conditions.

The authors propose a life cycle for Venusian microbes that begins in the lower haze layer where desiccated spores reside in a dormant phase. The spores are transported upward by vertical mixing induced by gravity waves to a habitable layer of temperate conditions. Acting as CCN, the spores become encased in a liquid droplet (mostly H2SO4 with some H2O) and germinate. During months aloft,...

This research proposes a life cycle for microbial survival in Venus' atmosphere, addressing challenges of persistence. Microbes reside in liquid droplets, protected from atmospheric loss, but descend to uninhabitable layers as droplets grow. They survive as desiccated spores in the lower haze layer, returning to the clouds through vertical mixing. This cyclic process could sustain life in Venus' aerial biosphere under extreme conditions.

The Venusian cloud decks are often described as a potentially habitable environment. To withstand the dry atmosphere of Venus, microbial life must use the protective environment of the inside of the droplet. Free-floating metabolically active cells outside of cloud water are known, but they are a small fraction of the overall aerial biomass on Earth.

Google recently unveiled Gemini 2.0, its latest and most advanced AI model in what it terms the “agentic era.” This new model represents a significant leap forward in AI capabilities, offering a suite of features that promise to enhance user interactions and developer experiences across Google’s ecosystem.

Experts in deep ocean research provided feedback on how DeepSee improved fieldwork planning, enhanced the science return on limited samples, and streamlined team communication and decision-making during expeditions.

How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, January 17, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Persian Gulf War began in 1991, Popeye the Sailor made his first appearance in 1929, Google Videos launched in 2006, and we present you with these top...

DeepSee was deployed during a Gulf of California expedition to aid in ocean research data organization, planning, and analysis. It streamlined workflows, provided valuable insights, and received feedback for further improvement in in-situ analysis capabilities.

Red Letter Days are key dates that hold cultural, emotional, or historical significance. By aligning your content with these dates, you increase relevance, deepen emotional connections with your audience, and boost SEO rankings. To leverage this in 2025, identify key dates, create seasonal content, find unique angles, and plan ahead for maximum impact. Plus, test your strategy with the Spacecoin Writing Contest, where you...

'JWT' or JavaScript Object Notation Web Token is a standard defined in [ RFC7519] It can be defined in multiple ways and can be used to transmit information between two parties. In this article, we will look at how to integrate `JWT` into a common Java enterprise application.

This article isn’t about cryptocurrency or decentralized finance. Instead, we’ll explore public EVM blockchains and how they can be used in your next project. I will delve into the pros, cons, and practical examples, using the 0xweb library.

Researchers in Spain have found that gamification is better at motivating software engineering students in performing QA tasks.

As 2024 draws to a close, it’s time to reflect on the key moments that shaped the digital landscape. At HackerNoon, we’ve always believed in the power of curiosity and conversation. That’s why our weekly polls have become a cornerstone of how we engage with our audience. They’re not just questions—they’re windows into what’s captivating the minds of our readers, writers, and the HackerNoon...

Researchers in Spain have found that gamification is better at motivating software engineering students in performing QA tasks.

Researchers in Spain have found that gamification is better at motivating software engineering students in performing QA tasks.