The TechBeat: Silicon Valley Is In the Midst of an Ideological Battle That Nobody is Talking About (1/31/2025)

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Why Scenario Planning Is An Effective Strategy Tool

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15 Databases, 15 Use Cases—Stop Using the Wrong Database for the Right Problem

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TikTok’s Uncertain Future: Why Creators Are Turning to a US-Based Alternative

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Lumoz Launches SVM as a Service, Supporting the Integration of ZK and TEE Multi-Proof for SVM L2

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A Basic AI Prompt Helped Me Learn Rust

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Developing a Bespoke Roadside Assistance App with React Native

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AiSweatShop Airdrops 70% of $DEFAI Tokens Without Warning—Here's Who Got the Goods and What’s Next

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EIP-7002: A Better Way To Stake On Ethereum

By @2077research [ 34 Min read ] EIP-7002 enhances Ethereum staking by decoupling validator signing keys from withdrawal keys, boosting security, trustlessness, and user experience post-Merge. Read More.

Donald Trump Executes The Ultimate Crypto Rug Pull

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Everything We Know About Nvidia's Personal AI Supercomputer

By @aswinbarath [ 4 Min read ] Today AI is rapidly becoming part of everyday life, and NVIDIA has once again taken center stage with a new development: Project DIGITS. Read More.

DeepSeek Releases Cheapest Ever LLM In The World

By @thisweekinaieng [ 6 Min read ] In this edition of This Week in AI Engineering, we go through the latest updates along with some must-know tools to make developing AI agents and apps easier. Read More.

Silicon Valley Is In the Midst of an Ideological Battle That Nobody is Talking About

By @juancguerrero [ 4 Min read ] Silicon Valley is experiencing a fundamental split between "Freedom Warriors" (like Musk, Ulbricht, Assange) and the "Coward Class" (Gates, Soros). Read More.

AI Is Now Creating Antidotes for Snake Venom

By @zacamos [ 5 Min read ] Bites from venomous snakes can be deadly — but AI may be able to help. Here's how scientists used AI to design new proteins to counteract snake venom. Read More.

Most Concerns About Bitcoin Are Deeply Human

By @edwinliavaa [ 3 Min read ] Satoshi Nakamoto's vision wasn't just about creating a new currency. It was about dismantling the old power structures. Read More.

How Intent-Based Marketing Helps Drive B2B Marketing Success

By @olgaukr [ 8 Min read ] Learn how intent-based marketing helps B2B marketers target the right audience, boost ROI, and adapt to tighter budgets and privacy regulations. Read More.

Tap Protocol & ICP Empower Bitcoin with Decentralized Finance at Its Core

By @ishanpandey [ 3 Min read ] Tap Protocol partners with ICP and Dfinity to develop decentralized finance (DeFi) applications directly on Bitcoin’s Layer-1. Read More.

2025 is Already Shaping Up to Be A Big Year for AI Tech

By @geekonrecord [ 4 Min read ] In early 2025, the potential of AI seems limitless, as showcased at CES 2025. Read More.

Is Bitcoin Heading Toward A Liquidity Crisis Without Equal?

By @maryhall [ 4 Min read ] It’s only recently that cryptocurrency has started to attract substantial attention from media, individual households, financial institutions, governments. Read More.

Vite Is Overtaking Webpack as Developers' Favorite Option for Web Development

By @catherine [ 8 Min read ] The 2024 State of JS survey found that Vite has become a strong competitor to Webpack and a new favorite option for many developers. Read More.

Why Distributed Systems Can’t Have It All

By @luminousmen [ 9 Min read ] Modern distributed systems are all about tradeoffs. Performance, reliability, scalability, and consistency don't come for free—you always pay a price somewhere. Read More. 🧑‍💻 What happened in your world this week? It's been said that writing can help consolidate technical knowledge, establish credibility, and contribute to emerging community standards. Feeling stuck? We got you covered ⬇️⬇️⬇️ ANSWER THESE GREATEST INTERVIEW QUESTIONS OF ALL TIME We hope you enjoy this worth of free reading material. Feel free to forward this email to a nerdy friend who'll love you for it. See you on Planet Internet! With love, The HackerNoon Team ✌️