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Anchoring, loss aversion, social proof, and five more psychology principles behind Amazon, Costco, and Trader Joe's biggest conversion wins.

A practical look at Git mirrors, second remotes, LFS checks, CI recovery, and why backup policies need restore tests.

The same people who sold you the fear are now selling you the relief. The story follows their money. Here’s how to read it, whichever way it swings....

Discover how IBM's Indrajit Sen approaches retail platform modernization, AI governance, cloud architecture, and global engineering leadership.

The CEO of Foundation Future Industries, which counts the president’s son as its chief strategy adviser, tells WIRED it’s exploring some “kinetic things.”

“Based on simple math, these outbreak responses—which require rapid, timely responses—are going to be greatly diminished,” the former CDC lab director tells WIRED.

True the Vote is working with a Detroit pastor to produce a new documentary called Trap, based on claims that have already been thrown out in court.

The City Attorney’s Office sent the tech giants cease-and-desist letters this week telling them to stop profiting from 13 “face-swap” apps that are overwhelmingly used to target women and girls.

Nice PlayStation you got. Bet it could probably run Linux too.

From the best air fryer to frying pans to knife sharpeners anyone can use, these ideas will keep the curious home chef in your life tinkering away.

The Japanese Microwave measures food temperature directly, and stops cooking when food’s hot. It’s kinda terrific.

Great for indie darlings, but Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo remain kings of TV gaming.

Amazon's upcoming God Of War show has hit a major snag - it's now on the hunt for a new Kratos, after an on-set injury put its current lead actor out of commission. Sons of Anarchy star Ryan Hurst was originally cast for the role in January, with Deadline reporting that four episodes of the […]

The Trump administration is waging a culture war on science, and the latest salvo is in the form of a dry, bureaucratic proposal from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that could threaten the future of US science as we know it. The proposal would give political appointees unprecedented control over grant funding, the […]

The defense secretary’s idea of administering testosterone therapy to members of the US Armed Forces reveals little understanding of the complexity of hormones.

7/16/2026: Top 5 stories on the HackerNoon homepage!

Learn everything you need to know about Cicd via these 232 free HackerNoon blog posts.

seedream-5-pro is ByteDance's flagship text-to-image and image-to-image generation model capable of producing sharp images at 1K and 2K resolutions.

The release of Inkling marks the end of the "static model" era. It is a foundation meant for "Tinkering,"

I answered a Flutter isolate question in 2024. Two years later I benchmarked it: the plugin call cost 1.8 ms, the Dart pipeline froze the UI for 5 seconds.

As wildfire smoke threatens air quality and safety for millions, here’s your playbook to keep your family safe from the damaging effects of smoke.

Foot traffic to leafy green chains is falling, data shows. Still, a few brave souls who spoke to WIRED were determined to get their fix. “I honestly didn’t even think about” the risk of explosive diarrhea, one says.

On today’s Uncanny Valley, we unpack OpenAI’s ongoing drama, both legal and reputational, and whether these developments could further hurt the company—particularly in its fight against Anthropic.

Netflix says roughly 300 titles on its platform used generative AI, most of which occurred in post-production. The streaming service revealed the news in its second-quarter earnings report released on Thursday, saying it's "increasingly leveraging these tools to deliver higher quality output more quickly and at a lower cost." It also provided some examples of […]

Samsung’s Frame is different from your average 4K TV. Its biggest selling point involves what it does when you aren’t actively using it. It can display art, turning your living room into a gallery. The Frame has bezels that make it look like — you guessed it — framed art, and its matte finish can […]

Get ready for more AI characters in Fortnite. Developer Epic Games is going to let Fortnite creators publish experiences featuring characters with AI-powered voices starting on July 30th, and ahead of that launch, it's created 36 characters with "consistent voices and personas" that creators can use as NPCs. The characters include Fortnite staples like Agent […]

This week's HackerNoon's Startups of the Week are Le Magazine du Mali, Animatory, and Baros.

Aina raises $5.5M led by Redstart Labs and 360 ONE Asset to build a general-purpose hardware interface for the AI era, beyond touchscreens and keyboards.

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The Power of Prime Numbers in animation and automation.