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Christy Chen on why today’s chatbots aren’t built to help you know yourself

Christy Chen, founder of Cit Labs, argues that AI chatbots fail at emotional support not because the technology is incapable but because the models were optimized for engagement, trained on text that performs support rather than delivers…

Gander Welcomed Americans in 2001. Now, U.S.-Canada Tensions Hit Home

The Newfoundland town welcomed thousands of frightened airline passengers on Sept. 11, but 25 years later, mixed emotions run through anniversary plans amid an escalating trade war.

Startup Founder Interview: SparkVox Turns Founder Recordings Into LinkedIn Content They Sound Like

Welcome to HackerNoon ’s Writing Prompts! Would you like to take a stab at answering some of these questions? The link for the template is HERE. 1. What is your company in 2-5 words? "Your recordings become LinkedIn authority." 2. Why is…

Playground Games says Fable's story will last between '15-20 hours' or double that with other open-world content, and…

Fable 's main story takes between 15 and 20 hours to complete Associate game director Will Kennedy confirms additional side content can also take between 15 and 20 hours However, the game's life systems are "limitless" Playground Games has…

God told them to sell crypto. Their investors lost everything.

This article was produced in partnership with Type Investigations and with support from the Fund for Investigative Journalism. When Eli Regalado first heard God speak to him, he wondered whether he was hallucinating. Now he likens the…

Our Favorite GoPro 360 Camera Is Now 40 Percent Off

The GoPro Max 2 is almost half off at Amazon and other retailers, along with other great action camera deals.

Healthcare AI’s next test is integration

The entrance of major AI companies into healthcare is a meaningful and welcome development, accelerating the technical foundation available to the industry. Their models are increasingly capable of processing long clinical records…

22-year-old stole $245M in Bitcoin, then spent it on Ferraris and a $569K night out

Instagram’s head says engagement falls by half without the algorithm

Adam Mosseri has warned that users who switch off Instagram’s recommendation system end up with a worse experience, telling an Australian press briefing that engagement can fall by as much as 50% and that satisfaction scores fall off a…

Nvidia signs eight Australian data centre partners for up to 2GW of AI capacity by 2027

Nvidia has signed eight Australian data centre and cloud companies to build what it calls AI factory capacity, in an arrangement the chipmaker says could support up to two gigawatts of AI compute in Australia by 2027. The partners named in…

Remotely access Home Assistant via Tailscale for free

Author Kevin Purdy Contributor Alex Kretzschmar This blog post, originally published in April 2024, was updated in July 2026 to reflect the most modern and convenient ways to install a Tailscale app in Home Assistant and use it for remote…

Voronezh Woman Killed and Caspian Seaport Hit in Ukrainian Drone Strikes

In a separate seaborne drone attack on the Black Sea city of Sochi, 28 people were injured, local officials said Thursday morning.