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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, April 12, 2025?

The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Space Shuttle's First Flight in 1981, First human in space in 1961, and we present you with these top quality stories. From I Blew €400 on Cursor — Heres What I Learned So You Dont Have To to Tokenization Will Swallow the Worlds Financial Assets, Whether We Like It or Not, let’s dive right in.

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machine-learning

I Blew €400 on Cursor — Heres What I Learned So You Dont Have To

TL;DR Building software with Cursor is super fast, and you should definitely use it. However, there are some downsides.

By @techbyadam [ 3 Min read ]

So these are my tips:

I built my micro SaaS, in a couple of days with Cursor. Curious about results? Check out my profile for link...

business

8 Free Cloudflare Features That Save Me $200/Month (With Examples)

TL;DR Here are some features that can bring down your cost.

By @alexanderisora [ 2 Min read ]

This one is my fav 🧡Cloudflare forwards all incoming emails from any of my domain inbox to a single gmail.

E.g. you can email me at alex(@)isora.me or dsa123(@)isora.me and i will receive those.

Thanks for reading my post! 😁..

machine-learning

AI and Human Creativity Can Totally Coexist—if AI Doesn’t End up Eating the Thing Keeping it Alive

TL;DR Artists are calling it theft. Fans are calling it soulless. Hayao Miyazaki once called AI-generated art “an insult to life itself”. How should we think about it

By @thefrogsociety [ 20 Min read ]

Chances are, you have seen them a lot lately.

AI just did something that would make Hayao Miyazaki roll his eyes harder than his son’s works: it recreated the magic of Studio Ghibli’s animation style—without a single human hand involved.

And now we’re in a moral crisis.

The consequences:..

web3

Tokenization Will Swallow the Worlds Financial Assets, Whether We Like It or Not

TL;DR In the heat of innovation and rapid expansion, we get ahead of our skis and give crypto a bad rep. It is more than just digital coins... It is a societal shift.

By @andreydidovskiy [ 8 Min read ]

Crypto gets a bad rep.

In the heat of innovation and rapid expansion, we get caught up ahead of our skis and lose the plot.

Crypto is so much more than an industry of digital tokens; it is a paradigm shift in how society operates.

No.

Crypto/blockchain/web3 is permanent...

cybersecurity

2025 Has Already Brought a Host of New Crypto-Stealing Malwares—Heres 5 to Watch Out For

TL;DR Well explore here five relatively new crypto-stealing malware types, from screenshot and clipboard stealers to fake video conferencing software. Lets go!

By @obyte [ 7 Min read ]

To protect yourself, besides avoiding storing sensitive information in screenshots, only download well-ranked apps from official stores, and be cautious about granting unnecessary permissions. If you suspect an infection, remove the app immediately and use security tools to scan your device.

Verify GitHub repositories before downloading code.
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Additional Stories of your interest:

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On This Day

Space Shuttle's First Flight

The first shuttle named Columbia and piloted by John W. Young and Robert L. Crippen saw the launch of the Space Shuttle. This marked a major milestone in the United States' space program, as it was the first reusable spacecraft capable of carrying astronauts, satellites, and other payloads into orbit.