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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, April 17, 2025?

The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, we present you with these top quality stories. From Answer to Win from $2000: How Does Aleph Cloud Support Decentralized AI Development? to This Harvard Cryptographer Says Privacy Doesn’t Need Bitcoin—or Big Tech, let’s dive right in.


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machine-learning

xAI’s Grok 3: All the GPUs, None of the Breakthroughs

TL;DR Elon claimed Grok 3 was the worlds best AI. Two months later, how does it really stack up against GPT-4o, Claude 3.7 Gemini 2.5?

By @lee.aao [ 8 Min read ]

At the end of February, Elon rolled out his latest model. Of course, it was "the best in the world."

Is it really a Smartest AI on Earth?

And those benchmarks? Take a look:

So today we know it's expensive and definitely not the absolute best.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf8EPSBZU7Y&embedable=true

TLDR:..

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web3

This Harvard Cryptographer Says Privacy Doesn’t Need Bitcoin—or Big Tech

TL;DR Bruce Schneier has been a prolific cypherpunk. Hes created several cryptographic tools and numerous books, but hes also against blockchains. Why is that?

By @obyte [ 6 Min read ]

Around that time, he co-founded Counterpane Internet Security, where he served as Chief Technology Officer. The company was later acquired by BT Group, and Schneier continued working in security. In 2016, he joined IBM after it acquired Resilient Systems, where he was CTO until 2019...

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Answer to Win from $2000: How Does Aleph Cloud Support Decentralized AI Development?

TL;DR Explore how Aleph Cloud supports decentralized AI development for a chance to win up to $2000 in the #blockchain Writing Contest

By @hackernooncontests [ 2 Min read ]

For a chance to win from a $2,000 prize pool, the #blockchain Writing Contest welcomes writers, developers, and industry experts to discuss how decentralized technologies—#decentralized-ai, #decentralized-cloud, and #dePIN—are transforming tech scaling, user interactions, and data management.

Ready to enter the contest? Click here...

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Poll Of the Week

Tariff Tug-of-War: Will US Tech Tariff Exemption Save Your Gadgets or Just Delay the Pain?

The US has imposed steep tariffs on most Chinese goods, but key tech products like smartphones, laptops, and chips are temporarily exempt, while accessories like chargers and headphones are not. These exemptions may not last, and uncertainty is rattling the tech industry. Will these moves protect consumers and innovation, or just postpone bigger problems?

Short-Term Relief, Long-Term Pain: Exemptions help now, but future tariffs will hurt prices and innovation.
Accessory Shock: Gadgets are safe, but accessories will get more expensive.
Innovation Shift: Companies will move production or innovate elsewhere.
Tariff Whiplash: Uncertainty will disrupt the whole tech industry.
No Big Deal: The tech world has been, and will adapt just fine.
Unsure: More information is needed

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