January 19, 2025

Hardware

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 supply leaks: RTX 5080 supply is OK, RTX 5090 will be TIGHT

TL;DR: NVIDIA’s upcoming GeForce RTX 50 series, particularly the RTX 5090, is expected to face significant supply constraints at launch. Distributors and AIBs report limited availability, with some receiving no RTX 5090 units initially. Comparatively, the RTX 5080 will have better, but still limited, stock. Availability may improve by late Q1 or Q2. NVIDIA’s next-generation GeForce RTX 50 series “Blackwell” GPUs are nearly here, but it looks like it’ll be an impossible mission to get

Anthony Garreffa January 19, 2025

A Guide to Container Networking: Part III – Docker Container Networking | HackerNoon

This is the third part of the series Container Networking. I will explain a little bit about the docker container networking in this blog post. I followed the steps mentioned in this to install docker on Ubuntu. Post docker install, you can see the docker0 device in the list ip link 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 2: enp0s3: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP mode

Atul Thosar January 19, 2025

Hardware

AMD’s new flagship Radeon RX 9070 XT rumored at $599 could be RTX 5070 Ti killer, for $150 less

TL;DR: AMD’s Radeon RX 9070 XT, rumored at $599, aims to challenge NVIDIA’s RTX 5070 Ti, priced at $749, with similar performance and improved ray tracing. The RX 9070 XT features 16GB GDDR6 memory and FSR 4 support. AMD’s strategy could offer a cost-effective alternative to NVIDIA’s offerings, enhancing competition in the GPU market. AMD’s next-gen Radeon RX 9070 XT could be priced at $599, acting as a GeForce RTX 5070 Ti killer for $150

Anthony Garreffa January 19, 2025

AI comes alive: From bartenders to surgical aides to puppies, tomorrow’s robots are on their way

Beyond performing tasks, machines will integrate into our social fabric, requiring us to navigate new relationships with technology.Read More

Gary Grossman, Edelman January 19, 2025

Suicide Hotlines Promised Anonymity – So Why Was Sensitive Data Sent to Facebook? | HackerNoon

This article was copublished with STAT, a national publication that delivers trusted and authoritative journalism about health, medicine, and the life sciences. Sign up for its health tech newsletter here. Websites for mental health crisis resources across the country—which promise anonymity for visitors, many of whom are at a desperate moment in their lives—have been quietly sending sensitive visitor data to Facebook, The Markup has found. Dozens of websites tied to the national mental health crisis

The Markup January 19, 2025

Software

What Kind of Skills Are Required to Become a Data Analyst? | HackerNoon

Nothing is impossible! Just plan what you will do with the right strategy. I am an interior architecture graduate and currently working as a Data Analyst Lead in one of Turkey’s largest e-commerce companies. I’ve been asked this question a lot lately: “How can I become a Data Analyst?” Many people want to start but don’t know where to begin. In this article, I want to share a heartfelt guide, highlighting that becoming a Data

Azize Sultan Palali January 19, 2025

The Concepts Data Professionals Should Know in 2025: Part 1

From Data Lakehouses to Event-Driven Architecture — Master 12 data concepts and turn them into simple projects to stay ahead in IT. Sarah Lea · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 11 min read · 7 hours ago — When I scroll through YouTube or LinkedIn and see topics like RAG, Agents or Quantum Computing, I sometimes get a queasy feeling about keeping up with these innovations as a data professional. But when I reflect then

Sarah Lea January 19, 2025

IEEE Power & Energy Society Boosts Scholarship to $10,000

2 min read During the past 13 years, the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) has awarded US $4.6 million in scholarships to undergraduate students in North America studying power engineering as part of its Scholarship Plus Initiative. PES has increased the scholarship amount this year to $10,000, up from $7,000. Recipients, who do not have to be IEEE student members, are eligible to receive up to three years of financial support but must reapply

Amanda Davis January 19, 2025

Software

How I Solved the WebSocket Scaling Problem Without Breaking the Bank | HackerNoon

A long time ago, I found myself in a situation where I had to create a scalable system that could be capable of handling hundreds of simultaneous connections at not very high cost, and with reasonable, but not instant time of response. My first thoughts? Let’s move all create/edit/delete actions to the queue and notify users if their actions succeeded or not via WebSocket. But back then, I hadn’t much experience with WebSockets in production,

Kamil Fronczak January 19, 2025

How Gamekins Integrates Gamification into Continuous Integration for Better Testing | HackerNoon

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2.1 Software Testing 2.2 Gamification of Software Testing 3 Gamifying Continuous Integration and 3.1 Challenges in Teaching Software Testing 3.2 Gamification Elements of Gamekins 3.3 Gamified Elements and the Testing Curriculum 4 Experiment Setup and 4.1 Software Testing Course 4.2 Integration of Gamekins and 4.3 Participants 4.4 Data Analysis 4.5 Threats to Validity 5.1 RQ1: How did the students use Gamekins during the course? 5.2 RQ2: What testing

Gamifications FTW Publications January 19, 2025