The HackerNoon Newsletter: Nurses Are Being Hired Like Ubers (5/11/2025)

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11 May 2025

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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, May 11, 2025?


The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Apple 1, the first Apple computer, was released in 1976, AI's first win against a chess master in 1997, and we present you with these top quality stories. From Monero Vs. The Regulators: A Technical Analysis of Privacy Under Scrutiny to JavaScript Just Became 10X faster Thanks to a New Game-changing Feature From Chrome, let’s dive right in.

JavaScript Just Became 10X faster Thanks to a New Game-changing Feature From Chrome


By @thisweekinjavascript [ 3 Min read ] Chromes V8 team just dropped a game-changing feature that makes JavaScript blazingly fast! Read More.

AI is Neither the Magical Replacement for Human Analysts Nor a Useless Gimmick


By @vakamynin [ 6 Min read ] AI is being used to help analysts with routine tasks. But it can also be a real contender on the analytics team. Read More.

AI and Proxies: Are They Connected?


By @dataimpulse [ 4 Min read ] Explore how proxies power AI—from web scraping to automation—helping bots gather data, avoid bans, and operate smarter, faster, and globally. Read More.

AI Needs Better Data, Not Just Bigger Models


By @danstein [ 4 Min read ] LLMs have changed fast—doing things that felt impossible. But big challenges remain. Sapien’s CEO Rowan Stone shares what’s working and what needs fixing. Read More.

Nurses Are Being Hired Like Ubers


By @TheMarkup [ 10 Min read ] The app lets nurses and nurse aides book individual shifts for a set number of hours with health care facilities, get paid, and move on to the next gig. Read More.

Monero Vs. The Regulators: A Technical Analysis of Privacy Under Scrutiny


By @stealthex [ 6 Min read ] Discover how Moneros privacy features work and why regulators struggle to track transactions despite increasing pressure on cryptocurrency exchanges. Read More.

Six Side Characters That Stole The Show In TV Shows


By @@Zohan [ 3 Min read ] The Vampire Diaries, Game of Thrones and The Big Bang Theory have all had interesting side characters. Read More.

This One Python Tool Fixed My AIs Function-Calling Chaos


By @riteshmodi [ 9 Min read ] Learn how to tame unpredictable AI outputs with Pydantic validation. This guide shows how to enforce consistent JSON structures from function calling. Read More.


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