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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, August 20, 2025?
The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, NY Times Article on Need to Preserve Obsolete Hardware and Software was published in 1995, Viking 1 launched in 1975, Google released the Pixel 4a in 2020, and we present you with these top quality stories. From Two Hours With Cursor Changed How I See AI Coding to I Tried Amazons Kiro.dev For 5 Days—Its a Below mid-level Dev, let’s dive right in.
How a Terminal Diagnosis Inspired a New Ethical AI System
By @hacker22796174 [ 5 Min read ] Terminal developer creates Sacred Pause: AI that hesitates before harm. 68% reduction in harmful outputs. Open-source gift to humanity. Read More.
Two Hours With Cursor Changed How I See AI Coding
By @scastiel [ 4 Min read ] For the first time in my career, I have absolutely no idea what the software engineer job will look like in five or ten years. Read More.
No More ‘Ship and Pray’: Testing SaaS Billing Systems with Playwright Stripe Test Clocks
By @paultowers [ 16 Min read ] How to use Stripe Test Clocks with Playwright E2E tests to simulate subscription billing lifecycles in minutes, not months, with real code examples. Read More.
BlackRocks Fink Joins World Economic Forum as Co-Chair—Is Global Crypto Integration Next?
By @olaoluwajohn [ 4 Min read ] Larry Finks appointment as interim co-chair of the World Economic Forum represents cryptos complete institutional victory. Read More.
I Tried Amazons Kiro.dev For 5 Days—Its a Below mid-level Dev
By @romavm [ 2 Min read ] I used Kiro.dev for 5 days to complete my hackathon project (analyzing GitHub repositories). Read More.
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