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Welcome to the Proof of Usefulness Hackathon spotlight, curated by HackerNoon’s editors to showcase noteworthy tech solutions to real-world problems. Whether you’re a solopreneur, part of an early-stage startup, or a developer building something that truly matters, the Proof of Usefulness Hackathon is your chance to test your
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$21.6bn quarter, AI revenue nearly doubles, full year crowned the best in the company’s history. Lenovo posted Q4 revenue of $21.6bn, up 27% year-on-year and roughly $2.2bn ahead of consensus, sending shares up about 15% on Friday in Hong Kong. Net profit attributable to shareholders jumped
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Sponsor Posts Niantic Spatial: World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate. Zoho Creator is now HDS certified — Zoho Creator is now HDS certified, running on EU
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has offered to invest in every startup from the latest batch of Y Combinator through a model built around AI credits rather than direct cash investments. According to reports shared during a Y Combinator event, OpenAI plans to provide USD 2 million worth of AI tokens
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In a significant step towards strengthening India’s position as a global technology and infrastructure powerhouse, Vantageo India has announced a strategic partnership with Saviynt at the Vietnam–India Innovation Forum, held in the presence of H.E. Mr. Tô Lâm, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The collaboration
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‘Co-opetition’ just got ridiculous ‘Co-opetition’ has long been one of the more annoying enterprise tech buzzwords, but in the AI era it’s being taken to near ludicrous lengths. Tucked away in a US regulatory filing this week comes the revelation that Anthropic is paying Elon Musk’s SpaceX $1.
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Hon’ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Devendra Fadnavis, today announced Mumbai Tech Week (MTW) 2026, reinforcing the state’s push for AI and tech-led innovation. Organised by the Tech Entrepreneurs Association of Mumbai (TEAM) in collaboration with the Government of Maharashtra, powered by IDFC FIRST Bank and co-powered by
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The Gulf’s AI ambitions depend on something surprisingly fragile: a handful of undersea cables running through some of the world’s most volatile waterways. Countries like Saudi Arabia and the UAE have spent billions building AI infrastructure, attracting hyperscalers and positioning themselves as future exporters of compute capacity. But
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* Zendesk introduces outcome-based pricing model for AI agents * Customers only pay for support interactions successfully resolved by AI * AI is now being framed as a unit of labor, not just a productivity tool Zendesk has rethought service pricing in an AI-first era beyond the evolution from seat-based to token-based pricing
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Kaspersky has detected phishing and business email compromise (BEC) attacks that are leveraging Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) – a cloud-based email service designed for businesses and developers to send and receive high-volume marketing, notification, and transactional emails (for instance, password resets). Because these emails are sent via a trusted service,
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Informatica has announced expanded integration with Amazon Web Services aimed at enabling enterprises to embed governed and context-aware data directly into AI-driven workflows and autonomous agents. Announced at Informatica World 2026, the integration brings Informatica’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and CLAIRE Agent skills to AWS AI services including
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Acceldata has announced the launch of its Autonomous Data & AI Platform, positioning it as an enterprise platform designed to help organizations manage analytics and AI workloads across distributed cloud, on-premises, hybrid, and sovereign environments. The launch comes as enterprises globally face increasing complexity in managing AI adoption across fragmented
