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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, May 30, 2025?

The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, The European Space Agency Was Established in 1975, The Indy 500 Was Launched in 1911, The Mariner 9 Took Off in 1971, and we present you with these top quality stories. From Can AI Retrain Itself Into a Bias Loop? This Study Says Yes to If PCI-DSS Compliance Makes Apps Safer, Why Aren’t We All Doing It?, let’s dive right in.

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hackernoon

Write Together, Publish Faster: How to Co-Author Stories on HackerNoon

TL;DR Explore Chowa, HackerNoons new collaborative writing tool that lets multiple authors co-write, comment, and create together in one seamless draft.

By @editingprotocol [ 3 Min read ]

On top of that, Chowa includes a built-in comment feature that lets you highlight text and leave suggestions, questions, or high-fives using the yellow speech balloon icon. All comments are tracked in one place, so your team stays perfectly in sync with every idea...

cybersecurity

If PCI-DSS Compliance Makes Apps Safer, Why Aren’t We All Doing It?

TL;DR Secure coding isn’t just for payment apps. Learn practical PCI DSS tips to protect your app, your users, and your peace of mind.

By @avonnadozie [ 5 Min read ]

If you’ve ever had to write an app to process card payments, not like integrating PayPal, but like being PayPal. You’ve probably heard of PCI DSS.

If your app’s database is in a public subnet, I’m going to need you to stop reading and fix that. Now!..

machine-learning

Can AI Retrain Itself Into a Bias Loop? This Study Says Yes

TL;DR Study reveals how LLMs like GPT-2 amplify bias over time—even without model collapse—and explores ways to mitigate this growing AI risk.

By @mediabias [ 5 Min read ]

Authors:

(1) Ze Wang, Holistic AI and University College London;

(2) Zekun Wu, Holistic AI and University College London;

(3) Jeremy Zhang, Emory University;

(4) Navya Jain, University College London;

(5) Xin Guan, Holistic AI;

(6) Adriano Koshiyama.

Abstract and Introduction

Background and Related Work

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On This Day

The European Space Agency Was Established

The EU's premier space agency was established nearly two decades after the USSR blindsided world powers by launching Sputnik 1, the world's first artificial satellite. The Sputnik crisis stoked fears of a perceived gap between the technological prowess between the United States and the Soviet Union.