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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, August 2, 2025?

The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Netscape produces Navio to Compete with Microsoft in 1996, undefined in 1902, The San Francisco cable car system began operations in 1873, and we present you with these top quality stories. From YOLO Jungle: С3, C2F, C3K2 — What Do They Even Mean? to Meta’s AI Boss Just Called LLMs ‘Simplistic’ — Here’s What He’s Building Instead, let’s dive right in.

Reality in C : Philosophical Programming

By @birdsandbricks [ 2 Min read ] Explore intrinsic reality, hyperreality, and metareality through a unique C code prime-checking allegory. Read More.

These Volunteers Turned Bird Nets Into Anti-Drone Shields

By @arthur.tkachenko [ 7 Min read ] A story of how nets purchased in Europe saved lives of Ukrainian soldiers. Read More.

YOLO Jungle: С3, C2F, C3K2 — What Do They Even Mean?

By @epleteneva [ 11 Min read ] How modern YOLO architectures — including C3, C2f, C3K, and C3K2 blocks — build on the Cross-Stage Partial (CSP) concept to boost efficiency. Read More.

By @hacker-Antho [ 8 Min read ] Yann LeCun, Chief AI Scientist at Meta, discusses the future of AI. Read More.

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