How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, October 28, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Cuban Missile Crisis Ends in 1962, St. Louis's Gateway Arch is Completed in 1965, Italy Invades Greece in 1940, and we present you with these top quality stories. From Weekly AI Startup Funding: October 20-25, 2025 to How an AI That Reads Cells Like Sentences Made a Novel Cancer Discovery, let’s dive right in. Weekly AI Startup Funding: October 20-25, 2025 By @aifundingtracker [ 13 Min read ] AI startups raised over $3.6 billion this week across infrastructure, wearable AI, enterprise automation, and fintech innovation. Read More. Microsoft’s SAMBA Model Redefines Long-Context Learning for AI By @textmodels [ 5 Min read ] SAMBA combines attention and Mamba for linear-time modeling and context recall for millions of tokens. Read More. Educational Byte: Time in a Chain, or How Long Your Crypto Transaction Takes By @obyte [ 4 Min read ] Crypto transfers can be fast or painfully slow. Here’s why timing depends on the network, fees, and whether you use a CEX or go on-chain. Read More. How an AI That Reads Cells Like Sentences Made a Novel Cancer Discovery By @hacker-Antho [ 4 Min read ] Researchers developed C2S-Scale, a 27 billion parameter foundation model built on Googles Gemma family of open models. Read More. 🧑‍💻 What happened in your world this week? It's been said that writing can help consolidate technical knowledge, establish credibility, and contribute to emerging community standards. Feeling stuck? We got you covered ⬇️⬇️⬇️ ANSWER THESE GREATEST INTERVIEW QUESTIONS OF ALL TIME We hope you enjoy this worth of free reading material. Feel free to forward this email to a nerdy friend who'll love you for it.See you on Planet Internet! With love, The HackerNoon Team ✌️ How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, October 28, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Cuban Missile Crisis Ends in 1962, St. Louis's Gateway Arch is Completed in 1965, Italy Invades Greece in 1940, and we present you with these top quality stories. From Weekly AI Startup Funding: October 20-25, 2025 to How an AI That Reads Cells Like Sentences Made a Novel Cancer Discovery, let’s dive right in. Weekly AI Startup Funding: October 20-25, 2025 By @aifundingtracker [ 13 Min read ] AI startups raised over $3.6 billion this week across infrastructure, wearable AI, enterprise automation, and fintech innovation. Read More. Microsoft’s SAMBA Model Redefines Long-Context Learning for AI By @textmodels [ 5 Min read ] SAMBA combines attention and Mamba for linear-time modeling and context recall for millions of tokens. Read More. Educational Byte: Time in a Chain, or How Long Your Crypto Transaction Takes By @obyte [ 4 Min read ] Crypto transfers can be fast or painfully slow. Here’s why timing depends on the network, fees, and whether you use a CEX or go on-chain. Read More. How an AI That Reads Cells Like Sentences Made a Novel Cancer Discovery By @hacker-Antho [ 4 Min read ] Researchers developed C2S-Scale, a 27 billion parameter foundation model built on Googles Gemma family of open models. Read More. 🧑‍💻 What happened in your world this week? It's been said that writing can help consolidate technical knowledge, establish credibility, and contribute to emerging community standards. Feeling stuck? We got you covered ⬇️⬇️⬇️ ANSWER THESE GREATEST INTERVIEW QUESTIONS OF ALL TIME We hope you enjoy this worth of free reading material. Feel free to forward this email to a nerdy friend who'll love you for it.See you on Planet Internet! With love, The HackerNoon Team ✌️