The HackerNoon Newsletter: How to Stop Your TV From Watching You (7/5/2025)

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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, July 5, 2025?

The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Amazon Launches in 1994, Dolly the Sheep Announced in 1996, The Modern Bikini Introduced in 1946, and we present you with these top quality stories. From Reality Is a Shared Delusion — Pick a Better One to 10 Things to Do After Your First Win—So It’s Not Your Last, let’s dive right in.

By @maken8 [ 6 Min read ] Bitcoin Banks will not capture Bitcoin if theyre pumping debt into it. Theyll orange-pill more decentralized banking. Read More.

By @TheMarkup [ 7 Min read ] Heres a guide to turning it off on three of the most popular smart TV software platforms in use last year. Read More.

By @scottdclary [ 3 Min read ] Everything you think is “realistic” about ...