Welcome to CyberCoders' Weekly Roundup! Every week, we handpick the top five stories from around the web that offer great insight into hiring in the tech industry.
1. A 25-Year-Old Genius Just Raised $10 Million for a Startup
Here's your inspirational story for the week. Mitchell Hashimoto is only a quarter century old and was making $500,000 a year. Now, he's just raised $10 million for a startup called HashiCorp, which is a development tool creator. It was spurred by the wild success of his project: Vagrant, which "helps you easily set up a programming environment using whatever platform you want (VMware, Docker, etc.) and then move it from computer to computer."
2. Tesla Roadster Geting Upgrades for 400 Mile Range [C-NET]
Tesla's innovation is unparalleled
in the auto-tech industry. The latest improvement includes extending the already longest range electric car vehicle from about 250 miles to 400 mile range. Meaning, you could drive from LA to SF via electric powered vehicle without stopping once.
3. NIKE is Releasing Sneakers that Look Like iPhone Cases for Your Feet [Fast Co Design]
These sneakers are out of this world (we just had to!).
Nike has announced the return of the Zvezdochka, a Marc Newson-designed space sneaker first developed 10 years ago at the personal request of Nike CEO Matt Parker.
4. Sony and Microsoft Game Console Networks Disrupted [NY Times]
Another day, another hack.
The Sony and Microsoft Game Console Networks were hacked on most of Christmas Day by hackers dubbed "The Lizard Squad." It remains to be seen whether or not this hack was related to the highly controversial release of the movie The Interview on the same day.
"The attack on the Sony and Microsoft gaming networks comes after a recent hacking of Sony Pictures’ computer network that law enforcement officials have linked to North Korea. There is no current evidence that the game system attack and the earlier hacking are connected."
5. MIT Unifies Web Development with One Speedy New Language [Slash Dot]
Keep an eye on MIT's newest computer language
Ur/Web, which "
provides a way for developers to write pages as self-contained programs. It incorporates many of the most widely-used web technologies, freeing developers from working with each language individually. "
