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🪅 Heap Heap Hurray Ed. #346
Daily dispatches from the world of technology.
Good morning, Tuesday! Let's make the most of it!
Geek Gossip
#Comet-AI-Browser - What can go wrong with a browser that uses AI agents to browse? Check this demonstration out where the AI agent is tricked into fetching an OTP received on the user’s email and revealing it to the attacker. Pretty funny how easy it was to carry it out if you ask us!
#Coinbase - Coinbase’s CEO fired employees who didn’t use AI. In other words, the CEO used lack of AI tools as an excuse to fire engineers… SMH.
Latest Updates
Beepkart Shuts Down Operations
Beepkart, a Bengaluru-based used two-wheeler marketplace, has shut down its operations after four years, citing mounting losses, unplanned expansion, and poor service quality. The company had raised over $23 million in funding and reported a 165% YoY jump in revenue to Rs 100 crore in FY24, but its losses doubled to Rs 66 crore.
Snowflake Expands with New Bengaluru Office
Snowflake announced the opening of its new office at The Square, Vittal Mallya Road, Bengaluru, marking its second India office this year after Mumbai. The company highlighted its commitment to innovation, collaboration, and community-building in one of India’s key tech hubs.
Apple Watch Secrets Stolen By Former Employee
Apple is suing Dr. Chen Shi, a former Sensor System Architect, and his new employers Oppo and InnoPeak for allegedly stealing trade secrets and proprietary information, including custom-designed chips and unreleased product details, before joining the wearables market competitor.
US Government Now Owns 10% of Intel
The government agrees to purchase 433.3 million primary shares of Intel common stock at a price of $20.47 per share, equivalent to a 9.9 percent stake in the company. The government’s investment in Intel will be a passive ownership, with no Board representation or other governance or information rights. Intel has continued to strategically invest in research, development and manufacturing in the United States.
Changelog
WhatsApp iOS - You can now share media from other apps directly to status updates.
xAI - Released Grok 2.5 model as open source, available for download and modification on the Hugging Face platform.
Trending Projects / Code Repositories
Alchemy | Infrastructure as TypeScript. Alchemy is an embeddable, TypeScript-native Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) library for modeling Resources that are Created, Updated and Deleted automatically.
Reui | Open-source collection of UI components and animated effects built with React, Typescript, Tailwind CSS, and Motion. Pairs beautifully with shadcn/ui.
Try | Fresh directories for every vibe. For everyone who constantly creates new projects for little experiments, a one-file Ruby script to quickly manage and navigate to keep them somewhat organized
In Case You Missed It
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Job Board
Senior Software Developer @ BlueNotary (Remote)
✨Experience : 4+ years (MongoDB | VueJS | NodeJS)
💰Expected Salary : ₹20L – ₹35L / year
Lead UI / UX Designer (Mobile App) @ Luna Ring (Onsite - Multiple Locations)
✨Experience : 4+ years (UI/UX Design | Product Design | Figma)
💰Expected Salary : ₹15L – ₹32L / year
Backend Developer @ Leucine (Onsite - Bengaluru)
✨Experience : 4+ years (Java | Spring Boot | JPA/Hibernate)
💰Expected Salary : ₹30L – ₹40L / year
SDET - 2 @ Sprinto (Remote)
✨Experience : 5+ years (Javascript | Continuous Integration | Jenkins | Playwright | Continous Deployment | Cypress)
💰Expected Salary : ₹25L – ₹35L / year
Python Lead - Architect @ Krtrimaiq cognitive solutions (Remote)
✨Experience : 6+ years (Python | SQL | SQLAlchemy | Architect | GraphQL)
💰Expected Salary : ₹25L – ₹35L / year
Senior Frontend Developer @ iAIsolution/ (Onsite - Bengaluru)
✨Experience : 3+ years (NextJs)
💰Expected Salary : ₹20L – ₹25L / year
Miscellaneous
Unlocking Rich UI With Mdx Enhanced Dynamic Markdown
Learn how to integrate rich UI components into your LLM (Large Language Model) responses using MDX Enhanced Dynamic Markdown, a powerful library that enables you to create interactive and visually engaging experiences in your applications.
Oauth 2.0 Flow: Understanding The Basics
This article will help you understand the OAuth 2.0 flow, a widely used authorization framework for secure access to user data. You will learn about the problems with direct password sharing, API keys, and how OAuth solves these issues with access tokens.
Background Agents
Faire's engineers use autonomous AI agents to free up time for innovation, leveraging swarm-coding to scale workflows, reduce tech debt, and accelerate large-scale changes.
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