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🪅 Heap Heap Hurray Ed. #349
Daily dispatches from the world of technology.
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Geek Gossip
#UIDesign - Did you know that the Indian Government is standardizing their UI designs? UX4G is a Digital India initiative designed to enhance the user’s experience when accessing digital services. Soon, you will start seeing government websites built for the new age!
#NothingPhone3 - During the demo of Nothing’s Phone 3, they showcased photos that were supposedly taken using the phone. Except - they weren’t! The photographers behind it admitted that they did not use the phone at all to take those pictures… while Nothing claimed that the photos erroneously made it to the demo.
#GooglePixel10 - Google Pixel 10 reviews are out! Check it out.
#npm - Another day, another supply chain attack of a popular nodejs library. Nx, the devops library was hacked and the org’s secret credentials were leaked.
Latest Updates
Indian Startups Pixxel And Dhruva Space Launch Satellites On Elon Musk’s SpaceX Rocket
Bengaluru-based Pixxel and Hyderabad-based Dhruva Space successfully launched satellites on Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket, with Pixxel's Firefly hyperspectral satellites capturing insights on Earth's ecosystems and Dhruva Space hosting payloads for Akula Tech and Esper Sats in its first commercial mission.
Google Eliminates Over 35% Of Managers Overseeing Small Teams
Google has reduced the number of managers overseeing small teams by more than a third, in a move to increase efficiency and reduce bureaucracy. This decision is part of the company's ongoing efforts to adapt to changes in the industry, particularly with the rise of AI.
Microsoft Confronts Protests Over Israel Tech Contracts
Microsoft, has been at the center of a heated controversy after 20 people, including one current employee and three former employees, were arrested on its Redmond campus for protesting the company's technology contracts with Israel. The protesters, part of the group No Azure for Apartheid, claim police brutality and demand Microsoft cut ties with Israel over alleged human rights abuses.
Changelog
WhatsApp - Introduces Writing Help, an AI-powered feature that provides message suggestions in various styles while keeping user messages completely private through Private Processing technology.
Microsoft Word for Windows - Automatically saves new documents to the cloud.
Microsoft Copilot - A voice-powered AI companion launched on select Samsung TVs and monitors for entertainment, everyday help, and more.
Trending Projects / Code Repositories
Optique | Type-safe combinatorial CLI parser for TypeScript
Minecraft Mcp Server | A Minecraft MCP Server powered by Mineflayer API. It allows to control a Minecraft character in real-time, allowing AI assistants to build structures, explore the world, and interact with the game environment through natural language instruction
Headless Tree | The definitive tree component for the Web
In Case You Missed It
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Participants can compete in the MariaDB Python Hackathon, crafting projects in Python that leverage MariaDB’s advanced features. Overall rewards include $10,000 in total cash and an exclusive dinner with Monty Widenius, founder of MySQL & MariaDB. More details here.
Miscellaneous
Unlocking Efficient Computing With Web Workers And React
LionyxML is a developer who uses Web Workers to make React interfaces more responsive. In this guide, we'll explore how Web Workers can help us keep our React interfaces responsive. We'll go through a practical example, starting with a common problem and evolving to more robust solutions.
5 Tiny Phrases Every Engineer Should Use With AI
AI makes many common mistakes if you don’t preemptively prevent them. This article is about small phrases that prevent AI from making its common mistakes.
Building Open-source Projects On The Side
Piotr Osiński shares his journey of building a popular open-source project, Logdy, while working as an Engineering Manager, gaining 1,800 GitHub stars in just a weekend.
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