🪅 Heap Heap Hurray Ed. #353

Cheers to Thursday! The weekend is almost here!

#DisneyScandal - Disney was accused of collecting and using the personal data of children under 13 years - and based on an inquiry, this was determined to be true. They have now been fined $10 million.

Zomato Raises Platform Fee To ₹12 Per Order
Zomato has raised its platform fee from ₹10 to  ₹12 per order. Rival Swiggy has also increased its platform fees by ⁹2, raising it to ₚ14 per order, to capitalise on the festive rush.

Google Avoids Having To Sell Chrome, But It Must Change Business Practices
Google will not have to divest its Chrome browser, but will have to change some of its business practices. The ruling comes more than a year after the same judge ruled that Google had acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in internet search. The Department of Justice had proposed that Google should be forced to sell Chrome.

Anthropic Raises $13 Billion In Series F Funding
Anthropic, a leading AI research and development company, has secured a massive $13 billion investment in its Series F funding round, valuing the company at $183 billion.

WhatsApp - Added AI-generated backgrounds for video calls, as well as a range of new filters and effects, giving you more ways to spice up your private chats.

NotebookLM - Adds new audio formats to Audio Overviews, including Deep Dive, Brief, Critique, and Debate.

ChatGPT - Expanding interventions to more people in crisis, improving access to emergency services, enabling connections to trusted contacts, and strengthening protections for teens.

Go beyond the hype and learn the art and science of prompt engineering from the experts at Anthropic. In this deep dive, you'll learn how to craft the perfect prompt for Claude, their powerful AI model. Discover the secrets to getting the results you want, every time.

Ever wondered why a simple phrase can completely break a powerful AI? It's not a bug, it's a "glitch token." Discover the weird world of AI language processing and learn why a "solid gold Magikarp" can crash ChatGPT.

Lean For Javascript Developers
No this isn’t about lean programming - it’s about the Lean Programming Language. If you have a javascript background (tbh, if you know programming and not just javascript), you can check this resource out to learn a new language.

Why Do Developers Procrastinate
USC researchers uncover 14 positive and 9 negative effects of delaying work among software engineers, identifying triggers and providing 19 practical techniques to mitigate procrastination.

Tips On Working As A Freelancer
Here’s a thread on reddit where the author scraped 15K threads to determine how people actually get consistent and good paying work as a digital nomad. Very useful tips in there.