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đȘ Heap Heap Hurray Ed. #354
Daily dispatches from the world of technology.
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Geek Gossip
#BASIC - Bill Gates wrote this code - Microsoft has open-sourced the version of BASIC it created in 1976 for the MOS 6502 processor used in many early microcomputers. The release is assembly language source code â 6,955 lines of it â and Microsoft placed it on GitHub.
#LLMs - Supposedly, these psychological tricks can get LLMs to respond to âforbiddenâ prompts.
Latest Updates
Seekho Raises $28M to Expand Short-Video Learning Platform
Seekho secured $28M in Series B funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners with Goodwater Capital, Lightspeed India, and Elevation Capital. The platform offers 10,000+ bite-sized videos in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu, aiming to make learning fun and easy. Funds will fuel AI-driven personalization and global brand growth.
Instant House Help Market Heats Up
Urban Company's Insta Help leads the charge with over 2.1 lakh bookings in August, followed closely by Snabbit and Pronto, as the demand for instant house help services continues to grow in major Indian cities.
Atlassian Acquires Browser Company
Atlassian is acquiring The Browser Company, the New York-based startup that makes both Arc and the new AI-focused Dia browser. The acquisition is mostly about Dia, which launched in June. Dia is a mix of web browser and chatbot.
Changelog
Google Photos - Adds Veo 3 Software Capabilities for Creating 4-Second Videos from Static Images
WhatsApp - Unified Call Menu for Easier Access to Calls with Businesses and Group Chats
ChatGPT - Projects feature is now available for all users, allowing free users to create custom folders for uploading files, images, and setting instructions, with a file upload limit of five per project.
Google - Introduces Material 3 Expressive for Pixel devices, Adaptive Audio for Pixel Buds Pro 2, on-wrist navigation for Pixel Watch, new AI writing tools in Gboard, enhanced audio sharing capabilities, Androidify, and redesigned Quick Share feature.
Adobe Premiere - Brings professional-grade video editing to iPhone with AI-powered features, watermark-free exports, and access to Adobe's stock library and cloud storage.
DuckDuckGo - Expanded access to advanced AI models, including GPT-5, Sonnet 4.0, and Llama 4 Maverick, for subscribers.
Trending Projects / Code Repositories
500 AI Agents Projects | The 500 AI Agents Projects is a curated collection of AI agent use cases across various industries. It showcases practical applications and provides links to open-source projects for implementation, illustrating how AI agents are transforming sectors such as healthcare, finance, education, retail, and more.
Windows | Windows inside a Docker container.
Ripple | The elegant TypeScript UI framework
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Miscellaneous
Avoiding Confusion In User Interfaces: "my" Vs "your"
When referring to the userâs stuff, which is better out of these: âMy accountâ or âYour accountâ? â my ordersâ or âYour ordersâ? âmy casesâ and âyour casesâ? Learn which to use when.
Understanding Gestalt Principles In UI Design
Gestalt principles are rules that describe how the human brain interprets and organizes visual information. They explain how we naturally group elements, recognize patterns, and form them into coherent wholes. Gestalt principles can be applied in areas such as page structure and information hierarchy.
Beacon API: Reliable Data Transmission On Page Unload
You will learn about the limitations of using XMLHTTPRequest or fetch in beforeunload or unload events, the reasons behind their unreliability, and how the Beacon API provides a fire-and-forget solution for sending small amounts of data to the server when the page unloads, including a simple example of how to use it.
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