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🪅 Heap Heap Hurray Ed. #356
Daily dispatches from the world of technology.
Cheers to Tuesday! Another opportunity to get things done!
Events galore - we have lots of hackathons for you in this edition. Not to forget - Apple’s Awe Dropping Event takes place later tonight. Check out the events section for more.
Geek Gossip
#Hindi-ChatBots - Meta is hiring US-based contractors to work with locals in key growth markets like India. The company is paying up to $55 an hour for workers fluent in Hindi to create chatbots for their AI powered friends.
#AI-In-Hollywood - OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is making an animated feature film called Critterz. The film is expected to hit theaters worldwide in 2026. It will be made primarily with the company’s AI tools.
Latest Updates
Nepal Government Lifts Ban On Social Media Apps After Deadly Protests
The Nepal government has lifted the ban on social media apps after violent protests led by Gen Z resulted in the deaths of 19 people, following a request from the Minister of Communication, Information and Broadcasting, Prithvi Subba Gurung, who also asked the protesters to call off their protest.
Microsoft Azure Outage
Microsoft has warned that its Azure cloud may experience heightened latency due to a submarine cable outage in the Red Sea. The company has rerouted traffic, but customers may still experience higher latency on some traffic.
Changelog
Instagram - Users can now pin their own comments on their posts, allowing for additional text or GIF-based remarks to be added to the comment stream.
Amazon Music - Introduces "Weekly Vibe" feature, a personalized playlist generator that uses AI to create fresh playlists every week based on users' listening habits and evolving musical interests.
WhatsApp - Share Live Photos in Original Format with Motion and Audio
Trending Projects / Code Repositories
Open Swe | An Open-Source Asynchronous Coding Agent
Agentscope | AgentScope: Agent-Oriented Programming for Building LLM Applications
In Case You Missed It
🎁 We now have a dedicated page to list all events. We will be updating this page EVERY WEEK. We will of course be publishing new (and coming-soon) events in this section but for a comprehensive list of events, check the link(s) below:
This link is EXCLUSIVELY accessible by subscribers of Heap Heap Hurray!
Deploy innovative multimodal applets on Google AI Studio (leveraging Gemini models) and deploy via Cloud Run. The total prize pool is $3,000, with three winners each receiving $1,000, along with a DEV++ Membership and an exclusive DEV badge for winners - and a completion badge for all valid submissions. More details here.
Participants in The Dev Premier League, a pan-India Snowflake-powered developer league, embark on a four-month innovation journey - refining real-world solutions through smart data, Snowflake mastery, and expert masterclasses - culminating in finals at TechSparks 2025. The total prize pool equates to travel and stay vouchers worth ₹2,00,000 for winners, ₹1,25,000 for runners-up, ₹75,000 for third place, plus ₹10,000 each for 10 additional standout teams. More details here.
Calling all tech innovators! Here's a chance to build for a billion lives and win big. This hackathon challenges participants to solve real-world problems using at least one API from the Nokia Network-as-Code platform. With a total prize pool of ₹9,00,000, the top team will walk away with ₹4,00,000. This is an opportunity for developers to showcase their skills and make a real-world impact. More details here.
AWS's AI Agent Hackathon is here! Developers are challenged to build groundbreaking AI agents for a chance to win from a $100,000 prize pool. This is an opportunity to get hands-on experience with cutting-edge AWS AI services and have your creation featured in the new AI agent marketplace. More details here.
Apple’s “Awe Dropping” event will be taking place later tonight at 10:30 PM IST. You can watch the live stream here. The iPhone 17 series is expected to be announced.
Miscellaneous
Chrome Turns 17: Google's Browser Revolution
Google's quirky browser celebrated 17 years since its release in 2008, marked by a comic book press release and a focus on speed, security, stability, and simplicity.
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