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Geek Gossip
#TwitchMom - A Twitch streamer took a break from streaming games like World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and League of Legends, to broadcast herself giving birth. The eight-hour-long stream captured the livestreamer going into labor and eventually giving birth to her child inside a small inflatable pool. Did we mention the CEO of Twitch too tuned in at one point of time?!
Latest Updates
AMD And OpenAI Announce Strategic Partnership To Accelerate AI Development
AMD is partnering with OpenAI, a pioneering AI research and deployment company, to power OpenAI's next-gen AI infrastructure with AMD's high-performance GPUs. The partnership will deploy 6 gigawatts of AMD GPUs, starting with 1 gigawatt in 2026, and is expected to generate tens of billions of dollars in revenue for AMD.
Changelog
Google updates hold the roost in the past 24 hours. And India seems to be their favourite country
Opal - Google’s No Code platform is now available in India
Google AI Mode - Google AI mode, now available in different languages for India.
Google Meet - Create meeting timers in the sidebar to improve focus, manage time, and ensure equitable participation.
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Developers are tasked with creating AI projects optimized for mobile devices running on Arm architecture, demonstrating innovation, performance, and practical utility. The total prize pool is $15,000. Register here.
Google hosts the Cloud Run Hackathon, an online event for developers to build serverless applications using its platform. Participants compete in AI Studio, AI Agents, and GPU categories for a share of over $50,000 in prizes. The goal is to create innovative, scalable apps with technologies like Gemini. Participate here.
Participants build apps or proof-of-concepts using Polkadot’s SDKs, APIs, and infrastructure under themes like user apps, custom chains, or tinkering. Total prize pool is $40,000 in cash. For the Web3 developers. More Details.
Job Board
Senior Full Stack Developer @ Whitetable AI (Onsite - Bengaluru)
✨Experience : 4+ years (Python | React.js | AWS | Next.Js)
💰Expected Salary : ₹20L – ₹60L / year
Founding Engineer - AI @ H2LooP (Onsite - Bengaluru)
✨Experience : 4+ years (Python | Docker | Kubernetes | MLOps | Agentic AI)
💰Expected Salary : ₹35L – ₹45L / year
Miscellaneous
Reverse Engineering Browser
Reverse engineer Veritas builds a custom browser for web reverse-engineering, using Chrome DevTools Protocol to inject hooks into web pages.
Automating Call Centers With AI
Companies are rapidly adopting artificial intelligence (AI) to support what is now called a “customer contact center’ The human headcount in the contact center is shrinking. But some say AI will eventually replace some jobs in the call center.
Scaling Engineering Teams: Lessons From Google, Facebook And Netflix
Scaling engineering teams requires structured goal-setting, a focus on code quality, and intentional culture building, as learned from Google, Facebook, and Netflix's experiences.
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