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Geek Gossip
#Reddit - What should you do if you have chronic pain? According to Reddit Answers - a conversational AI by Reddit, you should take drugs - specifically heroin! A moderator was quick to flag it to admins of Reddit who promised improvements and better scrutiny of answers that it generates.
#Wikipedia - Wikipedia, for the first time, has admitted that it’s receiving fewer traffic from humans. Bots ans crawlers are increasing but visits by actual humans are reducing. No guesses why.
#WhatsApp - To combat an increase in spam messages on WhatsApp, Meta will soon put a monthly cap on messages - that don’t receive any replies. That is, if a business sends a message to many users and it receives fewer responses back, WhatsApp may throttle the business’s message sending capabilities.
Latest Updates
Fairgo Launches AI-Powered Ride Fetching Platform In India
Fairgo has developed an AI-powered platform that lets users book rides by phone call, without needing a smartphone or internet. The platform matches riders with drivers based on location and preferences, and has features like real-time tracking and emergency assistance.
India Makes 85% Of Its Digital Payments Through UPI
India's digital payment system, particularly Unified Payments Interface (UPI), has become a model for the world, with 85% of transactions taking place through it, according to RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra.
WhatsApp Bites The Bullet On Chatbots
WhatsApp changed its business API policy this week to ban general-purpose chatbots from its platform. The move will likely affect WhatsApp-based assistants of companies like OpenAI, Perplexity, Khosla Ventures-backed Luzia, and General Catalyst-backed Poke.
Changelog
Claude - Introduces Skills, a feature that enables users to create custom folders with instructions, scripts, and resources to improve Claude's performance on specific tasks.
Google Maps - Adds Grounding feature to provide more intuitive and helpful experiences with geographical context.
Trending Projects / Code Repositories
Beads | A lightweight memory system for coding agents, using a graph-based issue tracker.
JSONriver | A simple, fast streaming JSON parser built on standards.
Claude Code Templates | CLI tool for configuring and monitoring Claude Code.
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Miscellaneous
Unlocking AI-powered Performance Debugging With Chrome Devtools MCP Server
Google launched the Chrome DevTools MCP server a few weeks ago. It allows you to integrate AI models with a Chrome browser instance. In this article you'll explore what the MCPserver can do and how you can use it for performance debugging.
Big Tech's Dark Side
The industry's philanthropic facade hides brutal working conditions, exploitation of workers, and suppression of labor rights, leaving a trail of broken lives and a reserve army of desperate techies.
HTML5 Output Element - A Best Kept Secret
The HTML5 spec defines a “output” element that announces dynamic results to screen readers. It’s been in the spec for years, yet it’re hiding in plain sight. It understands forms without requiring one, and it announces its changes natively.
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