🪅 Heap Heap Hurray Ed. #422

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#CopyrightLaw - India has proposed a mandatory royalty system for AI companies that train their models on copyrighted content. The move could reshape how OpenAI and Google operate in what has already become one of their most important and fastest-growing markets globally. India’s proposal comes amid mounting concerns in global markets over how AI companies train their model.

#Google-And-Apple - Google and Apple are working together to make it so much easier to switch between Android and iPhone devices! Apparently, they're making it possible to transfer data between the two during setup, and it's starting to roll out on Android Canary.

Bharti Airtel Partners With Google To Launch RCS Messaging In India
Bharti Airtel has entered into an agreement with Google to launch rich communication services (RCS) messaging on its network in India. The companies will roll out RCS using Google’s platform, after previously not collaborating on this service for over a year. RCS needs to take a solid slice of India’S forecasted $544 million A2P RCS market by 2029.

Intel And Tata Group Collaborate On Strategic AI And Semiconductor Development
Tata Group, a global enterprise headquartered in India and Intel Corporation announced a strategic alliance to explore a collaboration focused on consumer and enterprise hardware enablement. The collaboration marks a pivotal step towards developing India-based geo-resilient electronics and semiconductor supply chain.

Microsoft To Invest $17.5 Billion In India
Microsoft, led by Satya Nadella, is making a massive $17.5B investment in India to support the country's AI ambitions, focusing on infrastructure, skills, and sovereign capabilities, a significant move to strengthen its presence in the region.

Apple Fitness+ - Now available in India.

Setu by Pine Labs - Introduces agentic bill-payments experience with automated bill tracking and payment reminders.

YouTube - Allows creators to test and compare up to three video titles or combinations of titles and thumbnails for better watch time performance.

Microsoft 365 - Agent Mode in Excel for the web is now generally available, enabling multi-step workflows and verifiable task delegation with Copilot.

Tunnl - A developer-focused tunneling service that provides instant public URLs for local web servers (such as localhost). Unlike competitors, it requires no software installation, relying solely on a simple command via the user's existing SSH client. This makes it an efficient tool for developers needing to share in-progress projects, test webhooks, or quickly demo applications without deployment, fitting perfectly into modern rapid development workflows.

UX Glossary - A resource for design and product development professionals, serving as a comprehensive dictionary for user experience terms. It organizes key concepts by categories like Conversion Rates, Reduce Churn, and Psychology, helping users quickly access and understand essential UX vocabulary, case studies, and practical cheatsheets to improve their design decisions and product outcomes.

Dear Console - A resource that provides web developers with a collection of short JavaScript code snippets designed to be run directly in the browser's developer console. These scripts offer quick, on-the-fly debugging, scraping, and inspection capabilities for tasks like listing third-party scripts, outlining elements, generating a document's table of contents, and extracting image metadata.

The Shadow Work In Engineering Teams
Senior engineers often spend 40% of their time on invisible work, such as code reviews, mentoring, and production support, hindering team capacity and promotions.