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Geek Gossip
#ZomatoCEO - Zomato riders apparently earn ₹102 an hour and they get all the tips too. This was revealed by Zomato’s CEO Deepinder Goyal after facing backlash over claims that quick commerce pushes delivery partners into unsafe conditions.
#AIpoweredIDE - Beware of using the AI Powered IDEs. A recent observation around recommended extensions by these IDEs has revealed that these often recommend extensions that are non existent, allowing malicious actors to claim the namespace and instead publish malware in their place.
Latest Updates
India's Tech Sector Experiences A 24% Drop In Demand For Active Tech Talent
Wipro, Infosys, and HCLTech are still hiring, but demand for mid-to-senior level roles remains soft. Tier-2 and tier-3 cities are seeing a 30% growth in tech demand, while megacities experience a 50% drop.
Changelog
Gmail - Dropping support for Gmailify and POP connectivity for fetching emails from third-party accounts.
Microsoft Office - Now renamed to Microsoft 365 Copilot App
Nvidia - Released Alpamayo, a new family of open source AI models, simulation tools, and datasets for training physical robots and vehicles to reason through complex driving situations.
Amazon Fire TV - Redesigned UI with rounded corners, improved typography, and faster performance, allowing for up to 20-30 percent speed gains.
Alexa Plus - You can now access the Alexa voice assistant through your web browser as a regular chatbot.
Trending Projects / Code Repositories
RenderCV | CV / Resume generator for academics and engineers.
Snitch | a prettier way to inspect network connections
Textarea | A minimalist text editor that lives entirely in your browser and stores everything in the URL hash.
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Miscellaneous
AI’s Illusion Of Certainty
Chris Coyier and Jeremy Keith explore how AI-generated code and content can create a false sense of understanding, highlighting the need to question our own knowledge and the risks of relying on AI for certainty, especially in areas we're unfamiliar with.
Mistakes You Apparently Just Have To Make Yourself
Dan McKinley shares non-transferable knowledge from his startup experience, highlighting common mistakes that no amount of guidance can prepare you for, such as those made by his own company, Skyliner.
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