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Geek Gossip
#Microsoft - There were reports earlier that Microsoft had renamed their Office suite to Microsoft 365 Copilot app, but Microsoft had to clarify that that is not the case and it will still be called Word, Powerpoint and Excel. Looks like the marketing team didn’t think it through and added to the confusion.
#Tailwindcss - The most popular front end css library was in the news - because their founder admitted that they had to let go 75% of the people in their engineering team since AI took over and traffic to their documentation site was down by 40%.
Latest Updates
Wipro Tightens Hybrid Work Rules
Wipro has tightened the rules governing its hybrid work model. It now requires employees to spend a minimum of six hours in the office on days they are rostered to work from campus. The rule took effect from January 1 and applies across teams.
MeitY Launches Param Shakti Supercomputing Facility At IIT Madras
India has launched a 3.1 petaflop supercomputing facility, Param Shakti, at IIT Madras, aimed at strengthening research capacity in high-performance computing. The facility is built entirely in India and hosts the PARAM Rudra supercomputing system, designed by CDAC. It will support research in aerospace, materials science, climate modelling, and more, and has already recorded 80% utilisation since its launch in 2025.
Changelog
YouTube - Updates search filters menu with new look and feel, dedicated Shorts toggle, renamed options, and removal of underperforming filters.
Gmail - AI-powered inbox assistant now available, providing concise summaries of email conversations and instant answers to natural language questions
Nvidia GeForce Now - Adds support for RTX 5080 upgrade for select games, including Diablo 4, for improved graphics and ray tracing performance.
Microsoft Merchant Center - Adopting open standards like the Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP) for seamless and scalable merchant onboarding.
NPM - Adds support for bulk OIDC onboarding, expanded OIDC provider support, and staged publishing with MFA-verified approval to harden publication models and credential flows.
Trending Projects / Code Repositories
Aws Finops Dashboard | A terminal-based AWS cost and resource dashboard built with Python and the Rich library. It provides an overview of AWS spend by account, service-level breakdowns, budget tracking, and EC2 instance summaries.
Claudish | A CLI tool that allows you to run Claude Code with any AI model by proxying requests through a local Anthropic API-compatible server. Supports OpenRouter (100+ models), direct Google Gemini API, direct OpenAI API, and local models (Ollama, LM Studio, vLLM, MLX).
Eka Key Autocorrect Globally | A autoCorrect for Windows PC that works Globally and System-wide with UI
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Miscellaneous
Bitter Lessons Building AI In Products
Building AI products requires leveraging evolving model capabilities rather than using clever engineering to fix current deficiencies. Olivia Koshy suggests ditching demos for early user validation, spotting model shifts, and killing projects that rely on "hacks." Success comes from aligning roadmaps with compute-driven progress rather than fighting temporary model gaps.
2025 Database Retrospective - Postgresql Dominance Continues
PostgreSQL's latest version (v18) features asynchronous I/O storage and skip scans, solidifying its position as the industry's most popular DBMS, with companies like Databricks and Snowflake investing heavily in PostgreSQL-based offerings.
India's Digital Dream Stalled
India's ambitious Aadhaar project, once hailed as a model for digital governance, has stalled due to regulatory battles over privacy and implementation issues. Despite successes like UPI and FASTag, state-level bureaucracy and inconsistent execution hinder progress, leaving citizens frustrated.
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