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Geek Gossip
#ComingSoon - Nothing, the smartphone maker, is soon set to open their flagship store in India.
#xAI - Apparently, the xAI staff had been using Anthropic’s models internally through Cursor. Anthropic cut off the startup’S access this week.
#LegoSmartBricks - The Lego Group will begin selling the most ambitious brick it’s ever made: a tiny computer that fits entirely inside a classic 2x4 Lego brick. When it detects NFC-equipped smart tags nearby, embedded inside new Lego tiles and new Lego minifigures, the company claims it will make entire Lego sets come to life.
Latest Updates
No More 10 minute Deliveries
Zomato's BlinkIt, Swiggy's Instamart, and Zepto are being pushed by India's labor ministry to prioritize worker safety and wellness after meeting with the minister of labor and employment. They're being asked to drop their 10-minute delivery promises and improve working conditions for delivery personnel.
HCLTech Boosts Salaries For Elite Engineers
HCLTech has raised starting salaries for a small group of highly skilled engineering graduates. The company said the move is aimed at hiring what it calls an elite group of freshers. These engineers will be paid 3 to 4 times more than standard entry level recruits.
India Cracks Down On Crypto
India's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-IND) recently posted updated guidelines for crypto players. Rules require players to register and name certain officers, their place of business, and detail “significant business ownership etc.” The updated rules also spell out a requirement for constant transaction monitoring.
India Proposes Shared Source Code For Smartphones
India proposes requiring smartphone makers to share source code with the government. Plan is part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's efforts to boost security of user data. Apple, Samsung, Google and Xiaomi are in the spotlight as the government is considering them legally.
OnePlus CEO Faces Arrest Warrant
Chinese smartphone company OnePlus, known for its high-end devices, is at the center of a controversy in Taiwan, where officials have accused the company of violating labor laws and regulations.
Scott Adams, Creator Of Dilbert Comic Strip, Dies At 68
Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert comic strip, died today of prostate cancer at 68. Adams satirized the world of cubicle-based IT and engineering in Dilbert, which at its height appeared in 2,000 daily newspapers.
Changelog
Instagram - Control you feed by explicitly selecting the topics you are interested in.
Google Veo - Improved Ingredients to Video with more expressive and creative videos, native vertical outputs, and state-of-the-art upscaling to 1080p and 4K resolution.
Apple Creator Studio - Apple takes on Adobe’s Creative Suite head on by bundling together Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Motion, Compressor, and MainStage, plus new AI features and premium content in Keynote, Pages, and Numbers as a single subscription service.
Slack - SlackBot launched with enhanced with Contextual Understanding and Integration of Salesforce Data and Metadata.
Proton Lumo - Launched Projects - a dedicated, encrypted space for bundling chats, files, and requirements for any task, syncing across devices and sessions.
OpenAI - Acquires Torch Health to Enhance Health and Wellness Capabilities in ChatGPT.
Microsoft Edge - Collections feature to be retired, users can export or move data to Favorites.
Website Wednesday
Prism Tools - A collection of developer utilities offering code formatters, data converters, and generators for passwords, hashes, and UUIDs. It also includes design tools for CSS layouts, networking calculators, and a regex tester. This web-based platform streamlines daily coding workflows by centralizing essential formatting and debugging tools into a single, efficient interface.
Do Not Notify - A privacy-first Android app designed to filter and block unwanted notifications. It uses custom blacklist and whitelist rules based on keywords or regex patterns to silence noise while keeping important alerts. The app operates entirely locally, processing data offline without servers or tracking to ensure sensitive information like OTPs stays private on your device.
State Of HTML 2025 - A comprehensive report on web feature adoption and developer sentiment. Its results directly influence browser roadmaps and the Interop 2026 project. By analyzing feedback on accessibility, forms, and browser APIs, it helps standards bodies and vendors prioritize the most impactful platform improvements based on real-world developer pain points.
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Miscellaneous
Logging Sucks… And Here’s How To Make It Better
Here’s a primer on how to log effectively.
Addy Osmani - My LLM Coding Workflow Going Into 2026
The prolific Google Engineer gives their opinion on how to most effectively use AI tools for your coding workflow. The take away - Don't rely on AI coding tools alone, pair with them to boost productivity and quality, by defining clear problems, planning, and breaking work into manageable chunks.
Technical Blogging Lessons Learned
Expert bloggers share lessons learned on writing for developers, including setting time limits, keeping drafts on their phone, and staying true to their audience, despite the pressure of SEO and social media distractions.
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