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#Xbox - Microsoft has been testing its ad-supported Xbox Cloud Gaming service over the past few months. Now, the software giant is getting close to testing the free streaming option with Xbox Insiders.
Latest Updates
Google’s AI Platform Gemini Enters IPL As Sponsor In ₹270 Crore Deal
Google's Gemini AI platform has partnered with the Indian Premier League (IPL) as a sponsor for a three-year deal worth around ₹270 crore. This is a significant move for the tech giant, marking its entry into the Indian cricket sponsorship market, which is becoming increasingly attractive to AI companies.
PhonePe Dominates Upi Ecosystem In December
PhonePe processes a whopping 9.8B UPI transactions in December. Google Pay came in second with 7.5 billion transactions. December witnessed one of the highest-ever monthly transactions for UPI. Further, BHIM has overtaken CRED.
Emergent Raises $70m In Series B Funding
Emergent is an Indian startup building an AI "vibe-coding" platform that allows users to design, build, and deploy full-stack web and mobile apps without needing extensive programming knowledge. They've raised $100M in just 7 months, with $50M in annual recurring revenue and 5M+ users across 190 countries.
Changelog
Netflix - Introduces Live Voting Feature for Select Content, Allowing Users to Interact with Live Shows Through Real-Time Voting.
Microsoft PowerToys - Adds CursorWrap feature to teleport the mouse pointer across multiple monitors, and enhances Command Palette with new features and extensions.
Website Wednesday
Tool UI - An open-source React framework for building conversation-native AI interfaces. Built on Tailwind and shadcn/ui, it turns JSON tool outputs into interactive, schema-validated elements that AI assistants can narrate and reference. It streamlines LLM chat app development by providing typed, accessible components that integrate with any orchestration layer.
FUMA Docs - Fumadocs is a high-performance documentation framework that offers developers deep customizability. It features headless core libraries, beautiful UI primitives, and advanced MDX support including Shiki syntax highlighting and TypeScript Twoslash. It simplifies complex workflows with built-in search and OpenAPI integration.
Fanfa - A tool for building animated, interactive diagrams using Mermaid syntax. It features a live preview, professional themes, and cinematic animations to bring flowcharts to life. Designed for developers and presenters, it allows for easy sharing via one-click links, helping to create engaging documentation and visual stories through high-quality motion graphics.
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RevenueCat Shipyard: Creator Contest is a global online hackathon where developers partner with influencers to design, build, launch and monetize working mobile MVP apps for real audiences using the RevenueCat SDK. Winners are chosen on execution, product quality, audience fit and monetization potential. Total cash prize pool: $140,000. Register here.
The MedGemma Impact Challenge is a Kaggle-hosted competition where participants build human-centered AI applications for healthcare using MedGemma and other open models from Google’s Health AI Developer Foundations, focusing on tasks like diagnostics, workflow tools, medical imaging, and patient support. The total prize pool for this challenge is $100,000.
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The Wissen Web Developer Challenge 2026 is a hiring contest where Wissen India assesses web developer skills (coding, problem solving) as part of its recruitment process for experienced developers. It focuses on real-world web development tasks and technical screening. There is no advertised cash prize pool since the primary reward is potential job opportunities with Wissen. More Details Here.
Miscellaneous
How We Made Notion Available Offline
Notion's new Offline Mode lets users create, edit, and view Notion pages without an internet connection. The architecture and data model took Offline Mode from just an idea to a production-ready feature.
Death To Scroll Fade
A design trend where elements fade in as users scroll, often overused and poorly implemented, can be distracting, hinder accessibility, and negatively impact core web vitals, making it a contentious issue in web development.
How Our Engineering Team Uses AI
MetalBear’s engineering team reveals how they use AI tools like Claude Code, ChatGPT, and Gemini to help with code understanding, idea exploration, and scripting, making it easier to navigate complex codebases and streamline workflows.
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