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Karnataka To Ban Social Media For Children Under 16
Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah announced the decision during the state’s budget speech on Friday. He did not share details on how the restrictions would be enforced. Australia became the first country to ban social media for teenagers last December, and a slew of other countries are pursuing similar plans.
India's PC Market Surges To Record High In 2025
India's computer market had a remarkable year, with shipments of desktops, notebooks, and workstations increasing by 10.2% year-over-year to 15.9 million units, surpassing the peak seen in 2021 and 2022. This growth is attributed to pandemic-driven lockdowns that exposed many Indians to PCs for the first time, and the growing demand for upgrades and digitization in the country.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai's Massive Pay Package
Sundar Pichai’s new pay package could be worth $692 million. Alphabet has structured a three-year deal for its Google CEO that could make him one of the highest-paid executives on the planet.
Changelog
Windows Terminal - New Settings page for Extensions, improved Command Palette, and Synchronized Output for reduced screen-tearing.
Trending Projects / Code Repositories
Deff | interactive, side-by-side file review for git diffs with per-file navigation, vertical and horizontal scrolling, syntax highlighting, and added/deleted line tinting
Giggles | batteries-included react framework for building rich terminal apps
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The Agents Assemble - The Healthcare AI Endgame hackathon challenges developers to build interoperable healthcare AI agents or MCP tools that integrate with the Prompt Opinion platform using standards like MCP, A2A, and FHIR to support real clinical workflows. Projects focus on collaborative multi-agent healthcare systems. The total prize pool is USD 25,000. More details here.
Miscellaneous
A Social Filesystem
In a world where social apps dominate, a new paradigm is emerging: social files. Files, not apps, are the source of truth, and apps are reactive to them.
Building An Elite AI Engineering Culture In 2026
The gap between elite and average teams is widening, not closing. Practices that separate them aren't about tool selection. They're about taste, discipline, ownership, and organizational design.
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