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Geek Gossip
#GoogleIcons - Google is giving all their apps a major makeover - it’s updating the designs of its logos.
#WindowsUpdate - Microsoft is finally giving greater control over how you get your Windows Updates - you can now skip them and pause them for up to 35 days. You can also shut down and restart without installing them! Why does it feel like we are getting excited about stuff that should have been the norm all along!
#OpenAI - OpenAI maybe working on creating their own phone - with agents replacing apps.
#ErdosProblems - An amateur just cracked a 60 year old problems that world class mathematicians have tried and failed to solve - using ChatGPT!
Latest Updates
Truecaller Faces Challenges In India Market And Intensifying Competition
Truecaller, a popular caller identification platform, is facing a slowdown in growth in its largest market, India, as competition from telecom-led solutions and smartphone makers intensifies. The company is expanding its features to drive monetization, but its growth has slowed down, with downloads declining 16% YoY in India and 5% globally in 2025.
Github's Copilot Pricing Shifts To Usage-based Model
No longer gossip - it’s official. GitHub is moving to usage-based billing on June 1, 2026. Instead of counting premium requests, every Copilot plan will include a monthly allotment of GitHub AI Credits. Credits will be consumed based on token usage, including input, output, and cached tokens.
Meta's $2 Billion Acquisition Of Manus Blocked By China
Meta had been trying to acquire Manus, an AI startup based in Singapore, for $2 billion to expand its portfolio of smaller AI companies, but China's National Development and Reform Commission has blocked the deal due to regulatory requirements and growing tensions between the US and China.
OpenAI Ends Its Exclusive Partnership With Microsoft
Since Microsoft invested $1 billion in OpenAI in 2019, the exclusive partnership between the two firms has been one of the strongest and most consequential in the AI industry. Today, though, OpenAI and Microsoft jointly announced an amended agreement that will allow the company to go beyond Microsoft’s Azure and “serve all its products to customers across any cloud provider.”
Changelog
Vercel - Deployment Retention Policy Update. Maximum retention for Hobby plans limited to 30 days.
Spotify - Introduces Guided Workout Experiences with Curated Playlists and Ad-Free On-Demand Classes.
Trending Projects / Code Repositories
RTK | CLI proxy that reduces LLM token consumption by 60-90% on common dev commands. Single Rust binary, zero dependencies
Agent Vault | A HTTP credential proxy and vault for AI agents
Hackingtool | All in one Hacking Tool For Hackers
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Miscellaneous
What Every Dev Should Know About AI Sandboxes
Sandboxing is a technique used to isolate processes and prevent them from causing harm to the system. With the rise of LLMs, sandboxes have become crucial in ensuring the safety and security of production systems. The article explains how sandboxes work, the threat model for LLMs, and the need for isolation. It also covers the concepts of cgroups, namespaces, and gVisor, which are used to create a secure sandbox environment.
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