Happy Friday! Time to finish the week on a high note!
Geek Gossip
#Instagram - Instagram is testing a dislike button for comments.
#Google - Google is now requiring you to have a smartphone with GMS to verify reCAPTCHA challenges. It makes access to parts of the web increasingly dependent on owning a Google-approved smartphone and participating in Google’s trust ecosystem.
#Antigravity - Google appears to be preparing a notable expansion of Antigravity, its agent-first IDE. So far, two experimental capabilities have surfaced in recent builds. The first is a Screen Recording option living inside the Agent Mode prompt composer. The second feature sits behind a flag in settings and unlocks Custom Agents and Plugins.
#Bumble - The biggest contribution that Tinder (and later Bumble) gave to the tech community - the swipe feature - may soon be going away. Bumble may ditch the swipe altogether.
Latest Updates
India's First Space Unicorn
Skyroot Aerospace has become India’s first space tech unicorn after raising $60 million in a new investment. The funding round valued the Hyderabad-based startup at $1.1 billion on a pre-money basis. The investment comes as Skyroot prepares for the first orbital launch attempt by an Indian private company.
Paytm Reports Profitable Q4 Fy26
One97 Communications reported a profit of ₹183 crore in Q4 FY26. The company’s revenue from operations grew over 18% year-on-year. For the full fiscal year FY26, Paytm reported 22% growth in operating revenue. Paytm recently became a majority Indian-owned company.
Changelog
Instagram - Removes optional end-to-end encryption for direct messages.
Fitbit Air - A small, discreet wearable device with advanced health and fitness tracking features, including 24/7 heart rate, heart rhythm monitoring, and sleep stage tracking.
Spotify - Save and Play Personal Podcasts created with AI agents directly to Your Library.
Google Play - Changes how refunds are now handled in Play Store for developers
Codex - Enhanced Browser Development Capabilities with New Chrome Plugin.
Trending Projects / Code Repositories
Open Spec | Spec-driven development (SDD) for AI coding assistants.
Openskills | Universal skills loader for AI coding agents
Claude Devtools | The missing DevTools for Claude Code - inspect session logs, tool calls, token usage, subagents, and context window in a visual UI.
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Miscellaneous
How A Roblox Cheat And One AI Tool Brought Down Vercel's Entire Platform
Trend Micro report reveals OAuth supply chain attack through Context[dot]ai, exposing sensitive data and highlighting the risks of defaulting to non-secure environment variable settings.
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