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Geek Gossip
#OpenAIvsApple - OpenAI apparently may sue Apple after ChatGPT’s integration into the iPhone failed to deliver the results the AI company had anticipated. OpenAI’‘legal team is now reportedly working with an external law firm to explore possible legal options against Apple.
#Bitcoin - A Bitcoin holder who changed their wallet password while 'stoned' and then forgot it was finally able to recover their wallet with the help of Claude. The bot uncovered an old backup wallet file that it successfully decrypted, while also uncovering a bug in the password configuration that was preventing recovery. The wallet contained 5 BTC, which has a value of almost $400,000.
#PerplexityPro - Perplexity Pro users are complaining about lowered limits over the past few days. The company might have quietly changed the query cutoff, leading to much worse rate limits. Casual usage with 10-20 queries per day exhausts the weekly quota.
Latest Updates
Maharashtra Bans Bike Taxis
Maharashtra has been struggling with bike taxi companies for years over safety concerns. This week, the battle escalated. Maharashtra has ordered a shutdown of app-based bike taxis.
Apple's MacOSos Exploit Uncovered
Security researchers claim they were able to breach Apple's Mac operating system. They designed a privilege escalation exploit with help from Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview. The exploit could be used to access parts of the MacBook that should be inaccessible. Apple is taking the researchers' findings seriously.
Netflix Enters AI Animation Arena
Netflix has been building up an internal studio called INKubator. The studio will be focused on using AI to produce animated short-form content. The company has ambitions to scale to long-form projects in the future.
Xbox's All-caps Rebrand
Microsoft seems to be embracing the all-caps spelling of Xbox, following a poll by Xbox CEO Asha Sharma where 64.8% of voters preferred the all-caps spelling. The company has rebranded its Xbox account on X with all-caps XBOX, sparking nostalgia for the original Xbox console's all-caps name.
Changelog
Microsoft Edge - No longer loads saved passwords into process memory in clear text at startup.
GitHub Copilot - Microsoft has launched a Desktop based Github CoPilot app for agentic coding - Join the waitlist to get an invite
Grok Build - Not to be left behind, X’s Grok AI has launched their own coding agent - Grok Build - a powerful new coding agent and CLI for professional software engineering and complex coding work.
Trending Projects / Code Repositories
Ins Forge | The all-in-one, open-source backend platform for agentic coding. InsForge gives your coding agent database, auth, storage, compute, hosting, and AI gateway to ship full-stack apps end-to-end.
Mu Css | Full-ffeatured CSS framework
Floci | Light, fluffy, and always free - The AWS Local Emulator alternative
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Miscellaneous
Understanding The New /goal Command
A few weeks ago, OpenAI's Codex CLI added /goal as a way to give the coding worker a job with a defined done state. Claude Code added it this week. Learn about what the command actually is.
Monoliths Vs Microservices
Choosing between monolithic applications and microservices for growing software systems, with modular monoliths offering a middle ground for simplicity and scalability.
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