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Geek Gossip
#Google - Google lost a court case against Hindware - the sanitary supplies brand. The issue - Google Adwords allowed Hindware’s competitors to bid for “Hindware” keyword - causing folks that searched for the brand to instead see its competitors offerings. The win here though isn’t this one brand alone - countless companies (read startups) had to invest heavily on their brands’ keywords on Google Adwords only to prevent their competitor from using their trademark. A small step for Hindware, a giant leap for the entire ecosystem.
#BraveBrowser - This one’s hilarious! There’s a proverb that goes when you point a finger at others you forget that there are fingers pointing right back at you - and this is true in the case of Brave Browser. The browser was mocking Firefox’s default settings for having advertisements - only to be pointed out that Brave Browser’s own out of hte box experience is packed with sponsored content.
#GithubCopilot - Watch Out! If you have been using Githug Copilot, today onward, the pricing is token based (v/s the earlier subscription based). There’s a big hue and cry being raised about it - but on closer inspection the folks affected the most seem to be vibe coders that didn’t know coding and dont optimize their prompts.
Latest Updates
Apple Ditches Local AI For Gemini
Apple has been working to bring big AI smarts to the modest processing environment of a smartphone. The iPhone maker has delayed the AI-enhanced Siri multiple times since first promising it in 2024. A deal with Google will merge the iconic assistant with Gemini later this year.
Changelog
No changes in products over the weekend.
Trending Projects / Code Repositories
Re Gent | Version-Control for AI coding agents.
Remove Ai Watermarks | CLI and Python library to strip visible and invisible AI watermarks and provenance metadata (SynthID, C2PA, EXIF/XMP "Made with AI", Gemini sparkle) from AI-generated images
Brownies | Tastier cookies, local, session, and db storage in a tiny package. Includes subscribe() events for changes.
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Miscellaneous
The Gold Standard Of Optimization: A Look Under The Hood Of RollerCoaster Tycoon
RollerCoaster Tycoon and its sequel are often named as some of the best-optimized games out there, written almost completely in Assembly by their creator, Chris Sawyer. Somehow this game managed to simulate full theme parks with thousands of agents on the hardware of 1999 without breaking a sweat.
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