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Geek Gossip
#reCAPTCHA - You may soon need to use your webcam to solve Google’s Captcha’s - users have reported being asked to use hand gestures for verification - with their hand movements being analyzed to spot humans and block AI bots.
#Microsoft - A leaked video reveals Microsoft's exploration of a dedicated AI OS, codenamed Aion, built around Microsoft Edge and a lightweight Windows codebase called Win3. The project, showcased in a 3-minute walkthrough, features a new desktop UI powered by Copilot and multi-modal input.
#Meta - Meta conducted a secretive program, "Cannes," which used hundreds of contractors posing as teenagers to test competitors' AI models, including OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini, with disturbing prompts on suicide, cannibalism, and other sensitive topics.
#Amazon - Amazon's Mechanical Turk crowdsourcing service will stop accepting new customers on July 30, 2026, citing maintenance and eventual retirement. The platform, launched in 2005, allowed users to post gigs for workers to bid on, but has reportedly been declining in popularity and facing criticism from users over account closures and lack of explanation from Amazon.
Latest Updates
Vikram-1 Ready For Launch
India's private space sector is set to achieve a milestone as Skyroot Aerospace prepares to launch Vikram-1, the country's first privately built orbital rocket, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre between July 12 and August 4.
Government Removes Apps Linked To E-rickshaw Remote Shutdowns
The Centre has taken down two mobile apps linked to the remote shutdown of e-rickshaws, after they were misused to disable battery-operated vehicles on public roads. The apps, including BAT-BMS, connect to Bluetooth-enabled Battery Management Systems used in some lithium-ion battery packs.
Government Serves Telegram Notice Over Piracy
Dubai-headquartered messaging platform Telegram is under the Indian government's scrutiny for allegedly hosting pirated content. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has directed Telegram to take proactive measures to detect and remove pirated content from its platform, marking the latest escalation in the government's scrutiny of the company.
Tata Electronics Emerges As Largest Iphone Assembler In India
Tata Electronics has surpassed Foxconn as India's largest iPhone assembler, producing $26.3 billion worth of India-assembled iPhones under the government's PLI scheme.
Changelog
Shadcn - A new set of components for building chat interfaces, including MessageScroller, Message, Bubble, Attachment, and Marker, are now available, allowing developers to create customizable and interactive chat experiences.
Microsoft Edge - Microsoft Edge now allows users to sign in with a Google account, bringing in benefits like automatic bookmark and password importation, and the browser is also migrating Workspaces to a new architecture.
Trending Projects / Code Repositories
Agent Native | Agent-Native is an open-source framework for apps where agents and UI share the same actions, state, and context.
Introduction To Autonomous Robots | Introduction to Autonomous Robots. An open textbook focusing on computational principles of autonomous robots.
Recall | Stop wasting tokens and re-explaining your project every session. Recall gives Claude Code durable memory - entirely offline.
Loupe | A privacy-focused iOS app that raises awareness about what native apps can see
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Miscellaneous
Matching AI Modality To User Intent: Designing The Right Interface
A design community trend is emerging, where AI capabilities are being defaulted to chat-based interfaces due to Large Language Model training on dialogue data. However, great UX involves matching modality to users' context, intent, and cognitive load, not the other way around.
Johnson & Johnson Web App Vulnerabilities
A security researcher has disclosed vulnerabilities in two Johnson & Johnson web applications. The first, a college campus recruiting system, exposed details of nearly 1,000 students due to a misconfigured Microsoft Authentication Library. The second, an internal audit system used by 20 companies, was vulnerable to unauthenticated access.
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