🪅 Heap Heap Hurray Ed. #106

Good Tuesday morning! Hope today brings you lots of joy.

#AccidentInvestigation - Remember that submersible that took tourists to explore the Titanic, but ended up imploding? Well, a former contractor has testified how the company cut corners w.r.t safety - and get this, they used Microsoft Excel to track the position of the sub!

#iPhone16BatteryReplacement - One of the features of the new iPhone is that Apple now makes it easy to replace your battery. Fancy a video? Here’s one of how easy it is to replace it.

#JonyIve - Whose Jony Ive? Well, he’s famous for leading the team that designed the iPhone! It is now confirmed that he is now closely working with OpenAI. What for? That’s still a mystery

New Delhi Steps In To Investigate Netflix's Business Practices
Netflix, the popular US-based streaming giant, is facing an investigation by the Indian government regarding its business practices, including allegations of visa violations and racial discrimination. The company has around 10 million users in the country, and the government is looking into its visa compliance, tax evasion, and other malpractices.

Electric Cars Outstrip Petrol Cars In Norway
Norway is a country known for its oil and gas reserves, but it has set a goal to sell only zero-emission vehicles by 2025, 10 years ahead of the EU's target. Today, it achieved a milestone by having more electric cars than petrol cars on the road, a world first. Despite being a major oil producer, Norway has implemented policies to encourage the adoption of electric vehicles, such as generous tax rebates, making them competitively priced.

PM Narendra Modi: AI stands for America India
Google, Microsoft, and Amazon are among the prominent tech giants that participated in this high-level roundtable discussion, focusing on innovation, technology, and economic collaboration between the US and India. PM Narendra Modi highlighted India's remarkable progress in the tech sector, further solidifying the country's position as a global leader in this field.

OpenAI Launches Academy To Promote AI For Social Good
OpenAI has now taking a significant step towards making AI more accessible and beneficial to diverse communities worldwide. The new Academy program will provide training, technical resources, and funding to developers solving challenging problems using AI.

Cloudflare's Ai-scraped Content Solution
Cloudflare is launching a marketplace where website owners can sell AI model providers access to their content. Website owners will get a dashboard to view analytics on why, when, and how often AI models are crawling their sites for information. Cloudflare will also let customers block AI bots from their sites with the click of a button.

Busting "boystown" Through Tor
Tor is a privacy tool and web browser that anonymizes your identity by bouncing your internet traffic through several computers (nodes) worldwide. A recent investigative report warned that law enforcement from Germany and other countries are working together to deanonymize users through timing attacks. The Tor Project claims that adequate protections are in place for those using the latest versions of its tools.

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AI-assisted Programming: A Double-edged Sword
As AI-driven tools like GitHub's Copilot become more prevalent, it's crucial to consider the unintended consequences on programmer skills, ownership, and creativity. Will these tools revolutionize programming or erode fundamental skills and narrow creative thinking?

Freelance Future Or Safety Net?
Amidst layoffs, developers weigh the pros and cons of freelance software development vs. traditional employment. Contract work offers independence, but also risks and rewards.

Un-learning LeetCode
Ryan Peterman is a senior developer at Meta. He writes code for the company and has been writing it for years. He believes that writing simple code is more considerate than writing fancy code to impress people. He says that simple code breaks less and lasts longer, so it’s worth making it as readable as possible.