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#NarayanMurthy - Infosys founder Narayama Murthy has tripled down on his previous statements that 70-hour work weeks are what's needed in India. He also revealed he also thinks weekends were a mistake. Murthy claimed he himself worked six and a half days a week until retirement, typically 14 hours and 10 minutes a day.

#Phishing - Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) attachments are used to display phishing forms or deploy malware. Instead of using pixels, the images are created through lines, shapes, and text. Threat actors are increasingly using SVG files in their phishing campaigns.

#HeadphoneJack - Apparently, Apple's finally phasing out the headphone jack adapter, just like they did with the headphones themselves back in the 2016 iPhone 7 days. Sold out, honey!

#LanPartyHouse - These blokes designed the ultimate house to host LAN party events. Ahh… LAN Parties. Miss those days…

WhatsAapp Fined $25.4m For Antitrust Violations In India
India’s competition watchdog has ordered WhatsApp to stop sharing user data with other Meta units for advertising purposes for five years. The watchdog also levied a fine of $25.4 million for antitrust violations related to WhatsApp's controversial 2021 privacy policy.

MakeMyTrip Acquires Happay's Expense Management Business
MakeMyTrip has agreed to acquire the expense management platform Happay from fintech CRED. Happay’s expense management business and team transition to MakeMyT Trip, while the payments division will remain at CRED.

Xiaomi To Replace GetApps With PhonePe's Indus Appstore In India
Xiaomi, a popular Chinese smartphone manufacturer, will be replacing its app store, GetApps, with PhonePe's Indus AppStore in India. As the second largest smartphone vendor in India, this move is a significant win for the Indian fintech startup, PhonePe.

Oyo Receives $65.1m Investment Boost
Oyo is a popular Indian hospitality startup that has been making waves in the tech industry. They've had some ups and downs, but Ritesh Agarwal, the company's founder, is bringing in more funding to help them reach their goals.

WordPress Plugin "Really Simple Security" Vulnerability Leaves Millions Of Websites Exposed
Really Simple Security is a security plugin for WordPress, offering SSL configuration, login protection, and more. It's used on over 4 million websites. A critical authentication bypass vulnerability was discovered, allowing remote attackers to gain full access to impacted sites.

Touchscreen Hell: Hyundai Shifts Back To Buttons
Hyundai, a company known for its infotainment systems, has decided to go back to buttons and knobs after realizing that people hate touchscreens for certain essential controls. Focus group tests showed that people got stressed and annoyed when they couldn't easily control something.

Roblox Takes Major Steps To Improve Safety System And Parental Controls
Roblox has announced some major updates to its safety system and parental controls. These changes introduce new limitations to children under 13 years of age regarding how they can interact on the platform. Parents can easily track their child's screen time and set daily usage limits, after which the game will be automatically locked.

Instagram - Moving Story Highlights from profile grid to dedicated tab.

Facebook - Removing public follower option on personal profiles

Instagram - Removes option to follow hashtags from the app to combat spam and enhance discovery of relevant content.

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20 Advanced Typescript Tricks For Cleaner, More Efficient Code
In this guide, you'll learn 20 TypeScript tricks that can boost your productivity, code maintainability, and efficiency, with practical code examples for each trick. Topics include NonNullable, Partial, Readonly, Mapped Types, and more.

Local-First Software Trends To Watch
Local-first software prioritizes data storage and processing on local devices, offering near-zero latency and better user experiences. Companies like React-Query, PouchDB, and InstantDB focus on making the sync process easier between client and server.

.Net version 9 Launched
Microsoft has launched .NET 9, the most productive, modern, secure, intelligent, and performant release yet, featuring thousands of performance, security, and functional improvements. Highlights include unparalleled performance, faster apps, and lower memory usage, thanks to adaptive Server GC and vectorization.