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#IndianITFresherNightmares - Indian IT firms and their treatment of freshers! They're basically toying with these poor students, delaying onboarding, rescinding offers... it's a never-ending nightmare!

#AlgorithmicShuffle - Instagram is testing a new feature that will let users reset the app’s recommendations. The company described the feature as a “test,” but said the update “will soon roll out globally”

#Musk - Elon Musk reportedly wanted to buy Substack after he purchased Twitter. The tech CEO proposed the acquisition of the blogging site in April 2023. Musk saw acquiring Substack as a way to aid Twitter's subscription service.

#3DPrinting - Nike’s new Air Max 1000 are the company’'s first shoes manufactured almost entirely using 3D printing. Nike collaborated with Zellerfeld, a company that already has expertise in 3D printing shoes.

#KaggleScandal - An AI Agent claiming to be Grandmaster Level on Kaggle is being called out as fake. Main reason being that none of the tests that they had done were done on an active Kaggle competition. The vast majority of the datasets they used were toy synthetic datasets for the playground competitions.

One Of India's Largest News Agencies Sues OpenAI Over AI-generated Fake News
Asian News International filed a 287-page lawsuit in the Delhi High Court on Monday. The case marks the first time an Indian media organization has taken legal action against OpenAI over copyright claims.

US Department Of Justice Seeks To Break Google's Search Monopoly By Ordering It To Sell Chrome
Google's Chrome browser plays too big a role in maintaining its search monopoly, the US Department of Justice has reportedly decided. Top antitrust officials are planning to ask the court on Wednesday to order Google to sell off Chrome. The DOJ intends to ask for a range of other remedies, including imposing data licensing requirements.

The Winners Of Google Play's Best Of 2024 Are Here
Google Play is one of the most popular app stores with over 2.7 billion active users. It allows developers to create and distribute apps, games, and books to users around the world. Every year, Google Play announces the winners of its annual "Best of" awards, which recognize the most outstanding apps, games, and books of the year. This year, the awards have been given to Partiful, an event planning platform that took home the "Best App" award, and "AFK Journey", a fantasy RPG that won the "Best

Google - Introduces Screen Time Reminders Feature to Manage Screen Time Effectively

Telegram - Mini Apps now support full-screen mode, device motion tracking, and more.

Opera - Streamlined Music Experience with Detachable Spotify Player and Exclusive Premium Offer.

X - Pinch to Zoom Video Upgrade for Enhanced Video Clip Inspection

Maxun | Open-source no-code web data extraction platform. Turn websites to APIs and spreadsheets with no-code robots in minutes!

Graphql Subscriptions | A small module that implements GraphQL subscriptions for Node.js

NPM Creators Launch New Package Manager
VLT, an open-source JavaScript package manager from the creators of npm, streamlines development with improved performance, interactive GUI, and serverless registry.

Diminishing Returns In Project Velocity
Adding more resources or effort doesn't always lead to better results. The law of diminishing returns shows that adding more resources can give smaller benefits after a certain point. Understanding complex systems and monitoring progress can help prevent diminishing returns.

New Beginnings For Framer Motion
After six years of growth and innovation, Framer Motion is spinning off into an independent open-source project, introducing "Motion", with a new home, vanilla APIs for non-React use, and a renewed focus on developer-facing features.