🪅 Heap Heap Hurray Ed. #189

It's Friday! Time to celebrate the small victories!

#GalaxyS25Slim - OnLeaks and Smartprix published renders of a phone they call the Galaxy S25 Slim. The phone will apparently have a depth of 6.4mm, making it 1.2mm thinner than the Galaxy S24. The S 25 Slim’s camera system will include a 200MP main camera, a 50MP ultrawide camera, and a telephoto lens with 3.5X optical zoom.

#Duolingo - Looks like people are finally picking up Mandarin like it's the latest trend, all thanks to TikTok's drama (they are getting banned in USA this Sunday and another Chinese app is getting popular) and Duolingo's cute illustrations, haha!

#ChinesePropaganda - A controversy erupted over Boox e-readers using ByteDance's AI, Doubao, which spread Chinese propaganda, denying events like the Tiananmen Square massacre and praising regimes like Russia and North Korea. Screenshots shared on Reddit exposed the issue, sparking outcry. Boox reportedly switched to OpenAI's GPT-3, but the incident highlights risks in using Chinese AI models, raising global concerns.

India Achieves Space Docking Feat
India's space agency ISRO just successfully docked two satellites in space, a rare feat only achieved by the US, China, and Russia before. This was part of the SpaDeX experiment, where two satellites launched on Dec 30 were separated, then reunited and controlled as one entity.

Linkedin Releases 2025 List Of Jobs On The Rise
LinkedIn’s 2025 list of Jobs on the Rise identifies those areas of opportunity. From the resurgence of travel and hospitality positions to the rise of AI roles, the ranking reveals sectors with sustainable growth.

Meta Ordered To Roll Back Whatsapp Data Sharing In India
India's antitrust commission has ordered Meta to stop sharing WhatsApp user data with itself for advertising purposes, and if they don't comply, they might have to "roll back or pause" some features in India. This is a big deal because India is Meta's biggest market, and this decision could impact their ability to offer personalized ads.

Infosys Debuts Ai-driven Features For Australian Open 2025
Infosys, a leading digital services & consulting firm, launched AI-driven features for AO 2025 in partnership with Tennis Australia, using their AI-first suite, Infosys Topaz, to enhance fan experience, empower players/coaches, and expand digital interactivity with innovations like Beyond Tennis, AI-generated tournaments & AI-amplified VR experiences.

Jio Platforms Ltd. Partners With Polygon Labs For Web3 Debut In India
Jio Platforms Ltd. (JPL) has entered a strategic partnership with Polygon Labs, the developer arm of Polygon Protocols. The partnership would aim to add Web3 capabilities to some of the existing applications and services owned and operated by JPL.

Amazon Expands In India With Axio Acquisition
Amazon has acquired Axio (Indian buy-now, pay-later startup) in a deal worth over $150 million, expanding its push into financial services in one of its fastest-growing markets.

Election Commission Issues Advisory On AI-generated Content In Campaigns
The Election Commission of India has issued an advisory to political parties to ensure responsible use of AI-generated content in their campaigns, requiring clear labelling of AI-generated images, videos, and audio, ahead of the Delhi Assembly election.

Spacex Launches 100th Falcon Rocket, Sends Two Landers To The Moon
SpaceX has successfully completed the 100th launch of a Falcon rocket from pad 39A and sent two landers on their way to the Moon. Texas-based Firefly Aerospace and Japan's iSpace will be fervently hoping they too can stick the landing – on the Moon's surface – with their respective craft.

Meta's AI Breakthrough: Instant Speech-to-speech Translation
Meta (Facebook's parent company) just developed a machine learning model that can translate speech in near real-time across 36 languages. Trained on 4.5 million hours of speech, it avoids data annotation by using internet audio snippets, potentially revolutionizing multilingual communication.

Photoshop - Introduces live co-editing, enabling multiple users to collaborate on the same document in real-time.

Gemini - Integrated real-time information from The Associated Press-news agency.

Aide | The open-source AI-native IDE

Git Of Theseus | Analyze how a Git repo grows over time

Television | Quickly search through any kind of data source (files, git repositories, environment variables, docker images, you name it) using a fuzzy matching algorithm and is designed to be easily extensible.

Separating Logic And Presentation In React Components
Learn how to refactor complex React components by separating logic from presentation, making your code more manageable and maintainable. Discover how to use custom hooks to extract logic and keep your components focused on rendering. Improve the readability and scalability of your code with this essential technique.

Grouping Related Code For Readability
Google's coding guidelines recommend ordering lines to match data flow, grouping related code and adding blank lines to improve readability, especially when extraction into a new method isn't possible.

Hubspot Co-founder's AI Venture
Dharmesh Shah's Agent[dot]ai platform enables users to create custom AI agents with low-code tools, amassing 258,000 users in 4 months, highlighting its potential to democratize AI innovation for professionals and students alike.