🪅 Heap Heap Hurray Ed. #228

Happy Thursday! Let's give it our all today!

#Uber - Cab aggregator Uber has allowed compensation of up to ₹7,500 if a passenger missed a domestic or international flight due to delays on the road. Currently available only in Mumbai though… That’s… not bad actually. 👍

Jio Platforms Partners With SpaceX To Bring Starlink To India
Would they be credited with bringing Starlink to India? Not sure about that - because Airtel announced yesterday they were partnering with SpaceX for the same reason. Anyway, Jio Platforms Limited (JPL) has announced a partnership with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to bring Starlink to customers across India. The agreement hinges on SpaceX securing the necessary authorisations from the Indian government to sell Starlink within India. Jio plans to distribute Starlink solutions via retail outlets and online platforms.

Tata Technologies Hit By Ransomware Attack, Data Leaked
Few days ago we had reported that Tata Technologies was hit by a ransomware attack. Well, it seems now the attackers have leaked confidential data. Hunters International has published some of the data it claims to have stolen from Tata Technologies. The leaked data includes personal details about some current and former employees at Tata Technologies, as well as confidential information. The data set includes over 730,000 documents, including Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, and PDF files.

Coinbase Enters Indian Market
Coinbase is a big US-based cryptocurrency exchange, basically a platform where people can buy and sell cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. They registered with India's Financial Intelligence Unit, which means they can now offer crypto trading services in India, with plans to launch later this year.

Typescript Gets A Speed Boost
Yep - this deserves the news section. Microsoft announced a major update for TypeScript, a programming language used for building large applications. They're working on a native port of the TypeScript compiler and tools, which will improve performance by 10x and reduce memory usage. This means faster build times, quicker editor startup, and better support for large projects. They're already seeing impressive results, with some popular projects loading 10x faster.

Google Chrome - Updated their extension policies. They now prohibit affiliate link injections without user benefit or interaction, a change necessitated most likely after the Paypal incident.

Snapchat - Introduces AI Video Lenses, a new feature that uses generative video models to create interactive and immersive experiences, available exclusively to Snapchat Platinum subscribers.

We apologize for not having Tech Talk Thursdays in this edition. Too many videos were released last week that caught us off guard and we could not go through them in time to identify the really good ones. We hope to make up for it next week. Meanwhile, here are some trending repositories

Style Observer | Run JS when a CSS property changes. Any CSS property.

Fish Shell | The user-friendly command line shell.

Pg Mooncake | Postgres-native Data Warehouse

Not many quality jobs were posted yesterday so no listings for this edition.

Understanding Graph RAG: How Knowledge Graphs Supercharge AI Models
In this article, learn how Graph RAG combines organized knowledge graphs with large language models to provide more aware, link-rich information, overcoming the limits of basic RAG methods and enabling AI systems to better understand complex relationships and provide more accurate answers.

AI's Impact On Engineering Jobs: A Former FAANG Employee's Perspective
A former FAANG machine learning engineer shares why he quit, citing market dynamics and the rising threat of automation. With coding agents and AI-generated code, junior dev demand has dwindled, and even ML work may become obsolete by 2025.

Duolingo Ditches UX For PX
Duolingo, a product-led company, is replacing UX design with Product Experience (PX) design, citing the term UX as "antiquated". This move sparks debate among designers, with some seeing it as a genius move to focus on business and products, while others call it a marketing gimmick.