🪅 Heap Heap Hurray Ed. #244

Friday's here - let's make it a winning day!

#BillGates - So, Bill Gates is sharing the original source code that started Microsoft and it's a total blast from the past. Meanwhile, his ex-wife Melinda is dishing about their divorce in her new book, spilling tea on his infidelity and meetings with Jeffrey Epstein.

#UshaVance - USA’s second lady - wife of Vice President J D Vance, gained over a million followed overnight. How? Turns out that Instagram simply transferred all the followers from the previous spouse of the VP over! And get this - these “transferred” followers cannot unfollow for sometime. 🤭

Karnataka Hight Court Orders Bike Taxi Platforms To Halt Operations
Rapido, Ola, and Uber are bike taxi platforms operating in India. The Karnataka High Court has ordered them to stop their operations in the state within 6 weeks, citing regulatory issues with two-wheelers with white number plates being used as commercial vehicles, affecting lakhs of bike taxi drivers.

Infosys Launches AI-powered Formula E Stats Centre
Infosys is a global tech giant that provides business consulting, IT services, and outsourcing solutions. Formula E is a class of auto racing that uses only electric-powered cars. Today, Infosys partnered with Formula E to introduce the Formula E Stats Centre, an AI-driven analytics platform that delivers dynamic performance analytics, allowing fans to track their favorite teams and drivers across seasons.

Europol Takes Down Major Dark Web Pedophile Network
Europol is like the European Union's law enforcement agency, and they just made a huge bust on a dark web platform called KidFlix, which was a site that allowed users to access and share child abuse materials. They seized the servers and arrested dozens of people worldwide, identifying nearly 1,400 suspected consumers of these materials. This is a huge deal, and it's a big win for law enforcement in the fight against online child exploitation.

YouTube - Introduces revamped video editor, automatic music syncing, and new template features for Shorts, with additional features like image stickers and AI-generated stickers coming later this spring.

Windows 11 - Redesigned Start menu with single scrollable view, optional removal of "Recommended" section, and improved app browsing.

Devin - Introduced new low-cost plan with 9 ACUs for $20, plus a pay-as-you-go option, and added features to generate project plans, answer code questions, and create code wikis.

Kindle - Added "Recaps" feature, providing a quick refresher on storylines and character arcs for book series.

Usertour | Usertour is an open-source user onboarding platform. It allows you to create in-app product tours, checklists, and surveys in minutes—effortlessly and with full control.

Rsdoctor | A one-stop build analyzer for Rspack and webpack.

Anubis | Weighs the soul of incoming HTTP requests using proof-of-work to stop AI crawlers

CSS Only Blurry Image Placeholders
Learn how to create blurry image placeholders (LQIPs) using a single custom CSS property, without cluttering up your markup or requiring JavaScript. Discover the possibilities and limitations of encoding image data in a single CSS integer value.

What Made You A Better Programmer?
Experienced developers share their insights on what helped them improve their skills, including working with more experienced people, reading code, and learning from mistakes. A reddit thread.

Styled Components Enters Maintenance Mode
The popular CSS-in-JS library has entered maintenance mode, citing the React core team's deprecation of certain APIs and the ecosystem's shift towards other technologies like Tailwind.