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#StockMarket - On Monday, stock markets across the world had a field day. But something peculiar happened in US stock markets. A tweet caused wide fluctuations resulting in many traders getting caught off guard.

#Llama4 - Meta’s been accused of gaming the benchmarks of their latest LLM model. Apparently the one that’s publicly available and the one that was sent for benchmarking are not the same!

Apple Ramps Up iPhone Production In India To Avoid US Tariffs
Apple’s trying to avoid getting hit by new US tariffs on Chinese goods, so they're increasing production in India to export iPhones to the US instead. This means they'll make more iPhones in India and ship fewer from China.

Shopify Makes AI A Baseline Expectation
Shopify is an e-commerce company that provides businesses with an online platform to sell their products. Today, its CEO Tobias Lütke announced that using AI is now a requirement for all teams, and they must justify why they can't use AI for tasks before requesting more staff or resources.

Colossal's Dire Wolf "de-extinction" Raise Questions
A biotech company claims they have managed to resurrect dire wolves. These once extinct creatures have now been brought back from the dead. Colossal, the biotech company is focused on species restoration. They just announced cloning gray wolves with edited genomes to resemble dire wolves, a large predator extinct since the Late Pleistocene era.

Meta - Introduces "Teen Accounts" with mandatory parental controls and restrictions on messaging and interactions for users under 16 on Facebook and Messenger.

Amazon Nova - New GenAI model supports up to 2-minute multi-shot video generation with Reel 1.1 update.

Apple Immersive Video Utility - New app for managing and viewing immersive videos for Apple Vision Pro now available on macOS and visionOS.

Mockups Design - Offers a vast collection of free, high-quality mockup templates for designers. The site provides customizable PSD files for various projects, including flyers, brochures, business cards, and packaging. All mockups are available for instant download without registration, supporting both personal and commercial use.

Font Sensei - An online tool that organizes Google Fonts by descriptive tags, simplifying the font selection process for designers and developers. Users can browse categories such as 'handwritten,' 'monospace,' 'serif,' and 'sans-serif' to quickly find fonts that match their project's aesthetic. All fonts are open-source and free for both personal and commercial use.

Tailwind Flex - A free, community-driven library offering over 2,100 ready-to-use Tailwind CSS components. It provides developers with a platform to create, save, and share UI components, facilitating efficient web design. The site features a live Tailwind Playground for real-time code editing and previewing, and allows users to build public profiles to showcase their design skills.

Setting Up Llama Stack For Large Language Models
Learn how to set up Llama Stack, a framework for leveraging large language models, using JavaScript, TypeScript, and Node.js. This article covers the process of getting started with Llama Stack, including setting up a running instance, exploring the APIs, and using the docs endpoint to experiment with the APIs.

7 Papers That Shaped The Tech Industry
This list highlights 7 influential papers that transformed the tech industry. From Alan Turing's "Turing Machine" to Tim Berners-Lee's World Wide Web, these papers laid the groundwork for modern computation, information theory, data storage, and global connectivity.

MIT Graduate Struggling To Find Job
An MIT senior studying Course 6 (EECS) is facing unemployment despite applying to many places, doing interviews, and building side projects. They are considering staying for an MEng to avoid moving back home to an unstable environment.