🪅 Heap Heap Hurray Ed. #256

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#CostOfPoliteness - Millions of dollars. That’s what’s costing OpenAI when users say “please” and “thank you” in their prompts to ChatGPT.

#HumanoidRobots - Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday. It is the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over a 21-km (13-mile) course. The winning robot was Tiangong Ultra, from the Beijing Innovation Center of Human Robotics, with a time of 2 hours and 40 minutes.

#Robocop - Speaking of humanoid robots, here’s another one from Thailand. The Royal Thai Police deployed a humanoid police robot during a festival. The robot, dubbed "AI police cyborg 1.0," surveyed the streets during the country's Songkran festival. It is equipped with facial recognition technology and can notify officers of high-risk individuals and weapons.

Google's 'monopoly' Ends For Android Tvs In India
In a significant ruling, India's competition regulator has fined Google for its "monopolistic" practices in smart TVs, forcing the company to no longer be the default OS and app store on Android TVs in India, allowing consumers to choose from other operating systems and app stores.

Intel Appoints New CTO (Indian) And Head Of AI, Marking Pivotal Leadership Shift
Intel, a leading American semiconductor company, has appointed Sachin Katti as its new CTO and head of AI, overseeing AI strategy, product roadmap, and Intel Labs, in a move to centralise innovation and accelerate AI ambitions under new CEO Lip-Bu Tan. Sachin Katti is an IIT Mumbai alumni and born in Belgavi, Karnataka - India!

YouTube Reaches New High In Streaming Watch Time
YouTube just reached a new high of 12% of overall streaming watch time surpassing Netflix, according to Nielsen's report. This is big because it shows how YouTube is becoming a major player in the TV space, especially with its Connected TV offerings and popular features like YouTube Shorts.

Instagram - Implemented AI-powered age detection to automatically enroll suspected teen accounts into restricted Teen Accounts, even if the account lists an adult birthday.

ByteDance - Introduced Seedream 3.0, a bilingual image generation model that outperforms OpenAI's GPT-4o in image creation capabilities with improved scalability and visual language alignment.

TS Rest | RPC-like client, contract, and server implementation for a pure REST API

Fumadocs | The beautiful docs framework with Next.js.

Tiptap UI Components | React components & templates for building rich text editor UIs with Tiptap.

How Netflix Handles Millions Of Hours Of Viewing Data Every Day
Netflix has a massive amount of data that it needs to handle to enhance the user experience. Handling such a vast and ever-increasing amount of information also presents a technical challenge. We’ll learn how Netflix tackled these problems and improved their storage system to handle millions of hours of viewing data.

7 Essential Phrases for Giving Feedback That Works
Wes Kao is a coach and author of Executive Communication & Influence. He shares tips on how to share feedback with tech leaders. Kao shares 7 phrases he often uses to make it easier for him to speak openly and quickly.

Facebook's Failed Snapchat Bid
In 2013, Mark Zuckerberg attempted to acquire Snapchat for $3.1b plus $1b in retention packages, but was rebuffed by Evan Spiegel, who believed Snapchat could be worth $10b+ independently. Facebook's offer was deemed too low, and Spiegel ultimately chose to pursue financing instead.