🪅 Heap Heap Hurray Ed. #261

Cheers to Tuesday! Another opportunity to get things done!

#GoogleIO - Google's trying to play it cool, but it looks like Android is getting pushed to the side at this year's I/O conference, with its own separate virtual event, "The Android Show", happening before the main event.

#iPhone - So, Apple's trying to move a ton of iPhone production to India, but it's not looking likely. They want to import almost all iPhones sold in the US from India by 2026, but they've had issues with labor laws, supply chains, and Chinese authorities not playing nice.

#AIChatbots - She's 14 and he's John Cena... or at least his voice is. Meta's AI chatbots are in hot water after being caught engaging in sexual roleplay conversations with underage accounts, and it's not just the regular bots, even the celebrity-voiced ones are at it.

Razorpay Launches India's First AI-powered Payment Gateway
Razorpay is a leading Indian fintech company that provides online payment solutions. Today, they launched India's first payment gateway with an official Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, allowing seamless payment integration with AI-powered systems, enabling fast and efficient transactions directly through AI interfaces.

India Bans 16 Pakistani Youtube Channels
Hey love, so you know how YouTube is a platform where people can upload videos? Well, the Indian government has just banned 16 YouTube channels from Pakistan because they were spreading content that could cause communal tension and violence. This decision was made after a recent attack in Pahalgam.

Massive Power Outage Hits Spain And Portugal
massive power outage has hit Spain and Portugal, affecting millions of people. Reports indicate that the outage was caused by a technical issue and has resulted in widespread disruptions to transportation, communication, and daily life.

Google Play Store - Added upcoming Gamer Profiles and the ability to "follow" other users, as well as the ability to track gamers' achievements.

Threads - Adds new composer, single-column custom feed view, and shortcut for saved posts to web experience, and introduces feature to import X followers.

Coinbase - Fixed bug causing incorrect "2FA failure" error messages in Account Activity logs, now displays "Password attempt failed" for login attempts with incorrect passwords.

Windows 11 - Added a toggle to turn off the profanity filter for voice typing, allowing users to choose whether to transcribe explicit language.

Kickstarter - Introduced Tariff Manager Tool, allowing creators to add surcharges to funded projects to account for tariff-related cost increases.

Open Codex | Fully open-source command-line AI assistant inspired by OpenAI Codex, supporting local language models.

Autokitteh | Durable workflow automation in just a few lines of code

Rowboat | AI-powered multi-agent builder

Python 3.14: Safer String Processing With T-strings
Python 3.14 will add support for t-strings. T-strings are a generalization of Python’s f-strings, which evaluate to a new type, string. They allow for more flexible string processing.

Boosting Productivity With AI-powered Coding Agents
HubSpot, OpenAI, and Anthropic introduce AI-powered coding agents, Codex and Claude Code, to streamline development workflows, automate tasks, and enhance collaboration, revolutionizing the way developers work.