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🤫 Geek Goss 🤭

#EtTuNetflix - After Youtube, it’s Netflix’s turn - to revamp their UI. They’re testing a homepage makeover that screams 'do less, watch more.' No more eye gymnastics, darling! It’s all about trailers and info right where you want it.

#WeHaveHadEnough - Fed up with Facebook and Instagram turning a blind eye to AI generated content posted on their platforms, a new social media app is in town - Cara. Artists are ditching Meta's AI madness and flocking to Cara, an anti-AI haven, faster than a middle-aged mom at a flash sale. From 40k to 650k users in a week? Guess Meta's policies backfired big time.

#EvenNewsIsNotSpared - NewsBreak's got some serious explaining to do! The US news app has been caught using AI to spin fake stories since 2021. From phantom shootings to wrong charity events, they've messed up big time. And get this, their engineers? Based in China. Scandalous!

#FirstImpressions - After European Union cracked down on Apple’s App Store monopoly, a new app store for iPhone users has launched - Aptoide. It’s game-focused and free, but let’s be real – only 8 games so far. With a freemium twist and dev-friendly vibes, will it succeed where others flopped? Only time will tell!

⌛ The Past 24 hours

Amazon Acquires MX Player Assets to Boost Presence in India

Remember Bobby Deol’s Hit series Aashram? Well, the OTT Platform that hosted it - MX Player - has just been bought by Amazon. This strategic move aims to strengthen Amazon’s reach in smaller Indian cities. Top MX Player executives will transition to Amazon. The deal follows two years of negotiations and positions Amazon to expand its video streaming offerings in India, targeting demographics beyond urban centers.

Google launches a new product - NotebookLM

Google's AI tool, NotebookLM, powered by Gemini 1.5 Pro, is now available worldwide. Enhancements include Google Slides support, web URLs, and inline citations. NotebookLM converts content into FAQs, Briefing Docs, and Study Guides. Its multimodal capabilities handle images, charts, and diagrams, supporting research and writing workflows.

Earn money making apps for Discord - now easier than ever

Discord is rolling out new monetization tools to help app developers increase earnings. Starting June 6th, the platform fee will be reduced to 15% for the first $1 million in gross sales. Developers can now offer one-time purchases like games and skins, available as durable or consumable items.

Google Photos to Get Major Overhaul

Google Photos is set for a significant update, enhancing sharing and notification capabilities. The new "Sharing Activity" page will act as a social feed, showing likes and comments on photos, similar to Instagram. It will also notify users of album additions and group invites. A new storage meter UI will help manage space more efficiently.

Adobe wants all your projects for its training purposes - and there’s no way to back out

Adobe's updated Photoshop terms of service now allow the company to access user projects for "content moderation" and other purposes, sparking privacy concerns among professionals. The terms also permit Adobe to use user-generated content to improve its services and software, echoing a trend among tech companies, as seen with Microsoft's AI-powered product, Recall.

Atlassian Offers Startups a Year of Free Access to Key Tools

Atlassian has launched the "Atlassian for Startups" program, granting early-stage companies with under $10 million in funding free access to tools like Jira, Confluence, Loom, Bitbucket, and more for up to 50 users for one year. This initiative aims to help startups grow within the Atlassian ecosystem.

👩🏾‍💻 Bit Boutique

Ink | Now use Reactjs to build applications for the command line

Mesop | A Python based UI Framework to build front ends for demos rapidly. Born and Used at Google

RemoveAdBlockThing | Blocked by Youtube if you have blocked Ads? Used this tool to bypass it.

📢 In case you missed it

• Bitcoin Games Hackathon is round the corner. Prizes worth $35,000 are at stake.

• Need inspiration on apps to build on Meta’s Quest headset? Head over to the project gallery for a recently concluded Hackathon and explore multiple ideas

• Quine’s new quest has started. Use OPAL to build applications to demonstrate various authorization scenarios. Prize pool is $1000!

💼 Job Board

Additionally, please check out this Hacker News thread where multiple job openings are listed out - ranging from entry level to executive roles.

🎲 Miscellaneous

How To Test

In his post, Matklad shares insights on effective software testing strategies, emphasizing data-driven and integrated tests over traditional unit tests. Key points include using a check function to decouple tests from specific implementations, focusing on testing features rather than code, ensuring tests are fast, and embracing data-driven approaches. He also advocates for writing tests that simulate real-world usage and integrating observability for better insights into system behavior.

Learn the Logic of Great Typography

Need an introduction to web design? This fantastic tutorial is just the right tutorial you need.

Goobye Reactjs and Angularjs and Vuejs and NoNameJs - HTMX is here

Erik Heemskerk discusses the benefits of using htmx, a lightweight JavaScript library, to simplify web development. Heemskerk argues that modern front-end frameworks often introduce unnecessary complexity. Htmx enhances HTML with attributes that handle HTTP requests and dynamic content updates, reducing the need for extensive JavaScript.

Inbox Ten

Boz explains his "Inbox Ten" system for managing communication efficiently, aimed at maintaining fewer than ten emails and open chat threads daily. He emphasizes proactive communication, setting clear expectations, and regularly pruning information channels to stay informed and productive. This approach helps prevent being overwhelmed by low-priority tasks and ensures timely responses to important communications.