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🪅 Heap Heap Hurray Ed. #39
Daily dispatches from the world of technology.
Good morning! It's finally Friday—let's finish strong!
📢 Our BONUS EDITION #2 goes out today!! If you have been loyally opening our newsletter, clicking on our links and engaging with us diligently in the past two weeks, expect a bonus edition later today. Our bonus edition contains very useful links that aim to help you in your career in more ways than one. Our way of saying THANK YOU!
🤫 Geek Goss 🤭
#Perplexed - Perplexity, the AI startup backed by Jeff Bezos, is playing dirty by ignoring the Robots Exclusion Protocol to scrape website data. Despite claiming to respect the rules, it's sneaking around like a rebellious teenager, using unlisted IPs to grab content. They're in hot water not just for this but also for allegedly ripping off Forbes' work without proper credit. Imagine thinking you can bend the internet rules just because you have Bezos backing you up! Forbes isn't having it, and neither is the rest of the digital media world. Drama much?
⌛ The Past 24 hours
New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) signed two bills into law on Thursday that aim to protect kids and teens from social media harms. One of the bills, the Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation for Kids Act, will require parental consent for social media companies to use ‘addictive feeds’. The legislation will also limit social media notifications to teens’ phones overnight.
Some YouTube Premium subscribers have had their membership randomly cancelled. The common thread appears to be that the users used a VPN to subscribe to YouTube Premium at a cheaper rate than what is available for their home market. Google has commented that it is cracking down on this practice while avoiding discussing the forced cancelations.
Biden administration to ban Kaspersky Lab’s antivirus software. Ban will prohibit downloads, resales, and licensing of the antivirusSoftware. Ban is culmination of two-year probe into Kasperski by the Department of Commerce. Citing national security concerns, the administration is expected to prohibit the sale of Kaspersky Lab’s software in the US.
Instagram now allows users to livestream exclusively to their Close Friends list, enhancing privacy and control over broadcasts. This feature aims to attract users who prefer private, real-time interactions, marking a shift towards more curated connections on the platform.
👩🏾💻 Bit Boutique
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📢 In case you missed it
The biggest technical AI Conference will be taking place in San Francisco from 25th - 27th June. For those unable to attend, you can also monitor their YouTube Channel for videos of the event.
MachineCon GCC Summit, a conference about Generate AI and how its shaping the future of Global Capability Centers will be taking place on 28th June. You can find the list of speakers, agenda and registration details here.
DevStudio Con, an event for web developers, app creators and agencies is being hosted live in Bengaluru, India on 29th June. Unlock new business opportunities, get insights from leading minds in the industry, practice new skills with expert-led workshops and meet the product team. The conference is hosted by Wix Studio.
💼 Job Board
Title | Remote / On Site | Meta Details | Expected $$$ |
|---|---|---|---|
UI / UX Design Intern | Remote | Internship HTML | Canva | FIgma | ₹84,000 – ₹1.2L |
Graphic Design Intern | Remote | Internship Photoshop | Illustrator | ₹84,000 – ₹1.2L |
Freelancer Blockchain Developer | Remote | 2+ experience Ethereum | $60k – $70k |
@ PingoLearn | On Site (Bengaluru) | 2+ experience Firebase | Flutter | ₹9L – ₹13L |
🎲 Miscellaneous
A keynote in Google I/O 2024 featured a recap of the latest in CSS and web UI features. We'll explore some of the most game-changing new features that are redefining how we build web applications.
Did you know you don’t really need a fancy database for your next big idea? Google Sheets / Excel will serve just fine. This tutorial gives you a glimpse on how to do just that.
The author is a data scientist who left the AI field after realizing it was fraudulent. He says that while hype is nice, it's only nice in small bursts for practitioners. The core competency of smiling and promising people things that you can't actually deliver is transferable.
Message based architectures were all the rage in 2010s when applications had to scale. However, we find them less common now. Seasoned developers discuss what led to their decreased usage in this thread.