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🪅 Heap Heap Hurray Ed. #40
Daily dispatches from the world of technology.
Hello and good Monday morning! Let's kick off this week right!
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🤫 Geek Goss 🤭
#LabelAndLie - Did you hear about Meta's new plan?! They're like, totally loosening up the rules on deepfakes! Apparently, they'll just slap a fancy label on 'em and call it a day. So, expect to see a lot more "Made with AI" badges on your feeds. No checks in place - the picture may indeed be AI generated, or NOT which seems to be the case off late.
#GuessTheCount - Elon Musk has another secret child with exec at his brain implant company. Musk already has three children with Grimes and twins with Shivon Zilis. Somebody needs to keep a track of how many kids Elon is responsible for!
#NotSoEasy - Amazon retaliated after employee walkout over the return-to-office policy, NLRB lawyers say. National Labor Relations Board has filed a complaint against Amazon in Seattle.
#CashlessInSweden - Sweden is seeing an increase in crimes related to financial transactions as cashless payment gets adopted more widely.
⌛ Past 72 hours
Zepto is an Indian quick commerce app that delivers groceries within 10 minutes. They just raised $665 million at a $3.6 billion valuation. The app is really popular in urban India, where consumers are embracing the convenience of same-day delivery.
After OpenAI, Apple plans to partner with Meta for its Meta AI. The negotiations are still in the beginning phase so more details awaited. The deal may even not go through
It may not launch in India, but TikTok seems to be copying instagram (because Instagram tries to copy them ig) with its new social media app named Whee - which allows users to share images with their friends.
The team behind Jetflicks, an illegal Netflix knockoff, is now facing jail time. The DOJ has convicted five men for running a Netflix clone full of pirated TV shows.
Booking highlighted a surge in AI-powered phishing scams targeting the travel industry. With attacks increasing by 500-900%, scammers use generative AI to create convincing emails. The company advises using two-factor authentication and being cautious of suspicious links.
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📢 In case you missed it
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🎲 Miscellaneous
Steve Huynh, an Amazon Principal Engineer, shares his career journey from a liberal arts major to leading technical teams. He emphasizes setting aggressive targets, leveraging networks, and staying proactive. Despite initial setbacks, Huynh achieved success through disciplined preparation, continuous learning, and strong managerial relationships.
Sung Kim argues that programmers should always maintain a "trust, but verify" mindset due to inherent code uncertainties. Abstractions simplify development but can hide critical issues. Emphasizing thorough understanding and diligent verification helps mitigate risks and ensures robust software design.