Happy Hump Day! Hope your day is as amazing as you are.

🤫 Geek Goss 🤭

#EtTuMicrosoft - After Apple, it’s Microsoft’s turn to earn the ire of European Union. EU belives Microsoft has breached antitrust rules with its Teams bundles.

#ChatWithCelebrityAI - Is it a celebrity? Is it an influencer? Neither - it’s an AI Chatbot from Google. They are reportedly building them on the same lines as Character.AI, but with Google’s manpower.

#Hype - YouTube's playing fairy godmother to the underdogs with its new "Hype" feature, letting viewers push their fave creators into the spotlight. Only in Brazil, Taiwan, and Turkey for now, and who knows if you gotta pay for it like those Super Chats? Stay tuned, folks.

#BlockPartySnap - Snapchat’s stepping up its game with beefed-up privacy tools to keep teens safe from the creepy crawlies of the internet. Now they’re throwing red flags on scammy messages and blocking friend requests from dodgy areas. Plus, block one, block all—snap away from those repeat offenders!

⌛ The Past 24 hours

Amazon Is Building Its Own AI ChatBot To Compete With ChatGPT

Amazon is developing "Metis," a consumer-focused AI chatbot set to rival ChatGPT. Expected to launch this year, Metis utilizes a new foundational model accessible via web browsers. Analysts foresee potential from a paid tier akin to "Remarkable Alexa," aligning with Amazon's broader AI strategy under CEO Andy Jassy.

Shopify’s AI Chatbot Sidekick Is Now In Early Access

Shopify’s new AI ‘Sidekick’ chatbot is officially launching in early access. The company is announcing a bunch of AI-focused updates. Sidekick is live across thousands of Shopify stores.

Zomato Devours Food Delivery Market Share as Swiggy Struggles To Keep Up

Zomato is a popular Indian food delivery company, sort of like a local version of Grubhub or Uber Eats. So, it seems like Zomato is dominating the market now, and Swiggy is having trouble keeping up. The only base where Swiggy dominates currently is in its HQ - Bengaluru. Otherwise, Zomato seems to be on everybody’s mind

Google’s Gemini Is Now In Your Gmail

Gmail is getting more AI features that could make it easier to stay on top of your email. Google is adding Gemini AI features for paying customers to Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive, too.

👩🏾‍💻 Bit Boutique

June | Local voice chatbot for engaging conversations, powered by Ollama, Hugging Face Transformers, and Coqui TTS Toolkit

ES-Toolkit | A modern JavaScript utility library that's 2-3 times faster and up to 97% smaller—a major upgrade to lodash.

RoosterJs | roosterjs is a framework-independent javascript rich text editor. From Microsoft

📢 In case you missed it

• React Nexus 2024 will be taking place on 4th - 5th July, 2024 in Bengaluru. Talks on React and React Native will be featured.

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🎲 Miscellaneous

New Set Methods In Javascript

New JavaScript Set methods are available in most major browser engines. The methods are used to check what the contents of sets are compared to another specific set. This article is a good read for people who are new to `Set' data structure.

Let An AI Take Your Interview

Practice job interview questions tailored to your job description. Get instant AI feedback and suggestions to improve your answers. Free Plan available.

The Death Of The Junior Developer

In his latest blog, Steve Yegge warns of seismic shifts in software development. Junior developers face dwindling opportunities as AI, like GPT-4o, handles coding tasks swiftly and accurately. Industry veterans embrace this change, but it poses challenges for newcomers. Survival tips emphasize gaining deep technical knowledge and leveraging AI tools effectively to stay competitive amidst evolving roles.

iOS Interaction Prototypes

Gavin Nelson, a designer, shares his innovative iOS interaction prototypes, showcasing fluid ways to interact with the operating system, including Time Machine-like scrolling and a zoomable home screen layout.