Making Raspberry Pi projects is always fun, but how do your skills pair up against other builders? If you think you have what it takes to show off your circuitry skills over everyone else, why not sign up for Pi Wars? The event went dark in 2019, but after five years, it returned with a bang in a two-day event that saw both juniors and adults compete for the top spot.
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Meesho, an Indian social commerce with 150M transacting users, secures $275M in new funding
Meesho, a leading e-commerce startup in India with about 150 million transacting users, has secured $275 million in a new funding round, it disclosed in a securities filing. The new funding is part of a larger financing round, which is likely to include secondary transactions and balloon to over $500 million, people familiar with the matter said. The Bengaluru-headquartered startup, which … [Read More...]
Suspense and suspended components in React
I'm really excited about this post. I've used Suspense in React but never really understood how the whole thing works. Another thing that's interesting is the concept of a "suspended component". What does it mean when a component "suspends"? We'll dive into all of that in this post. This is quite an advanced post. I assume you have a good understanding of React and React Server Components. In … [Read More...]
Apple Said to Be Nearing Deal With OpenAI to Put ChatGPT on iPhone
Apple Inc. has closed in on an agreement with OpenAI to use the startup's technology on the iPhone, part of a broader push to bring artificial intelligence features to its devices, according to people familiar with the matter.The two sides have been finalizing terms for a pact to use ChatGPT features in Apple's iOS 18, the next iPhone operating system, said the people, who asked not to be … [Read More...]
iPhone 16 Pro Display Tipped to Offer 20 Percent Increase in Brightness Compared to iPhone 15 Pro
iPhone 16 Pro is expected to arrive later this year as the successor to the iPhone 15 Pro and the company's next-generation smartphones could feature an upgraded display, according to a tipster. While Apple's Pro handsets can go up to 1,000 nits of brightness, the purported iPhone 16 Pro models could offer a 20 percent increase in brightness for standard dynamic range (SDR) content, along with … [Read More...]
Critical Next.js Vulnerability Let Attackers Compromise Server Operations
Two new vulnerabilities have been discovered in Next.js, related to response queue poisoning and SSRF on certain Next.js versions. These vulnerabilities have been assigned CVE-2024-34350 and CVE-2024-34351, and their severity has been given as 7.5 (High). The Response queue poisoning vulnerability exists due to inconsistent interpretation of crafted HTTP requests, which are meant to be … [Read More...]
Microsoft Directed to Pay IPA Technologies $242 Million in Cortana Patent Lawsuit
Microsoft must pay patent owner IPA Technologies $242 million, a federal jury in Delaware said on Friday after determining that Microsoft's Cortana virtual-assistant software infringed an IPA patent.The jury agreed with IPA after a week-long trial that Microsoft's voice-recognition technology violates IPA's patent rights in computer-communications software.IPA is a subsidiary of patent-licensing … [Read More...]
gcTime in TanStack Query explained
I had a bit of a tough time understanding gcTime in TanStack Query. So I decided to write this post for myself. When you fetch data using Tanstack Query, the data is cached so that the following requests can be served from the cache. This is done to avoid unnecessary network requests. As long as a query is being actively used, the cached data will be kept in memory. What about inactive queries? … [Read More...]
Top OTT Releases This Week: Murder in Mahim, Doctor Who Season 14, and More
This week's OTT releases have thriller elements at the very core. Whether it is JioCinema's crime mystery Murder in Mahim – based on the plight of homosexuals in India - or Apple TV's sci-fi series Dark Matter, you'll be glued to your screens in anticipation of what follows next. The former carefully dissects the homophobia-ridden social fabric of our society, and the latter delves deep into the … [Read More...]
Apple's next AI push could come with the help of OpenAI
In some respects, Apple has fallen behind when it comes to AI. But the brand looks to be making a big push this year, with new M4 chips and the promise of big things that will hopefully be revealed in great detail at its upcoming WWDC event set to take place in June. While we were a bit in the dark about what to expect, we now have some intel that shows that Apple may be partnering with OpenAI to … [Read More...]
Scammers found planting online betting ads on Indian government websites
Some Indian government websites have allowed scammers to plant advertisements capable of redirecting visitors to online betting platforms. TechCrunch discovered around four dozen “gov.in” website links associated with Indian states, including Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Mizoram and Telangana that were redirecting to online betting platforms. Some of those websites belong to state police and … [Read More...]