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🤔 TikTok CEO fails to convince Congress that the app is not a “weapon” for China

TikTok CEO, Shou Zi Chew, failed to convince the House Committee on Energy & Commerce that the app is not a “weapon” for China, with passing a data privacy bill being suggested as the only way to stop TikTok.

🤖 Google and Microsoft’s chatbots are already citing one another's misinformation

Google and Microsoft's chatbots are citing each other in a misinformation frenzy, with Microsoft's Bing initially reporting that Google's Bard had been shut down after misreading a story citing a joke tweet, highlighting the potential damage of AI chatbots in degrading the web's information ecosystem.

🤝 Daily.dev is like Reddit meets Stack Overflow

Daily.dev, a platform for software developers to connect, share knowledge and discuss industry news, has raised $11m in seed funding from investors including Aleph, Jibe Ventures, and Secret Chord Ventures, among others. The platform offers users a personalised feed based on their interests, and uses a reputation score system to determine user privileges. Daily.dev also plans to release private spaces for developer groups to connect, and is considering ways to implement a non-toxic version of a downvote button. The company currently makes money from promoting initiatives relevant to developers.

💰 Moderna CEO brazenly defends 400% Covid shot price hike, downplays NIH’s role

Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel defended the company's plans to raise the US list price of its COVID-19 vaccine by more than 400%, despite creating the vaccine in partnership with the National Institutes of Health, receiving $1.7 billion in federal grant money for clinical development, and making roughly $36 billion from worldwide sales.

💋 Chinese startup invents long-distance kissing machine

A Chinese start-up has invented a long-distance kissing device, named MUA, which transmits users' kiss data collected through motion sensors hidden in silicon lips, making sounds and warming up slightly when kissed.

🚫 Meta slams telco fee proposal, says ISPs should pay their own network costs

Meta executives have criticised proposals to impose fees on big tech companies to pay for broadband networks, arguing that network fee proposals do not recognise that the company's investments in content drive the business model of telecom operators. The European Commission has started taking input on the proposal to make online platforms pay for telecoms companies' broadband network upgrades and expansions, while Spain's Telefónica has argued that telecoms should be a "two-sided market", with network operators charging internet users and content providers.

🚀 Canva launches suite of new integrated AI design tools

Web-based design platform Canva has announced a range of new AI-powered design tools and branded workspace features, including a Brand Hub and Magic Replace tool, aimed at helping entire workplaces streamline their content creation process, potentially challenging Adobe's ubiquity in some offices.

🤔 LTT YouTube channel has been compromised, account suspended

Popular YouTube channel LinusTechTips has been hacked, leading to another high-profile breach of a crypto scam on the platform, raising questions about what more Google could do to protect creators.

🐛 Animals without a brain still form associative memories

Cnidarians like anemones and corals, which lack a centralized nervous system recognized as a brain, are capable of performing associative learning, the sort most often associated with Ivan Pavlov, according to a study by a group of European researchers.

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🤦‍♂️ The system design interview is nothing like reality (3 min read)

This blog post explores the difference between the system design interview and reality, providing resources to help software engineers conquer the interview process while stressing that it is different from the real-world experience.

🌐 CDN Design And Implementation (4 min read)

Implementing a CDN Design Using GO: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners

💾 9 ways to store data in Laravel (2 min read)

9 Ways to Store Data in Laravel: Which One is Best for You?

🤦‍♂️ Your code architecture sucks if … (6 min read)

Refactor Your Code Architecture: Avoiding 7 Common Mistakes in Software Development

💻 The Pros and Cons of AWS Lambda Function URLs (3 min read)

Unlocking the Power of AWS Lambda: Introducing AWS Lambda Function URLs

🔥 Reduce the Number of Calls to your Backend by doing this: (3 min read)

How to reduce backend calls and improve UX with React Native - a guide on creating snapshot versions and storing data locally.

🧱 SOLID: O conceito por trás do código (5 min read)

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