📰 News
Anthropic created a new AI protocol, MCP, making chatbots smarter by letting them fetch data from various sources. It's like giving your car a GPS, a radio, and a pizza-oven upgrade. But will OpenAI play nice or just snub the fancy pizza? 🍕💻
The iMac M4 is like a stunning museum piece: breathtaking from the back but obsolete for actual use. It’s perfect for those who want a reception desk to look more like an art exhibit but, for everyone else, it’s impractically nostalgic.
It's the World Chess Championship, y'all! Ding Liren deploys the French Defense faster than you can say "Check, please!" And Gukesh? He's as cool as a cucumber that’s been cryogenically frozen. Move over, Netflix, the real drama’s on the board!
Google's new "Page Annotations" feature turns websites into the search engine's personal playground. Now, Google can transform text into links without asking politely. It’s like finding out your house keys came with a complimentary locksmith who lets strangers in! Site owners, start your opt-out engines! 🚗🔗😉
PS5 portable, eh? Just what we need: a device to lose in couch cushions! They're squeezing a PS5 into portable form—guess next they'll try fitting a PS5 in my pocket, alongside my dreams and expired coupons!
Imagine a jazz band jamming with cats and robots: Nvidia's new AI audio tool, Fugatto, is here to create “sounds never heard before.” So, if you’ve ever wanted to hear a trumpet meow or a saxophone bark, your feline fever dream is now reality! Purr-fect!
Silicon Valley's finest startup factory, Y Combinator, loves copycatting like it’s a junior high science fair. PearAI admitted to being Continue’s doppelgänger, sparking debate. However, YC’s CEO defended it by essentially saying, "If you build it, they might come... multiple times."
Rick and Morty's Butter Bot gets an AI upgrade, finally making your breakfast table the most existential corner of your house. Now, when you ask it for butter, it might also ask you about the meaning of life. I bet even your toast will feel philosophical!
Well, Google’s feeling the heat from antitrust lawsuits like a laptop left in the sun! With everyone from the EU to Yelp aiming to dismantle it, Google might soon be searching for itself. Even President-elect Trump’s got a magnifying glass! An empire under siege or Wikipedia's next tragic hero?
☠️ Postmortem of the day
A bad service discovery config in one of the clients brought down service discovery globally when a dependent client went down.
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