📰 News

🤬 The TikTok ban is a betrayal of the open internet

The article discusses the potential ban on TikTok as a betrayal of the open internet and questions whether it is enough to justify building America's own Great Firewall, while acknowledging the concerns around national security and Chinese government surveillance. The author argues that banning TikTok may be a PR move that betrays America's commitment to free expression and that there are better solutions, such as passing real privacy and accountability rules. The article suggests a future where services like TikTok are built around interoperability and user choice for data storage.

📚 Publishers beat Internet Archive as judge rules eBook lending violates copyright

US district judge rules in favor of book publishers in lawsuit against the Internet Archive's Open Library project, claiming that its e-book lending practice violates copyright and competes with authorized e-books from publishers.

🍎 Apple acquired a startup using AI to compress videos

Apple has acquired a startup called WaveOne, based in Mountain View, which was developing AI algorithms for compressing video, although the company refused to confirm its purchase when asked for comment.

🌕 Glass beads on moon’s surface may hold billions of tonnes of water

Researchers have found tiny glass beads scattered across the moon's surface that contain potentially billions of tonnes of water that could be extracted and used by astronauts on future lunar missions, which is an important breakthrough for hopes of building bases on the moon.

👀 Twitter says source code was leaked on GitHub

Twitter filed a DMCA request to take down leaked parts of its source code on GitHub and has submitted a court filing in California to try and identify the person responsible for the leak.

💬 Musk says Twitter value is down to $20B, calls firm an “inverse startup”

Elon Musk tells Twitter employees that the company is worth around $20 billion, less than half the price he paid for it, but he sees a path towards a future valuation of more than $250 billion.

🚫 Biden executive order bans federal agencies from using commercial spyware

The Biden administration has issued a new executive order that prohibits federal agencies, including law enforcement, defense, and intelligence, from using commercially developed spyware that poses threats to human rights and national security, as officials confirm dozens of U.S. government personnel had their phones targeted by spyware; however, they declined to name specific spyware affected by the executive order.

💻 Microsoft rebuilt Teams from the ground up, promises 2x faster performance

Microsoft has rebuilt Teams from the ground up, promising 2x faster performance and optimized data, network, chat and video architecture along with the transition from Electron to Microsoft's EdgeWebView2 rendering engine, which is now rolling out to Windows users in the company's Public Preview program.

🗼 Eiffel Tower may have inspired Van Gogh’s The Starry Night, says expert

Art historian James Hall believes that Vincent van Gogh's painting "The Starry Night" was inspired by the Eiffel Tower's spectacular opening, and that the swirling sky and clouds in the painting recall the Paris monument's display of pyrotechnics, electric light and explosions. Hall argues that for Van Gogh, the cypress tree depicted in the painting was a natural alternative to the Eiffel Tower, which he saw as an impressive example of French technological prowess.

🤯 I thought I was immune to being fooled online. Then I saw the pope in a coat

The author Joel Golby shares his experience of being fooled by an AI-generated image of the Pope wearing a big coat, and argues that we need to make skepticism cool again to avoid being manipulated online.

🌞 Would building a Dyson sphere be worth it? We ran the numbers

Theoretical cosmologist Paul Sutter writes an article for Ars Technica examining the possibility and feasibility of humanity building a Dyson sphere around the sun to capture solar energy, delving into the physics and energy costs of such a megastructure.

🤯 Android app from China executed 0-day exploit on millions of devices

Millions of Android devices were targeted by a zero-day vulnerability through malicious versions of China's third-largest e-commerce company Pinduoduo's app, using a sophisticated attack to steal personal data and install malicious apps, which were only found in third-party markets.

💡📚 Articles

💻 Basics to Master topics in javascript 🔥🔥everyone must know (1 min read)

Boost Your JavaScript Skills with These Essential Topics, Tips, and Resources!

🔗 Loosely coupled Python code with Dependency Injection (3 min read)

Learn to write flexible and easily maintainable Python code with Dependency Injection! Discover how to create abstractions with interfaces and implement Dependency Injection to keep your code loosely coupled and easy to modify. Find out why Dependency Injection is a powerful tool for managing dependencies and how to use it to your advantage. Don't miss out on this informative blog post!

🧠 From Layout to Logic: Understanding the Role of Presentational, Container, and Page Components in Angular (4 min read)

"From Layout to Logic: Understanding Angular Components" - Learn about the role of Presentational, Container, and Page components in creating reusable, modular, and easy-to-maintain code in Angular. Discover the benefits of a component-based architecture and check out further resources for writing clean and efficient code.

🧩 Java Design Patterns: An Introduction (3 min read)

Unlock the Secrets of Java Design Patterns: Increase Code Quality, Scalability, and Efficiency

📩 Design Patterns In Action Part-2: Implementing Facade Pattern in Email Service (4 min read)

DesignPatternsInAction: Simplifying a Complex Email Service with the Facade Pattern

🧠 How to Become a Solution Architect #2: Mindset (7 min read)

Becoming a Solution Architect: Mindset Matters

🚀 Aviyel announcement 📢: Aviyel is set to launch on Product Hunt in Just 2 days[June 1st] (1 min read)

Get Ready for Aviyel Rewards Platform Launch and Amazing Giveaways!

🔍 CloudNative Application Series 2: Service Discovery (3 min read)

Discovering microservices: Using service definition for synchronous and asynchronous communication

🤔 Clean Code — “A pointless book with no target audience” (9 min read)

"Clean Code: A Book with More Cons Than Pros" - A critical review of Robert C. Martin's book on software engineering, highlighting its excessive focus on obvious advice, pointless examples, and impractical recommendations that could lead to a Time to Live problem in software development. The review also points out the book's heavy focus on Java, rendering some sections useless to non-Java developers.

🛠 A Node.js configuration provider reading config from files, environment and arguments (10 min read)

Easily Manage Configuration in Your Node.js App with @mocks-server/config

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