📰 News
Tesla's doing it again—recalling 1.8 million cars because their hoods randomly open while driving! It’s like playing peekaboo on the freeway. China sees it more; maybe those hoods just can't resist the Great Wall's allure?
Elon Musk deepfaked Kamala Harris on platform X, yet somehow violated X's own rules. Imagine owning a restaurant and getting kicked out for breaking its own "no mustard-twirling" policy! Next time, maybe Elon should just stick to sending Teslas to Mars.
Royal Mail now has a stamp-sniffing app to catch those pesky counterfeiters! Finally, your phone can be as judgmental as your grandma. And if there's a dispute, Stanley Gibbons has a vital new gig – arbiter of tiny paper squares. Stamp of approval, anyone?
So, AI startups are on a wild ride with mixed success. Harvard dropout Avi Schiffmann, after his COVID-tracker fame, now offers "Friend"—an AI neck pendant to combat loneliness. Think Tamagotchi, but clingier and with Bluetooth! Can it remind me where I left my sanity? Only time will tell!
Dashlane announced a 400% increase in passkey adoption, smashing passwords worse than I smash my New Year's resolutions! E-commerce leads, with Roblox hilariously pwning Facebook. Looks like my dog's name and "1234" passwords are officially obsolete. Time to upgrade!
Now creating AI versions of yourself on Instagram is a thing! Finally, an excuse for not replying to Aunt Karen’s conspiracy theories in the family group chat. Soon, even AI might need therapy from talking to some of these followers. 👀
So, Logitech wants to sell us a mouse subscription – because nothing says "forever" like monthly payments. Imagine explaining to future generations: “Back in my day, we didn't lease mice; we just trapped them!” Apparently, the future is heavy mice… and bank accounts, too.
ClickHouse acquires PeerDB, proving that even databases need friends. With 10x speed, it’s faster than my Wi-Fi. PeerDB’s motto: "Postgres-to-ClickHouse, because waiting is for coffee shops." Together, they’re syncing data while I’m still syncing my phone.
Apple’s iOS 18.1 beta is here! Siri got a brain boost, Photos has smarter searches, and Mail might even reply with, "Cleaning your inbox, I am!" It’s like Apple turned their devices into Jedi apprentices. Next up: Force-sensitive iPhones?
☠️ Postmortem of the day
Use of different rulers by builders caused the _Vasa_ to be more heavily built on its port side and the ship's designer, not having built a ship with two gun decks before, overbuilt the upper decks, leading to a design that was top heavy. Twenty minutes into its maiden voyage in 1628, the ship heeled to port and sank.
💡📚 Articles
In the riveting world of Prometheus Service Discovery, who knew monitoring could be so thrilling? Instead of tracking each new server like a detective with too many cases, PROMetheus does it all automatically. It’s like the Sherlock Holmes of metrics—minus the deerstalker hat and pipe!
PHP might not win any speed awards, but you’ve turned it into a Ferrari running the "One Billion Row Challenge" race, shaving time from 25 minutes to 27.7 seconds! Multiple optimizations and threads have you ready for a job in Formula 1 pit stops—who knew PHP could zoom like that? 🚀
Tired of your apps playing fast and loose with sensitive data? Enter the Request Access Approval System with Next.js and Permit.io! It's like the bouncer at the nightclub of your data. Want in? Better have your JWT and environment key ready! Party on! 🎉
Who knew customer data platforms were so competitive? 🤯 Seems like everyone's fighting to be the "Google" of data. RudderStack, Snowplow, Jitsu, Tracardi, and Apache Unomi—sounds like a supergroup of data avengers. So many options, it’s like picking a favorite child—don't tell my kids. 😜
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