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For decades, software engineering has been plagued by “productivity theater.” Every few years, the industry aligns around a new vanity metric — usually one that latches onto whatever technology happens to be in vogue at the time. For a discipline rooted in creativity and problem-solving, this is a poor way to demonstrate progress. Yet, we…

Amazon has launched the Mega Football Fest Store on Amazon.in, featuring football gear, team jerseys, home entertainment products, fitness wearables, and match-day essentials from brands including Nike, adidas, PUMA, Samsung, boAt, Nivia, Ninja, and WHOOP. Customers can also get an additional 12% discount of up to Rs. 100 on select football gear purchases worth Rs….

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that the government is working to establish the “Australian Standards for A.I.,” which would stand as a national framework that AI companies must follow if they want to operate in the country. As backlash against the negative effects of data centers is making it harder for AI hyperscalers to…

I don’t like voice notes. Sending or receiving them feels like being handed homework, so I type nearly everything. But I still tap the mic on Gboard more often than you’d think, mostly because dictation gives me text at the end instead of an audio file someone has to listen through. Dictated text always needs…

The European Commission has preliminarily found that Meta may have breached the Digital Services Act (DSA) over the design of Instagram and Facebook. The findings are part of a formal investigation launched on May 16, 2024, with the Commission examining features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, and the platforms’ highly personalised recommender systems,…