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Meta Just Made WhatsApp More "Helpful"

Good morning. Tea. Opened WhatsApp. It looked slightly different. My Community tab was gone, and there was something new: a “Meta AI” tab. Interesting. Meta is rolling this out gradually, so you may not have it yet, but you will.

We Loved It. We Reject It: A Case Study in Anonymous Peer Review Without Accountability

“It’s not that you’re wrong, it’s just that I’m not brave enough to say you’re right” — National Geographic’s Genius (Season 1) That quote captures anonymous academic review perfectly.

Observations on the State of Physics and AI Research

Well, the plot twist in this year’s Nobel Prize has sparked more debates than an Oscars afterparty! Adding to this, Sabine Hossenfelder has released a provocative video claiming that physics is on its deathbed due to a surge of theoretical work like string theory and a flood of “useless” papers churned out by academics.

Remembering Samsung's Camera Legacy: An Untimely Exit?

The Bay Area has some amazing flea markets and classifieds for film cameras. Though I usually look for film cameras, stumbling upon a Samsung compact camera (EX2F) sent me on a nostalgia trip.

The Case for Disappearing Emails

My email cleaning habit lasts only as long as my New Year’s resolution :) Every few days, I try to slim down my bloated inbox by deleting emails in bulk and then I make a promise to myself to keep doing it regularly which never happens :) If you can relate to my predicament, chances are I’m not alone.

Did I make the Internet faster? Perhaps I did! The first prototype of HTTP compression

Well, Elon is no longer a piece of news anymore, I rather call him a daily feature :). However, the ‘Inventor of email` piqued my curiosity, because it reminded me of those early internet days when we all were inventors (just like multiple claims on who invented email) :) The internet speed was slow, browsers didn’t support compression, and my need to have faster browsing gave birth to first…

Goodbye Blackberry, Finally!

Some notes from my working with RIM and Microsoft mobile platforms! Courtsey Finally, the end of the era for Blackberry legacy devices was once loved by many of us, on Jan 4, 2022.

VoiceXML — Good, Bad & the Ugly

History The original article was an attempt to identify some of the key deficiencies of VoiceXML as a programming language for voice, and why we created VoicePHP in 2008 as a viable replacement of VoiceXML On its release, VoicePHP was praised by many, a notable quote from none other than GigaOM, Om Malik — “The idea of VoicePHP is Disruptive in its Simplicity”.

Why UAE should open VoIP, and How they can do it without losing Telco Revenue!

In this article, we have described our experience with VoIP services in UAE, why UAE should lift the ban on VoIP, and finally, a disruptive suggestion for Telcos(Etisalat/Du) on how they can open VoIP without losing their revenue.

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