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GitHub appears to be quietly winding down public access to star data, and developers are taking notice. The stargazers list, once visible to anyone browsing a repository, now returns a four-oh-four error for users who don't own the repo. The concern isn't just convenience — stars were one of the few public signals that let researchers and tools detect artificially inflated popularity, so removing that transparency has real implications for how the community evaluates open source projects.
Shifting to the workplace, the AI notetaker is no longer a novelty — it's becoming standard office furniture. Wispr Flow, already known for its dictation software, has launched a live meeting transcription and summarization tool, joining a crowded field of similar products. The question now isn't whether AI will be in your meetings, it's whether anyone will actually read the summaries it produces.
And on a lighter note, Ted Lasso is back on Apple TV after a three-year absence, and early reviews suggest the wait was worth it. Critics describe the new season as a genuine evolution rather than a victory lap, though not without a few stumbles along the way. Whether Apple needed the ratings boost or the show simply had more to say, the return has people talking.
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