Nothing Confirms that Phone (4) will come after 9 Months

Iykyk 😆

The new 40W Dynamic Power Adapter design is available for purchase in the UK, Ireland, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, and Malaysia.
Apple previously launched the Dynamic Power Adapter in the U.S., Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, Taiwan, and the Philippines.

MeyMey hai

POCO F6 got November Security Update.

Just Xiaomi things

Tim Cook could reportedly step down as Apple CEO as early as next year 🚨

Apple’s board and senior executives have recently accelerated its succession plans, with John Ternus (Apple’s Senior VP of Hardware Engineering) the favorite to takeover

Source: Financial Times

The Upcoming Guy

First look of iPadOS on iPhone 17 Pro Max

Professional Engineers Bill (2025) — Key Points

Objective:

AICTE has prepared the draft *Professional Engineers Bill (2025)* to create a nationwide licensing and registration framework for practising engineers. It establishes the Indian Professional Engineers’ Council (IPEC) as the statutory regulator.

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What the Bill Proposes

* Mandatory registration for anyone practising engineering that affects public safety, health, or welfare.
* Only registered individuals may use the protected noscript “Professional Engineer” (P.Engr.).
* IPEC will maintain registers, set competency standards, enforce a Code of Ethics, and conduct disciplinary actions.
* Practices covered: design, supervision, consulting, construction, production, operation, and related engineering services.
* Teaching-only roles are expected to be exempt; those who also practise must register.
* International alignment via frameworks like the Washington Accord.

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Governance Structure

* Board of Governors + Initial Council of 27 members for the first 3 years.
* Nominations come from various ministries (MoE, DRDO, ISRO etc.), IITs/NITs, State Governments, industry associations (CII, FICCI) etc.

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Transition & Timeline

* Stakeholder feedback phase completed.
* AICTE is finalising the draft for submission to the Ministry of Education.
* Aim: Introduce the Bill in Parliament’s Winter Session (Dec 1–19, 2025).
* Proposed 5–10 year transition for existing practitioners to register.

Data Protection Board of India (DPBI)

* Established under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (Section 18).
* Acts as an adjudicatory and enforcement body for digital personal-data violations.

Key Functions

* Handles complaints from individuals.
* Investigates personal-data breaches.
* Orders urgent mitigation measures.
* Imposes financial penalties.
* Accepts voluntary undertakings.
* Can block apps/websites of repeat offenders.

Structure

* Comprises a Chairperson + Members, appointed by the Central Government.
* Members must have expertise in law, tech, governance or related fields.
* Functions as a body corporate.

Status & Significance

* Requires rules and appointments for full operation.
* Strengthens digital-privacy enforcement in India.

Concerns

* Resources, and limited scope (covers only digital data).

🌐 The “Next Y2K”: The Year 2038 Problem

What it is

Many Unix/C-based systems store time as a signed 32-bit integer (time_t), counting seconds since 1 Jan 1970.

This number reaches its maximum at 03:14:07 UTC, 19 Jan 2038.

One second later, it overflows, becoming negative — making systems think it's December 1901.

That breaks anything relying on time: logs, schedules, certificates, calculations, and more.

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Who’s at risk

* Legacy systems running 32-bit OSes
* Embedded/industrial devices (PLCs, SCADA, routers, sensors)
* Old databases & applications using 32-bit timestamps
* IoT devices with long lifespans and no update path

Modern 64-bit systems are mostly safe, but legacy tech remains widespread and often forgotten.

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Possible failures

* Wrong or corrupted timestamps
* Broken cron jobs & schedulers
* TLS/certificate validation errors
* Audit/log malfunction
* Software crashes or unpredictable behavior
Impact ranges from mildly annoying → operationally dangerous.

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Mitigation

* Migrate to 64-bit time (practically fixes the issue for centuries)
* Update OS, libraries, and firmware
* Replace unsupported hardware
* Test date handling beyond 2038
* Avoid mixing old 32-bit and new 64-bit interfaces carelessly

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Bottom line

The Year 2038 bug is real but fixable.

The biggest danger isn’t modern computers — it’s the hidden, long-lived embedded systems quietly running the world.