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Elixir Community News

• https://x.com/josevalim/status/1825954736094457943 – The next versions of Livebook and Elixir will have signed installers on Windows, thanks to the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation and Wojtek Mach.
• https://x.com/wojtekmach/status/1826521109476344035 – Wojtek Mach discusses the challenges of packaging Livebook into a .msix for the Windows Store and asks for contributions from those familiar with the process.
• https://hexdocs.pm/telemetry/1.3.0/readme.html – Telemetry v1.3 is out with improved documentation, rewritten to ExDoc from Erlang edoc, thanks to contributions from Wojtek Mach and Andrea Leopardi. OTP 27 is required.
• https://x.com/bcardarella/status/1826266402631889091 – LiveView Native 0.3.0 is now released with the official announcement at ElixirConf. Blog posts, tutorials to follow.
• https://x.com/bcardarella/status/1826279303623082421 – Additional details about the LiveView Native 0.3.0 release.
• https://twitter.com/simonw/status/1827482890680332386 – Google Research released a paper on an alternative SQL syntax with a pipe, similar to Ecto querying syntax.
• https://simonwillison.net/2024/Aug/24/pipe-syntax-in-sql/ – More details on the new SQL syntax introduced by Google for ZetaSQL.
• https://twitter.com/ac_alejos/status/1794105872680972458 – A Livebook that uses LLMs and FFMPEG to simplify the process of converting videos or audio by suggesting the right flags and switches.
• https://github.com/acalejos/CinEx – Detailed information on using LLMs within Livebook for conversion tasks.
• https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-judge-strikes-down-biden-administration-ban-worker-noncompete-agreements-2024-08-20/ – A US Judge struck down the FTC's ban on non-compete agreements, stating the FTC lacks legal authority and the ban is too wide-reaching.
• https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/13/technology/google-monopoly-antitrust-justice-department.html – The US government is considering ordering Google to be broken up following antitrust allegations.
• https://www.macrumors.com/2024/08/22/apple-eu-default-app-update/ – Apple might allow EU residents to delete apps currently blocked from removal, addressing app store issues in the EU.
• Living in a time when industry rules are being challenged creates opportunities for new businesses and markets, as highlighted by ongoing legal issues with major tech companies like Google and Apple.

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