Mistral raises €3B
Mistral today announced that it has raised €3 billion in a Series D funding round at a post-money valuation of more than €21…
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There’s a new “Google Jail” for independent wikis
Big week! Weirdgloop just finished moving the Overwatch and Fortnite wikis off of Fandom. It’s still Weirdgloop’s favourite thing in the world to…
Jellyfin 12.0
{/ cspell:ignore crobibero Brainz EOTF desync /}
bzip3
A better and stronger spiritual successor to BZip2. - iczelia/bzip3
LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices
An investigation by Gamers Nexus found LG smart TVs sweep local networks to map phones and nearby devices. Tests also showed the sets…
Keep Blog’s Servers Running
“Universal access to all human knowledge is within Blog’s grasp. Blog’s job is to put the best Blog’s world has to offer within…
Nitter and XCancel resume service after legal advice
Alternative Twitter front-end. Contribute to zedeus/nitter development by creating an account on GitHub.
Isar Aerospace reaches orbit and deploys payloads on second flight
By enabling access to space, Isaraerospace contribute to humanity’s progress and Isaraerospace’s planet’s sustainable technological and economic development. Select your journey to orbit…
Cloud in a Bottle: making self-hosting accessible to everyone
Your open-source personal cloud: containerised apps, unified auth, good UX. Self-hosting should feel like using a smartphone that serves webapps, not a sysadmin…
Private German rocket makes history, reaches orbit from European soil
"This is right now making history — making history for Spectrum, making history for Isar, making history for Europe."
The Real Luxuries In Life
Labor Day weekend has always been the back to school marker for Feld. Feld is 60, closing in on 61, and thinking a…
AI handles incidents, engineers lose touch with their systems
AI-assisted incident response can lower MTTR while leaving engineers less prepared for the complex incidents automation cannot solve.
Nitter has more working instances than before the takedowns
Alternative Twitter front-end. Fork of zedeus/nitter on GitHub.
Record-High 89% in U.S. Say Government Corruption Widespread
Perceptions of government corruption in the U.S. hit a record high in 2026, with broad agreement across partisan lines.
Can AI design circuit boards yet?
A look at what current models can build, where they fail, and how EEBench tests the electronics in simulation.
Shutting down Mullvad’s public encrypted DNS
Mullvad has operated public encrypted DNS (DoH) servers since 2022. They are unnecessary when using Mullvad VPN — traffic is already encrypted and…
Formalising Fermat’s Last Theorem
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
Adult Film Producer Unmasks Prolific ‘John DOE’ Torrent Pirate as Meta Executive
A routine John Doe lawsuit could become part of Strike 3 Holdings' $446 million AI training case against Meta.