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June 15, 2026

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Fox to acquire Roku in $22B deal

Fox has announced its acquisition of streaming giant Roku in a landmark $22 billion deal, combining Fox's news, sports, and Tubi streaming service with Roku's connected TV platform. The merger creates...

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SpaceX’s biggest-ever IPO just grew to $85.7 billion raised

SpaceX's IPO has reached a record-breaking $85.7 billion in funding as underwriters fully exercised their share purchase options. This makes it the largest initial public offering in the company's his...

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UK unveils sweeping social media ban for users under 16

The UK government has announced a comprehensive ban on social media access for users under 16, affecting major platforms including Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and X. This sweeping ...

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Why AI hasn’t replaced software engineers, and won’t

The article challenges the narrative that AI will replace software engineers, presenting evidence that even in a field seemingly vulnerable to AI disruption, mass job losses haven't materialized. It i...

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US battery manufacturing output continues to break records

US battery manufacturing output has reached record levels, according to Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED), indicating significant growth in domestic battery production capacity. This surge is likel...

7.0

A backdoor in a LinkedIn job offer

A security researcher discovered a backdoor vulnerability in LinkedIn's job application system that could allow attackers to inject malicious code through job offers. The vulnerability was found in ho...

7.0

Iroh 1.0

Iroh 1.0 has been released, marking a significant milestone for the peer-to-peer data synchronization protocol. The release includes production-ready features for distributed systems and data sharing,...

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Typst 0.15 contains multitudes

Typst 0.15 introduces significant updates including variable fonts support, enhanced HTML export with MathML and multi-file capabilities, improved bibliography management, and multiple PDF standards s...

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pyinfra — agentless infrastructure automation, in plain Python

Pyinfra v3 is a Python-native, agentless infrastructure automation tool that offers concurrent and idempotent server management, claiming to be 6x faster than Ansible. It allows infrastructure as code...

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Control Structures in Programming Languages

Xavier Leroy, a prominent computer scientist, is publishing a comprehensive book on the evolution of control structures in programming languages, covering everything from basic goto statements to adva...

7.0

Users cry foul after AMD stripped memory crypto from its consumer CPUs

AMD has quietly removed Transparent Secure Memory Encryption (TSME) from its consumer Ryzen CPUs without warning, a security feature that previously protected against physical memory attacks. The chan...

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savearoundtrip: publish an HTTPS DNS record, skip a round trip

The article introduces a method to optimize web performance by publishing HTTPS DNS records to enable HTTP/3 (QUIC) on first connection, eliminating the need for an initial round trip. It explains how...

7.0

I Am Not a Reverse Centaur

The author, an open source maintainer, discusses the growing challenge of dealing with AI-generated pull requests that are overwhelming project maintainers. He shares his decision to stop accepting un...

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The only scalable delete in Postgres is DROP TABLE

The article explains why large DELETE operations in PostgreSQL are problematic for performance and scalability, detailing how they create overhead through MVCC implementation and replication. It recom...

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Diplomat: Multi-language FFI for Rust Libraries

Diplomat is a multi-language FFI (Foreign Function Interface) tool designed to help Rust libraries like ICU4X expose their APIs to multiple programming languages efficiently. Created to address the ch...

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Parsing JSON at compile time with C++26 static reflection

The article explores the use of C++26's upcoming static reflection capabilities to parse JSON at compile time, potentially offering significant performance improvements for applications that process J...

7.0

Clojure is almost as fast as C (with some help)

A developer demonstrates how Clojure can achieve near-C performance for a computationally intensive 3D graphics task by leveraging Java's Vector API for explicit SIMD operations. Through careful optim...

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SpaceX is public: Everything you need to know post-IPO

TechCrunch provides comprehensive coverage of SpaceX's recent IPO, analyzing key stakeholders, pre-IPO deals, and details from the company's S-1 filing. The article examines both potential winners and...

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These are the countries moving to ban social media for children

Australia has become the first country to implement a ban on social media for children, with the goal of protecting young users from cyberbullying, addiction, and online predators. This move could set...

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Salesforce acquires AI customer service platform Fin for $3.6B

Salesforce has acquired AI customer service platform Fin for $3.6 billion, aiming to enhance its Agentforce platform. The acquisition will integrate Fin's team and technology to help businesses build ...

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The AI layoff wave is becoming a powder keg

The article highlights the growing tension in the tech industry as widespread AI-driven layoffs coincide with unprecedented wealth accumulation among AI insiders. This disparity is creating a volatile...

7.0

Heart protection from COVID shots remains amid updates, study finds

A large-scale study of over 1 million VA patients found that the 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines continue to provide significant protection against major cardiovascular events, with 38% effectiveness agai...

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Chipmaker Nvidia seeks to raise over $25B in first bond deal since 2021

Nvidia is planning its first bond offering since 2021, aiming to raise over $25 billion to capitalize on the AI boom. The debt sale will test investor confidence in the AI sector's continued growth po...

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A Chinese rocket breaks apart dangerously close to the Starlink constellation

A Chinese Zhuque-2E rocket's upper stage broke apart in low-Earth orbit near the International Space Station and SpaceX's Starlink constellation, potentially creating 100-150 pieces of debris. The inc...

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20 years of Intel Macs: Why Apple switched, and why it switched again

This article reflects on the 20-year history of Apple's transition from PowerPC to Intel processors and then to Apple Silicon, marking the end of an era as macOS 26 becomes the final version to suppor...

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Xbox is closing down Hellblade creator Ninja Theory

Microsoft's Xbox is shutting down Ninja Theory, the acclaimed studio behind the Hellblade series, as part of a broader restructuring. Multiple Xbox studios, including Compulsion Games and Double Fine,...

7.0

Fox wants to take over your TV — and the tech inside it

Fox has announced a $22 billion acquisition of Roku, potentially giving the media giant control over data from more than 100 million streaming devices worldwide. While Fox plans to keep Roku's operati...

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Trump’s Anthropic shutdown just made the case for non-American AI

The US government forced Anthropic to abruptly take its latest AI models offline, blocking access for all foreign nationals including the company's own international employees. This unprecedented move...

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All the news about Anthropic’s new AI fight with the White House

The US government ordered Anthropic to block foreign access to its latest AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, following security concerns raised by Amazon researchers about potential cyberattack vulnerab...

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Big Tech’s desperate last push at AI regulation

Big Tech is making a final push for federal AI regulation that would preempt state laws, but faces significant political challenges and potential Democratic opposition after the midterms. The effort h...

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How memory safety CVEs differ between Rust and C/C++

This article analyzes the key differences in how memory safety vulnerabilities (CVEs) manifest in Rust versus C/C++ codebases. It explains that while Rust isn't immune to memory safety issues, the lan...

6.0

How TimescaleDB compresses time-series data

The article explains TimescaleDB's advanced compression techniques for time-series data, detailing how it achieves efficient storage and query performance through its HyperCore architecture. It covers...

6.0

Game Engine White Papers Commander Keen

The article discusses the technical details and development insights behind the Commander Keen game engine, as revealed through white papers and historical documentation. It provides valuable insights...

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FreeBSD 15 on a Laptop

FreeBSD 15 marks a significant improvement for laptop users, with enhanced hardware support including Intel WiFi, Wayland compatibility, and KDE Plasma 6. The article provides a detailed guide for ins...

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Boot Naked Linux

The article explores booting a minimal Linux system that runs just one process instead of a full OS, achieving boot times under one second. The author shares their approach of creating a custom init p...

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MONOLITH: An experimental non-Unix operating system for x86

MONOLITH is an experimental non-Unix operating system for x86 architecture, featuring recent updates including IA-32 architecture support and integration with Limine bootloader. The project demonstrat...

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Xbox turmoil continues with a studio closure and executive departures

Xbox is undergoing significant restructuring with the reported closure of Compulsion Games and executive departures, following a memo from Xbox boss Asha Sharma about an impending 'reset'. The company...

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datasette-agent 0.3a0

datasette-agent 0.3a0 introduces a new execute_write_sql tool that enables LLM-powered database operations with user approval, along with enhanced chat terminal features including --unsafe mode for au...

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Hetzner Price Adjustment

Hetzner, a major European cloud provider, has announced price adjustments for its cloud services, including both increases and decreases across different server types. The changes reflect infrastructu...

5.0

curl summer of bliss

The curl project announces a 'summer of bliss' in July 2026, during which they will not accept or process any vulnerability reports through HackerOne or email. The project's maintainers will use this ...

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NetNewsWire Status

NetNewsWire's developer shares a one-year progress report since retirement, detailing significant technical improvements to the popular RSS reader app. Key updates include adopting modern Swift concur...

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Your EPUB Is Fine. Kobo Disagrees. Blame Adobe

The article discusses compatibility issues between EPUB files and Kobo e-readers, attributing the problems to Adobe's DRM system. It highlights how properly formatted EPUBs may still face rejection or...

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wio: windowed i/o

Wio is a new platform abstraction library for Zig that provides window management, input handling, and graphics capabilities. It offers features like clipboard access, alert dialogs, joystick input, a...

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Good news—we have extra time before the Sun ends life on Earth

A new study examines how long Earth will remain habitable as the Sun brightens over billions of years, focusing on the complex interplay between solar radiation and Earth's carbon cycle. The research ...