May 05, 2026 from Journal on n3s0 || journal Using .local As A Top Level Domain Notes on .local as a top level domain and why it’s a bad idea.
May 05, 2026 from Hackaday Cutting Steel Gears with Homemade EDM Electrostatic discharge machining (EDM) may be slower than alternatives like laser cutting, water jets, or a milling machine, but for some applications there’s no alternative: it can cut through an...
May 05, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Microsoft Edge found storing your passwords in plaintext RAM for apparently no reason Security researcher Tom Jøran Sønstebyseter Rønning has revealed that Microsoft Edge stores all saved passwords in plaintext in system memory while the browser is running. This means passwords may ...
May 05, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Notepad++ original creator calls out recently released macOS fork as an unauthorized fake We recently reported on the launch of what appeared to be a Notepad++ fork for macOS, after the app had been a Windows exclusive for more than two decades. However, original Notepad++ creator Don H...
May 05, 2026 from Ambient Irony Daily News Stuff 5 May 2026 Late Final Extra Edition Top Story Can investors trust AI sales figures. (WSJ) (archive site) Good question. No. OpenAI has added pet companions to its Codex programming assistant. (Mashable) It's ...
May 05, 2026 from Hackaday Using NFC to Power Devices Instead of Qi It shouldn’t be any surprise that NFC and similar RFID implementations are capable of providing power to a receiver, since this is after all how RFID tags can work without …read more
May 05, 2026 from Hackaday How Giant Tanks Of Fluid Could Help Support The Power Grid If you’ve been paying any attention to the renewable energy space, you’ll know that generation isn’t really the problem anymore. Solar panels are cheap, and wind turbines are everywhere. The …read ...
May 05, 2026 from GadgeteerZA My First Meanderings With My Own Locally Hosted AI Tools This is by no means any form of detailed tutorial, but I did pick up a few things about locally hosted AI while I’ve been testing the last few days, so I thought I’d share some of what I’ve picked ...
May 05, 2026 from Hackaday A Digital Audio Recorder For TOSLink Every now and then in our travels we come upon a project with such an obvious need that it’s almost a surprise nobody has thought of doing it before. So …read more
May 05, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Spark Email introduces CLI for AI agents to access emails and data Spark Email has introduced Spark CLI, a command-line interface enabling AI agents to access email, events, contacts, and meeting notes. The CLI offers read access on macOS and supports every email ...
May 05, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Node.js 26 enables Temporal API by default, upgrades V8 and Undici Node.js 26 is now released, enabling the Temporal API by default for improved date and time operations. The update also includes V8 engine version 14.6.202.33 and upgrades Undici, the HTTP client, ...
May 05, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Manjaro 26.1 preview brings new parental controls and GNOME 50 upgrades The Manjaro 26.1 'Bian-May' preview introduces updated GNOME 50, featuring advanced parental controls with screen time limits and bedtime scheduling. Users also receive smoother performance through...
May 05, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Homebridge 2.0 brings Matter support for compatibility with Google Home, Alexa, and more Homebridge, known for bridging unsupported devices to Apple HomeKit, has launched version 2.0 with a major addition: Matter support. This update allows Homebridge to integrate with a wider array of...
May 05, 2026 from Chuniversiteit Access your Docker Compose services via easy-to-remember names Did you know you can make your Docker web app containers available via simple names instead of hard-to-remember port numbers?
May 05, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Proton Mail now supports post-quantum encryption for all users, including free accounts Proton Mail has enabled optional post-quantum protection on all its plans, including free accounts. Once activated, users can generate new post-quantum-ready encryption keys to secure emails agains...
May 05, 2026 from Hackaday LightInk, a Solar Powered ESP32 Smartwatch There’s something about the ESP32 family of microcontrollers and timekeeping. We probably see it in clocks as often as we do anything else; we also probably see more clocks with …read more
May 05, 2026 from Rock and Null Promies Feedback Board: A simple way to collect user feedback in your apps Promies Feedback Board gives you a single, vote-protected hub to see exactly which features your users actually want.
May 05, 2026 from It's FOSS Typical Microsoft! Turns Out VS Code Was Adding Copilot as a Git Co-Author Without Telling Anyone Microsoft reversed the change after developers found the AI attribution line appearing even with Copilot disabled.
May 05, 2026 from kmcd.dev ConnectRPC: Where is it now? Reflecting on two years of ConnectRPC: How it evolved from a gRPC alternative to a complete API ecosystem.
May 05, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Vimeo confirms security breach: some user data were exposed via third-party vendor Anodot Vimeo has disclosed that unauthorized access to certain user and customer data followed a security breach at Anodot, a third-party analytics vendor used by the platform. The incident exposed some t...