Jul 17, 2026 from Hackaday The BornHack 2026 Cyber Ægg Is A Badge With A Life Afterwards A problem facing the designers of event badges is this: what happens to the badge after the event? It’s one that designers have tried to solve in many ways with …read more
Jul 17, 2026 from GadgeteerZA Vital Signals’ New Ring Brings Blood Pressure Monitoring to Your Finger “Vital Signals thinks its Signal Ring is accurate enough to replace traditional blood pressure cuffs for the almost half of U.S. adults who live with high blood pressure. The new wearable is thicke...
Jul 17, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Google's NotebookLM is now Gemini Notebook, with expanded code execution & cross-app sync Google has renamed its AI research and note-taking tool, NotebookLM, to Gemini Notebook. This updated identity marks a shift toward deeper integration across the Google ecosystem. Gemini Notebook r...
Jul 17, 2026 from Ambient Irony Daily News Stuff 17 July 2026 Dwarves Are Back On The Menu Edition Top Story TSMC has committed another $100 billion for four new leading-edge 2nm fabs in Arizona. (Tom's Hardware) I'm not sure exactly why they chose Arizona ap...
Jul 17, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Music platform Bandcamp adds artist-follow filtering and Subsonic API support in open beta Bandcamp has rolled out two notable updates to enhance how fans engage with music on its platform. The Discover results page now includes a filter that allows users to display only items from artis...
Jul 17, 2026 from Hackaday Hackaday Podcast Episode 378: C Coders, Ceramic Printers, and Shadow Archives It’s a hot one at both microphones, as Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos wilt in the heat with ice lollies and freezer packs. But still, we persevered long enough to …read more
Jul 17, 2026 from Hackaday MacSurf Hits 2.0 To Bring PowerPCs back Online There’s an interesting thing about retrocomputing — the moment that you realize your 25-year-old machine can do almost everything your average person uses a computer for. The problem is that the …r...
Jul 17, 2026 from Thejesh GN Weekly Notes 29/2026 Overall, a good but hectic week. I spent time planning for the next few months. Planning is my comfort zone. When things are planned, I sleep better. It doesn’t mean I can’t do unplanned things; I ...
Jul 17, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Eurosky launches mu, a European microblogging app with new user features Eurosky has released mu, a microblogging application built and hosted in Europe on the AT Protocol ecosystem. Mu launches with features such as a user-customizable news feed, post editing, and a ne...
Jul 17, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Google Vids adds Gemini Omni for text-based editing and personal avatars Google Vids is rolling out Gemini Omni, enabling users to generate and edit videos through natural language prompts. The new personal avatars feature allows users to appear in videos as a digital r...
Jul 17, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net GitLab 19.2 brings Duo CLI, custom AI flows, and scheduled policies GA GitLab 19.2 is now available, introducing GitLab Duo CLI for direct terminal access to project-aware AI assistance and automations. The update also brings generally available custom AI-powered flow...
Jul 17, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net tldraw releases free offline desktop app with scripting features tldraw has launched a free offline, file-based desktop application, letting users diagram and organize locally without accounts or servers. The new desktop app supports script execution and persist...
Jul 17, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net LM Studio Bionic launches as new AI agent for open models LM Studio has introduced Bionic, a new application now in initial preview and designed as an AI agent for agentic work with open models. Users can choose between Work Projects for tasks like resear...
Jul 17, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Home Assistant Matter Server 9.1.0 adds support for Matter 1.6.0 Home Assistant has released Matter Server 9.1.0, now supporting Matter 1.6.0. The update introduces automatic time synchronization for supported devices and enhanced Thread network diagnostics. Use...
Jul 17, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Bolt.new open sources Bolt Slides for dynamic, AI-powered presentations Bolt.new has open sourced Bolt Slides, letting any agent such as Claude Code, Codex, or Bolt generate dynamic presentations. The platform supports features like interactive whiteboards, 3D walkthro...
Jul 17, 2026 from Hackaday This Week in Security: Another Record Patch Tuesday, LAME is More Secure, Secure Boot is Less Secure, and Milk Malware Following the reports last week using the Windows Global Device ID (GDID) in tracking a malware operators behavior, here is a comprehensive write-up about what goes into the GDID and …read more
Jul 17, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Bear 2.9 launches with tag-based workspace feature and note scoping for the MCP server Bear 2.9 brings major updates for users seeking refined organization and more controls in their Markdown note-taking experience for macOS and iOS. The new workspace feature allows you to turn any t...
Jul 17, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Secure messaging app Briar enters maintenance mode, will only receive bug & security fixes Briar, a free and open source secure messaging app, has officially entered maintenance mode. According to the development team, the app will now only receive essential security updates and bug fixe...
Jul 17, 2026 from Stranger Than Usual Internetprovidervertreterscam Episode 2 Schon wieder stand so ein angeblicher Telekomvertreter vor der Tür. Ein anderer als gestern, aber dieselbe Masche.
Jul 17, 2026 from It's FOSS Linus Torvalds Spent Years Dismissing AI, Only to Vouch for It A chronological look at how Linux's creator went from "90% marketing" to telling AI critics to fork the kernel or walk away.
