Jun 20, 2026 from Luke Salamone's Blog Semantic Search in Under 3MB This project is a continuation of my previous autoresearch project, which optimized a reranking model to be under 10MB. Digging deeper by hand, I was able to take the size reduction much further, w...
Jun 20, 2026 from Hackaday Making Old Computers Count To A Million How fast can you count to a million? It would probably take you a while. A computer could certainly do it faster. Indeed, the The National Museum of Computing figured …read more
Jun 20, 2026 from Julio Merino (jmmv.dev) Is anyone still using Emacs? In a recent discussion at the orange site sparked by the Emacs 31 Is Around the Corner: The Changes I’m Already Daily Driving article, people were asking themselves “Is anyone still using Emacs?” a...
Jun 20, 2026 from Hackaday How LLMs can be Assisted to do Arithmetic Correctly One of the most hilarious things you can do with an LLM-based chatbot is to ask it to do calculations. If it’s a well-written chatbot frontend, it can detect requests …read more
Jun 19, 2026 from Hackaday Epson HX-20 Gets A Drive Upgrade The Epson HX-20 is sometimes referred to as an early laptop computer. It’s a little odd in its form factor, and in its storage, relying on a microcassette drive to …read more
Jun 19, 2026 from Kev Quirk Search Is Broken I was listening to Late Night Linux 390 during my evening walking with the pooches tonight, and they were talking about (among other things) Kagi search. I've tried Kagi myself, but ultimately canc...
Jun 19, 2026 from Hackaday PCBs Straight from the Magazine It’s never been easier to get a printed circuit board made. In fact, almost every electronics video out on the internet will incessantly remind you of this fact now. But …read more
Jun 19, 2026 from Stranger Than Usual Rollenspielszenen: Verdorben und fermentiert Ist eine verdorbene Gottheit fermentiert? Wo ist der Unterschied? Und ist es wichtig?
Jun 19, 2026 from Ambient Irony Daily News Stuff 19 June 2026 Decimal Edition Top Story Apple CEO Tim Cook says prices are going to increase so that the company can maintain its 1000% markup on commodity components. (Tom's Hardware) Apple is, right now, only ...
Jun 19, 2026 from Hackaday Making An Ultra Minimal Cyberdeck The cool thing about cyberdecks is that you get to design them to suit your personal tastes. [NickZero] wanted an ultra-minimal build, and set about putting together just that. The …read more
Jun 19, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Cyberduck 9.5 adds Liquid Glass design for macOS and support for AWS IAM Identity Center Cyberduck 9.5 has arrived as the latest version of this open-source client for FTP and SFTP, WebDAV, and cloud storage. This update brings a mix of visual enhancements and expanded connectivity, pa...
Jun 19, 2026 from Hackaday Hackaday Podcast Episode 374: Flippin’ Phones, Sexy Spraysers, and Frikkin’ Lasers Things are back to normal around the Podcast studio, and this week you’ll hear the dulcet tones of Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos. In Hackaday news, we still have a …read more
Jun 19, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Mountain Duck 5.3 adds support for Windows on ARM64 & AWS IAM Identity Center integration Mountain Duck 5.3 is now available, letting users mount server and cloud storage as disks directly in Finder on macOS and File Explorer on Windows. This update introduces support for Windows on ARM...
Jun 19, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Cursor Automations introduces /automate skill, GitHub and Slack triggers Cursor Automations now lets users create automations using the new /automate skill, allowing setup in plain language during local agent sessions. The release also adds new triggers for GitHub and S...
Jun 19, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Google Vids adds Slides video conversion, AI avatars, and multi-language support Google Vids now enables users to convert Google Slides presentations into videos with integrated storyboarding and AI-generated scripts. The platform also supports AI avatars and voiceovers in 24 l...
Jun 19, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Codex adds Record & Replay for reusable workflows on macOS Codex has launched Record & Replay, a macOS feature that allows users to show the app a workflow and turn it into a reusable, inspectable skill. The rollout is starting in select markets, with the ...
Jun 19, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Raycast launches AI Chat and Inline Replace features for Windows and Mac Raycast for Windows now offers AI Chat, which provides access to the latest models, mid-chat model switching, and support for AI Extensions and MCP servers. Users can also organize extensions in fo...
Jun 19, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Canva now integrates with Slack for in-app design and collaboration Canva is now integrated with Slack, allowing users to access Canva directly through Slackbot. Users can generate designs, search their Canva library, and apply brand kits inside any Slack conversat...
Jun 19, 2026 from Hackaday Creating Beautiful Light Shows With Soap We feature a lot of fun projects with LEDs and lasers and all kinds of light effects going on. Most of these are very digital. However, there are a great …read more
Jun 19, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Unite Pro 1.5 brings media key support and fixes fullscreen video playback Unite Pro 1.5 introduces expanded media key support, allowing media controls to function on more websites even in the background. The update resolves fullscreen playback issues for YouTube playlist...
