Jul 17, 2026 from Julia Evans Learning a few things about running SQLite Hello! I’ve been working on a Django site recently, and I decided to use SQLite as the database. When I was getting started with using SQLite as database for a website I read a bunch of blog posts ...
Jul 16, 2026 from Hackaday A USB Port by Any Other Color… [Dr. Gough] bought a generic USB 3.0 hub on an Asian website. Surely, USB 3 is mature enough that even the cheapest hub will have some IC in it that …read more
Jul 16, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Vivaldi 8.1 launches with more customization features and more options for Android users Vivaldi has released version 8.1 of its web browser for both Android and iOS users, following last week’s desktop update. This update introduces a range of enhancements, with Android users receivin...
Jul 16, 2026 from Hackaday Bad Apple on a Karaoke Machine CD+Graphics was a format that never really caught on. It let music discs pack some graphics, maybe liner notes, and mostly song lyrics into the otherwise empty space on a …read more
Jul 16, 2026 from Ambient Irony Daily News Stuff 16 July 2026 Disclaimer-Free Edition Top Story The latest scandal of a fatal failure of Tesla's FSD (full self-driving) system turns out to have been another case of PTTMCDISEH-STTW. (Tech Crunch) Pedal-to-the-...
Jul 16, 2026 from Stranger Than Usual Internetprovidervertreterscam Ein angeblicher Telekomtechniker hat heute an meiner Haustür geklingelt und unter Vorspielung falscher Tatsachen versucht, mit einen Vertrag zu verkaufen.
Jul 16, 2026 from Hackaday Even Chemical Bonds Obey Einstein’s Relativity Although Einstein’s Theory of Relativity is typically associated with really large and really heavy things like plants in solar systems and big things in universes in general, it turns out …read more
Jul 16, 2026 from It's FOSS Vocalinux Turns Your Speech Into Text Without Giving Away Voice Data The 0.14 beta adds many new upgrades. Stick around until the end for a quick hands-on!
Jul 16, 2026 from Kev Quirk 📝 2026-07-16 17:05: Anyone using Pop!OS with Cosmic? I tried it when it was first released, but I... Anyone using Pop!_OS with Cosmic? I tried it when it was first released, but I looks like they've done a lot of dev work to it and it's improving all the time. Considering installing it again... Th...
Jul 16, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Cal.com 6.7: auto meeting summaries, default Cal Pay, private notes & more Cal.com version 6.7 introduces automatic meeting summaries for transcribed video calls, offering immediate, readable recaps saved alongside transcripts. Cal Pay is now available to all users by def...
Jul 16, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Raycast Launches Cloud Sync Beta for Pro Users with Latest v0.69 Update Raycast has launched Cloud Sync beta, letting Pro subscribers synchronize their data across macOS v1, macOS v2 beta, Windows beta, and iOS. Users can also customize what data is synced and manage t...
Jul 16, 2026 from Hackaday GOES-19 Goes Down, NOAA Investigating Some breaking news from geostationary orbit, as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced that its newest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) sat...
Jul 16, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net OpenCode Desktop adds tabbed sessions for improved workflow OpenCode Desktop now features tabbed sessions, allowing users to start new sessions or open existing ones in separate tabs. Worktree support is not yet implemented in the updated interface, but it ...
Jul 16, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Notion adds Markdown preview and direct import to pages Notion has introduced support for opening Markdown files in a read-only preview mode. Users can then import these Markdown files directly as Notion pages, allowing for easier integration of externa...
Jul 16, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Claude for Teachers brings free premium AI to US K-12 educators Anthropic introduces Claude for Teachers that provides verified K-12 educators in the US with free access to premium AI features. The platform includes a library of teaching skills and connects dir...
Jul 16, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net 1Password for Claude enables secure AI-driven logins without exposing credentials 1Password for Claude now lets AI agents like Claude perform browser tasks requiring logins or one-time codes without ever exposing actual credentials, using a zero-exposure architecture. The new Ag...
Jul 16, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Claude Code Artifacts add MCP connector support for dynamic data Claude Code Artifacts now support MCP connectors, allowing dashboards and apps to fetch live data and perform actions tailored for each viewer. This integration uses the viewer’s own connector acce...
Jul 16, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net WhatsApp develops first-party encrypted cloud backup for Android and iOS WhatsApp is developing a first-party encrypted cloud backup service for both Android and iOS, allowing users to store chat backups on WhatsApp’s own servers instead of Google Drive or iCloud. All b...
Jul 16, 2026 from Hackaday Hackaday Europe 2026 – Build A Cable Modem For Your Arduino Even for those of us that are quite technically minded, we spend precious little time thinking about the cables that carry our signals and do all the important work we …read more
Jul 16, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net OPNsense 26.7 debuts on FreeBSD 15.1 with firewall, networking & future-proof enhancements OPNsense Community Edition 26.7, code-named “Xenial Xenops” has been released as the latest version of this open source, FreeBSD-based firewall and routing software. This release introduces substan...