Jul 01, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Git 2.55 adds incremental MIDX writing, history fixup, Linux fsmonitor support Git 2.55 has been released with a major update to repository management through incremental multi-pack index writing. Enabled with git repack --write-midx=incremental, the feature lets Git append n...
Jul 01, 2026 from Hackaday From Sugar to Ethanol Fuel With a Little Microbial Help In these trying times it seems appropriate to work through some ‘what if ‘ scenarios, such as the local gas station suddenly not having any more gasoline to sell you, …read more
Jul 01, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Apple acquires Play, award-winning SwiftUI prototyping tool for developers Apple has acquired Play, a SwiftUI prototyping app used by developers and designers to create and preview interactive app concepts. The acquisition was made public through EU Digital Markets Act di...
Jul 01, 2026 from Hackaday How to Remove Bounce When Bouncy Objects Encounter Bounciness We all love a good bit of bounce now and then, with everything from trampolines to bouncy castles and bouncy balls forming the staple of a wholesome childhood for many. …read more
Jul 01, 2026 from Tim Hårek June 2026 2026 is officially 50% done. My goal for this month’s post was to have a proper tagline for the lead, but I can’t think of anything… 🍀 Life Our youngest daughter is growing and “waking up”! It’s st...
Jul 01, 2026 from Jordi Villar The Bear I didn’t expect The Bear to make me uncomfortable. Not because of the kitchen chaos or the screaming, and there’s plenty of both. Because of how much the characters care. Carmen beating himself ove...
Jun 30, 2026 from Hackaday Building a Fiber-Coupled Laser Source for Precision Optics Laser diodes are convenient light sources, but for precise optical work their often-elliptical beam profile leaves something to be desired. One way to get around this is to couple the …read more
Jun 30, 2026 from Stranger Than Usual x86-Prozessor in CSS Jemand hat einen x86-Prozessor in CSS emuliert.
Jun 30, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net WhatsApp is adding usernames to let people chat without sharing their phone numbers WhatsApp is set to introduce usernames later this year, allowing users to chat without sharing their phone numbers for privacy. Once the feature goes live, phone numbers will no longer be shown to ...
Jun 30, 2026 from Hackaday Retro Gear and the Mystery of Cables Melting Into Cases While in Storage The phenomenon of cable-shaped indents in the plastic cases of retro systems is one that’s probably painfully familiar to many a collector of such systems. Although in these situations neither …rea...
Jun 30, 2026 from Ambient Irony Daily News Stuff 30 June 2026 Drone Strike Party Edition Top Story South Korea is planning to invest $520 billion to expand chip production at Samsung and SK Hynix. (Tom's Hardware) Well, sort of. Only about $20 billion of that...
Jun 30, 2026 from Hackaday Building a Micrometer-Level Displacement Sensor with 3D Printed Parts Every experienced machinist knows the value of taking regular measurements. If one works carefully and checks dimensions frequently, it’s possible to make a part much more precise than could be …re...
Jun 30, 2026 from Hackaday Microsoft’s Topological Quantum Computing Claims Once Again In Question A central problem with the arguably overhyped field of quantum computing remains the difficulty in objectively ascertaining performance and new developments, as much here relies on indirect measure...
Jun 30, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Game Porting Toolkit 4 boosts Windows game performance on Apple Silicon Apple has released Game Porting Toolkit 4, delivering improved Windows game performance on Apple Silicon Macs by adding native Metal 4 compatibility and removing Intel support. The update introduce...
Jun 30, 2026 from Hackaday Bite Into Strange Sounds With NOISEFERATU The NOISFERATU is an open source generative textural sound synthesizer, or as creator [Robert Heel] puts it, “a sound designer’s dream and audiophile’s worst nightmare”. NOISEFERATU offers 45 diffe...
Jun 30, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Cursor launches iOS public beta with always-on agents, live activities and repo management Cursor, which was recently acquired by SpaceX for $60 billion, is now available on iOS in public beta. This release allows users to launch and manage always-on AI-powered coding agents directly fro...
Jun 30, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Symfony apps now run on Laravel Cloud with full managed support Symfony applications can now be deployed on Laravel Cloud and run with the same managed infrastructure and pricing used by Laravel apps. Projects are detected automatically with support for feature...
Jun 30, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Replit releases desktop app for Windows and Mac Replit has launched a desktop application available for both Windows and Mac. The new app provides a native Replit experience, letting users work without browser distractions. View article on Alter...
Jun 30, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Claude launches on Microsoft Foundry with Azure integration Claude models are now generally available in Microsoft Foundry, hosted on Azure, allowing organizations to use existing Azure authentication, billing, and governance controls. The initial release i...
Jun 30, 2026 from It's FOSS Lumo 2.0: Proton's Private Alternative to ChatGPT and Claude Just Got Better The Lumo 2.0 Max model reportedly feels just as sharp as the latest offerings from OpenAI and Anthropic.
