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Inkeep ships OpenKnowledge, a GPL'd local-first wiki built around AI agents

Inkeep has released OpenKnowledge, an open-source markdown editor and personal wiki pitched as an AI-first answer to Obsidian and Notion. The core idea is a loc

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tech-cultureopen-source

Inside 'Bank Python': the secret in-house Python forks running investment banks

At many of the largest investment banks, Python doesn't look like the Python everyone else uses. Cal Paterson describes a class of internal systems he calls 'Ba

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cybersecuritysupply-chain

LastPass hit again — third-party vendor breach exposes customer contact data

LastPass is notifying customers that their personal information was exposed through a breach at Klue, a market-research vendor whose platform integrates with th

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open-sourcetech-culture

Libre Barcode: Open-Source Fonts That Turn Text into Scannable Barcodes

The Libre Barcode Project distributes free fonts that render text strings as scannable barcodes, with variants that optionally print human-readable text beneath

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privacypolicy

Mullvad: States Race to Out-Surveil Each Other, and the NSA Still Leads

VPN provider Mullvad argues that democratic and authoritarian governments alike are locked in a competition over who can conduct the most sweeping mass surveill

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tech-culturepolicy

Om Malik reported dead — source page carries only the announcement

The page at om.co consists of a single-line announcement that Om Malik has died, with the URL slug "1966–2026" indicating his birth and death years. The supplie

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aipolicy

OpenAI previews GPT-5.6 Sol — gated to ~20 partners at the US government's request

OpenAI is opening a limited preview of its GPT-5.6 family: Sol, the new flagship; Terra, a mid-tier model for everyday work; and Luna, a cheaper, faster option.

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OS9Map brings live OpenStreetMap browsing to Mac OS 9 PowerPC machines

Developer yllan has shipped OS9Map, a native mapping client that lets vintage Apple hardware running Mac OS 9 pull live data from OpenStreetMap. The app handles

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cloudopen-source

Oxide's interactive 3D explorer walks you through its cloud computer rack

Oxide Computer has published a browser-based 3D guided tour of its rack-scale 'cloud computer,' the company's integrated alternative to buying servers piecemeal

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open-sourcetech-culture

Papermark accuses YC founder of stealing its licensed code, not 'vibe coding' it

Marc Froehlich, founder of the open-source document-sharing platform Papermark, publicly accused a builder named Nico of passing off Papermark's code as his own

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aiopen-source

Sealed Herculaneum scroll read end-to-end for the first time, virtually unrolled

Researchers from the Vesuvius Challenge have digitally unrolled and transcribed an entire carbonized Herculaneum scroll, PHerc. 1667, without physically opening

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tech-cultureopen-source

Show HN: A roguelike that turns chess pieces into run-based dungeon runs

A developer has posted a Show HN for an indie game that blends chess with the roguelike genre, sharing it at princechazz.com. The pitch combines the determinist

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