What the nerds are reading…
Fastmail launches EU email hosting with one important privacy catch
July 13, 2026
Fastmail is opening a new Amsterdam data center for European customers, but its EU hosting promise comes with an important catch: customer data will still be replicated to the United States.
Apple accuses OpenAI of stealing trade secrets
July 10, 2026
Apple claims OpenAI benefited from confidential hardware information taken by former employees as it built its consumer device operation.
Nearly half of small businesses would choose AI over a new employee
July 9, 2026
AI adoption is climbing among small businesses, but a new Thryv survey reveals a troubling shift as 46 percent say they would choose software over hiring a person.
Developer gets Linux running on the Atari Jaguar
July 9, 2026
The Atari Jaguar may have been one of gaming’s biggest commercial failures, but it has earned an unlikely new achievement. Developer cakehonolulu has successfully ported uClinux to the 1993 console, overcoming its tiny 2MB of RAM, lack of an MMU, and other hardware challenges to boot Linux on real hardware.
IBM says reviewing AI-generated code is now the real bottleneck
July 9, 2026
IBM says the biggest challenge in AI-powered software development is no longer generating code. Instead, the company argues that reviewing and validating AI-generated code has become the real bottleneck, prompting new multi-agent capabilities and modernization tools for its Bob platform.
deepin 25.2 makes one of the most beautiful Linux desktops even better
July 8, 2026
deepin 25.2 focuses on polish with a more stable Wayland experience, smarter OCR-powered search, Linux 6.18 LTS support, and dozens of improvements across the desktop.
IBM and Red Hat launch Lightwell to fix one of open source security’s biggest headaches
July 8, 2026
IBM and Red Hat are rolling out Lightwell, a new AI-powered platform that promises to help enterprises patch vulnerable open source software without disruptive upgrades.
DuckDuckGo just gave YouTube users a reason to skip Premium
July 8, 2026
DuckDuckGo Browser now blocks most YouTube video ads by default on several platforms. It’s a feature many users will celebrate, but I can’t help feeling a bit conflicted about it.
Apple bets another $30 billion on US chip manufacturing
July 8, 2026
Apple is spending another $30 billion to increase U.S. chip production, expand manufacturing in Colorado, and strengthen its domestic supply chain.
Declare independence from Windows and switch to Ultramarine Linux 44 this July 4
July 4, 2026
If Windows has started feeling less like your computer and more like somebody else’s platform, this Independence Day might be the perfect time to explore a different path with the newly released Ultramarine Linux 44.