local-ai-weekly-#4:-the-fine-print-of-running-ai-locally

Welcome to Local AI Weekly #4. “Local AI” keeps meaning different things these days. Sometimes the model runs on your computer. Sometimes only the app does, while the model and your chat still run elsewhere. There are lots of such “local AI” tools that are not really local. Before youContinue Reading

microsoft-has-made-wsl-containers-available-to-everyone

Announced via a two-part series of blogs, Microsoft has moved WSL containers (WSLC) out of public preview and into general availability. Let’s take a look at what it offers. The new release comes with wslc.exe, a dedicated command-line tool for Linux container workflows on Windows. It ships with a built-inContinue Reading

new-open-source-browser-blanc-has-a-different-kind-of-ui

Blanc is a new open-source browser that replaces the traditional, always-visible tab strip and address toolbar with a minimal ‘island’. The pill floats at top the of the browser window (not over the web page, which feels a missed trick) so that the site address and site security info isContinue Reading

apple-issues-urgent-ios-patch-as-it-navigates-the-spyware-arms-race

If you’ve not done so recently, you should update your Apple systems now as the company continues to fight sophisticated, targeted hacks. The latest patch protects against what the company called “an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.”  Apple recently published an emergency security patch for users on iOS 26Continue Reading

NASA Opens 2027 Human Lander Challenge for Lunar Communications

NASA’s 2027 Human Lander Challenge is seeking ideas from college and university students to help address one of the most critical needs for sustained lunar exploration: reliable communications. As NASA prepares for long-term human presence on the Moon through the Artemis and Moon Base programs, communications systems will be just as important as spacecraft andContinue Reading

SpaceX Has More Annual Recurring Revenue than Anthropic

Tickerplus data indicates Anthropic’s ARR seems to have flatlined around the time when the token index peaked. Anthropic is at about $76 billion ARR. 👀 Interesting data from @tickerplus. Acc to this data, Anthropic’s ARR seems to have flatlined around the time when the token index peaked. Many people questioned (rightly) at the time theContinue Reading

purpose-built-containers-changed-how-one-company-ships-damaged-batteries

Sponsored by Labelmaster. Damaged, defective or recalled (DDR) batteries are classified as dangerous goods, and shipping them safely usually means one battery per container. For Renewance, a company managing end-of-life EV and energy storage batteries at scale, that requirement increases both cost and handling time. Renewance found a better packagingContinue Reading