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Google Makes Its Biggest Deal Ever, NVIDIA Bets on Neoclouds
JavaScript fixes its Date API, Google acquires Wiz for $32B, and Nvidia bets $2B on AI-native neoclouds. Plus dev news, changelogs, and open source…
The United States calls Anthropic a National Security Threat
How the US crackdown on Anthropic, its war on data sovereignty, and demand for backdoor access is pushing the world to build independent AI infra.
Gemini, Cline & Claude Prove Our Security Model Is Broken
Gemini prompt injection, Github AI supply chain attack, and 14 Firefox zero-day vulnerabilities — how AI broke every security assumption in a single…
The AI Stack War: Closed Platforms vs. Open Infrastructure
Issue #242: Anthropic and Google are banning users over third-party harnesses — while Hugging Face absorbs llama.cpp and bets on open infrastructure.
AI Agent Drama, a $60M Git Alternative, and IBM's Hiring Bet
Issue #241: From AI hitpieces targeting maintainers to IBM's contrarian hiring surge -this week shows AI has moved from tool to actor. Are we ready?
Claude, Heroku, and Vercel Mark the Post-Convenience Era
Issue #240: Anthropic builds a C compiler after GCC. Heroku enters maintenance mode. Vercel's V0 gets rebuilt from scratch to be a full deployment…
OpenAI Burns Nvidia, Academia, and User Trust in One Week
Issue #239: Nvidia's $100B OpenAI investment stalls. OpenAI launches Prism - an AI-powered LaTeX editor. ChatGPT introduces ads despite years of…
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