A detailed database of Microsoft brands for their cloud solutions: the names, dates and duration of each one, all backed by trusted sources. I don’t think there is another technology company with an identity crisis as acute as Microsoft. Marcos Daniel’s tip.

“The calmest way to run local WordPress.” That’s how Cove presents itself. It’s a CLI app that spins up local websites with automatic HTTPS, one-click admin login, and integration with Cloudflare Tunnels. For Linux, macOS and Windows (WSL2).

The Mastodon team published some mock-ups of the upcoming version 5.0. The ideas all seem good to me, especially the greater distinction of private mentions (renamed “messages”) and the emphasis given to the lists (renamed “custom feeds”).

Your goal in this game is to eliminate 999 penguins by combining three or more of the same color. (I managed to reach 170 penguins left.)

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Firefox for iOS has gotten a native ad blocker, with a fixed list based on EasyList. Better than nothing, but falling short of what a standalone solution offers: aside from the lack of customization, Firefox’s blocker doesn’t block ads in web search engines or the ones on the browser’s own homepage — Mozilla’s bread...

BoredOS is an x86_64, FOSS operating system, with extensive documentation and GPLv3 license. It was created from scratch and already has a graphical interface.

All major LLM providers will be required, by the AI Act of the European Union, to add watermarks to the generated content, including text. Anthropic, owner of Claude, explained its method: Large language models like Claude work by generating one word at a time. Each time the model decides on the next word, it...

Another victim of the AI bubble: Mico, Microsoft Copilot’s mascot that looks like a blob of semen. According to the company, it’s been demoted from Copilot Voice and now only shows up in Copilot Learn Live. (What are Copilot Voice and Copilot Learn Live? Your guess is as good as mine.) Mico’s near-demise is part of...

Many fictional stories unfold over long journeys. This site puts some of them, from books and movies — Moby Dick, The odyssey and The motorcycle diaries, for example — on a real, interactive map.

A collection of amazing open source projects built by Brazilian developers. It’s missing our own projects, right? Tip from Renan (the Brazilian guy who develops our projects).

Sometimes I get bitten by the free software bug. I’ve followed the consumer tech industry for decades, and immersed in that universe, it’s hard not to grow disillusioned with its monopolies, questionable practices, and normalized abuses. Although disdain for big tech is more fashionable these days, we’re far from...