I started using my local LLMs and an MCP server to manage my NAS – it's surprisingly powerful (and safe) The official TrueNAS MCP server meshes well with my setup

XDA - Article
"I started using my local LLMs and an MCP server to manage my NAS – it's surprisingly powerful (and safe)"...

www.xda-developers.com/i-started-us...

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5 Major Brands That Are Actually Owned By Apple (And What Changed After The Acquisition) - BGR From Siri to Beats, explore which brands are actually owned by Apple and how each acquisition transformed its products and services over the years.

BGR - Article
"5 Major Brands That Are Actually Owned By Apple (And What Changed After The Acquisition)"...

www.bgr.com/2148007/majo...

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Two Makers Just Built the Pocket Linux PC Big Tech Refused To Make - Yanko Design The commercial laptop market has gotten good at making portable computers slim and powerful, but it hasn't quite figured out what to do with people who want something truly pocketable. A growing numbe...

Yanko Design - Article
"Two Makers Just Built the Pocket Linux PC Big Tech Refused To Make"...

www.yankodesign.com/2026/04/20/t...

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I stopped using LM Studio once I found this open-source alternative LM Studio had competition. I found it.

MUO - Article
"I stopped using LM Studio once I found this open-source alternative"...

www.makeuseof.com/stopped-usin...

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I built a NAS from a $70 broken laptop—here's why it beats a dedicated enclosure A broken laptop is the best $70 NAS host device you can buy

How-To Geek - Article
"I built a NAS from a $70 broken laptop—here's why it beats a dedicated enclosure"...

www.howtogeek.com/a-broken-lap...

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Linux May Drop Old Network Drivers Now That AI-Driven Bug Reports Are Causing A Burden Old network maintenance drivers are becoming a maintenance burden in the era of fuzzing and predominantly AI-driven bug detection causing an uptick in possible bug/security reports to upstream Linux k...

Phoronix - Article
"Linux May Drop Old Network Drivers Now That AI-Driven Bug Reports Are Causing A Burden"...

www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-O...

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5 CPUs that are officially too old for gaming in 2026 Stop gaming on these 5 CPUs—they're holding you back more than you think

How-To Geek - Article
"5 CPUs that are officially too old for gaming in 2026"...

www.howtogeek.com/cpus-that-ar...

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Eclipse Foundation offers enterprise-grade open source alternative to Microsoft's VS Code Marketplace Eclipse Foundation launches Open VSX Managed Registry, a managed service for VS Code extensions serving 300M+ monthly downloads for AI-native IDEs and cloud platforms.

The New Stack - Article
"Eclipse Foundation offers enterprise-grade open source alternative to Microsoft's VS Code Marketplace"...

thenewstack.io/open-vsx-man...

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Meet OpenMythos: An Open-Source PyTorch Reconstruction of Claude Mythos Where 770M Parameters Match a 1.3B Transformer Meet OpenMythos: An Open-Source PyTorch Reconstruction of Claude Mythos Where 770M Parameters Match a 1.3B Transformer

MarkTechPost - Article
Meet OpenMythos: An Open-Source PyTorch Reconstruction of Claude Mythos Where 770M Parameters Match a 1.3B Transformer"...

www.marktechpost.com/2026/04/19/m...

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New ways to create personalized images in the Gemini app Nano Banana 2 now uses your personal context and Google Photos to create images that reflect your unique life.

Google Blog - Article
"New ways to create personalized images in the Gemini app"...

blog.google/innovation-a...

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Toshiba refuses to replace large hard drive that was under warranty — company offers refund at the purchase price, not the higher current retail price A disappointing move from a major hard drive supplier.

Tom's Hardware - Article
"Toshiba refuses to replace large hard drive that was under warranty — company offers refund at the purchase price, not the higher current retail price"...

www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...

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Backblaze silently redefines 'unlimited' backups and users discover it's not backing up Dropbox and OneDrive — as firm leans heavier into AI storage services, changes could signal shift away from home... The difference between a sync and a backup is illustrated quite adeptly.

Tom's Hardware - Article
"Backblaze silently redefines 'unlimited' backups ... not backing up Dropbox and OneDrive — as firm leans heavier into AI storage services, changes could signal shift away from home backups"

www.tomshardware.com/software/clo...

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Post from The Bill Kelly Podcast 🇨🇦 - YouTube Any time you hear someone complain that @CanadianPM @MarkJCarney “hasn’t accomplished anything” since being elected… Send them this map of all the countries ...

The Bill Kelly Poscast - Article
Carney trade map -
youtube.com/post/UgkxpUG...

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Dueling Videos -- Carney and Poilievre Take Their Battle To YouTube YouTube video by The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge -
Dueling Videos -- Carney and Poilievre Take Their Battle To YouTube

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Bringing more transparency to GitHub’s status page Changes to the status page will provide more specific data, so you'll have better insight into the overall health of the platform.

GitHub Blog - Article
"Bringing more transparency to GitHub’s status page"...

github.blog/news-insight...

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I picked Proxmox over TrueNAS Scale for my home lab, and I'd make the same choice today They each have their strengths, but Proxmox is far better for my use case

XDA - Article
"I picked Proxmox over TrueNAS Scale for my home lab, and I'd make the same choice today"...

www.xda-developers.com/i-picked-pro...

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Top 12 Open Source AI Platforms to Add to Your Tech Stack | DigitalOcean Open source AI provides interoperability, lower costs, and feature customization. Learn about 12 available projects you can use for your organization.

Digital Ocean - Article
"Top 12 Open Source AI Platforms to Add to Your Tech Stack"...

www.digitalocean.com/resources/ar...

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5 Raspberry Pi projects you need to set up before your next vacation Even the Pi Zero 2 can do a dozen useful things.

Yahoo!Tech - Article
"5 Raspberry Pi projects you need to set up before your next vacation"...

tech.yahoo.com/computing/ar...

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YouTube débarque sur Android Auto dans nos voitures, mais il y a un mais... - Orange Chose promise chose due : Google intègre désormais YouTube à son système de réplication de smartphone Android Auto. Mais entre les contraintes techniques et le prix du service, pas sûr qu'il connaisse...

Orange - Article
"YouTube is coming to Android Auto in our cars, but there's a catch"
(EN translation by Google)

auto-orange-fr.translate.goog/news/auto/yo...

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Shelly 2.1 Package Manager for Arch Linux Revamps AppImage Support - 9to5Linux Shelly 2.1 package manager for Arch Linux is now available for download with better support for AppImage, Flatpak, and AUR packages.

9To5 Linux - Article
"Shelly 2.1 Package Manager for Arch Linux Revamps AppImage Support"...

9to5linux.com/shelly-2-1-p...

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Air Liquide invests 200 million euros in Japan to support a leading semiconductor manufacturer in the production of next-generation AI chips | Air Liquide Air Liquide invests 200 million euros in Japan to support a leading semiconductor manufacturer in the production of next-generation AI chips

Air Liquide Blog - Article
"Air Liquide invests 200 million euros in Japan to support a leading semiconductor manufacturer in the production of next-generation AI chips"...

www.airliquide.com/group/press-...

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Payouts King ransomware uses QEMU VMs to bypass endpoint security The Payouts King ransomware is using the QEMU emulator as a reverse SSH backdoor to run hidden virtual machines on compromised systems and bypass endpoint security.

Bleeping Computer - Article
"Payouts King ransomware uses QEMU VMs to bypass endpoint security"...

www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...

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Linux 7.0 released with self-healing XFS and expanded support for AMD, Intel, and ARM64 hardware One of the most notable features in Linux 7.0 is official support for Rust, after developers agreed to incorporate it as a core language alongside C at...

TechSpot - Article
"Linux 7.0 released with self-healing XFS and expanded support for AMD, Intel, and ARM64 hardware"...

www.techspot.com/news/112050-...

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After 20 years on macOS alone, Little Snitch just landed on Linux, and Windows still doesn't have it I never thought it would happen

XDA - Article
"After 20 years on macOS alone, Little Snitch just landed on Linux, and Windows still doesn't have it"...

www.xda-developers.com/after-20-yea...

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Sched QoS For Linux Aims To Improve Scheduling & Inspired In Part By Apple's QoS Classes Linux developer Qais Yousef with Google has announced the alpha release of Sched QoS as a new initiative for user-space assisted scheduling

Phoronix - Article
"Sched QoS For Linux Aims To Improve Scheduling & Inspired In Part By Apple's QoS Classes"...

www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-S...

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Cal.com goes private: A security reckoning for open source Cal.com moves its core codebase to a closed repository, citing AI security risks. Discover how the startup balances open source roots with vulnerability concerns.

The New Stack - Article
"Cal.com goes private: A security reckoning for open source"...

thenewstack.io/cal-com-code...

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n8n vs OpenClaw: What are the differences and where should you use either of them? Where is operational tooling going?

TechRadar - Article
"n8n vs OpenClaw: What are the differences and where should you use either of them?"...

www.techradar.com/pro/n8n-vs-o...

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US Linux Age Laws EXPLODE, Fedora Trouble, Xorg Bugs, EU Privacy Mess & MORE YouTube video by SavvyNik

SavvyNik -
US Linux Age Laws EXPLODE, Fedora Trouble, Xorg Bugs, EU Privacy Mess & ...

youtu.be/RdCdVntdAew

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Firefox 150 Is Now Available for Download, This Is What’s New - 9to5Linux Firefox 150 open-source web browser is now available for download with support for the GTK emoji picker on Linux, and other changes.

9to5 Linux - Article
"Firefox 150 Is Now Available for Download, This Is What’s New"...

9to5linux.com/firefox-150-...

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