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Show HN: Memex is a Claude Code alternative built on Rust+Tauri for vibe coding
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Garmin Pay: yes, you can do NFC tap-to-pay in stores without big tech
Late last year, I went on a long journey to rid myself of as much of my remaining ties to the big technology giants as I could. This journey is still ongoing, with only a few thin ties remaining, but there’s one big one I can scratch off the list: mobile in-store payments with NFC tap-to-pay. I used Google Pay and a WearOS smartwatch for this, but neither of those work on de-Googled Android – I … ⌘ Read more
Trinity Desktop Environment R14.1.4 released
The Trinity Desktop Environment, the modern-day continuation of the KDE 3.x series, has released version R14.1.4. This maintenance release brings new vector wallpapers and colour schemes, support for Unicode surrogate characters and planes above zero (for emoji, among other things), tabs in kpdf, transparency and other new visual effects for Dekorator, and much more. TDE R14.1.4 is already available for a variety of Linux distributions, and c … ⌘ Read more
Gaza blockade depletes World Food Programme stocks + 1 more story
North Korea confirms sending troops to Russia as a defense pact; Gaza blockade leaves World Food Programme out of supplies, risking starvation for millions. ⌘ Read more
Widespread power outage hits Spain and neighboring countries France and Portugal
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