A leaking bubble

A busy newsletter this issue with some major product announce,ments from local (to me) companies, the declining quality of software, what’s happening with tech in Syria, the AI bubble, and the Spotify saga continues!

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DeepL AI Agent: the agent that uses your computer like a human

deepl.com

To many DeepL is known as a translation tool, but slowly they have been adding more and features and tools to build a comprehensive machine learning and AI powered productivity suite. And today they announced the culmination of that. Is it "yet another AI tool", or something else?

Nextcloud Hub 25 Autumn: Your digital workspace, ready in no time

nextcloud.com

A major new version of Nextcloud is out, featuring a new design that rolls out across almost all aspects of the suite to bring better integrations and user friendliness.

Qualcomm's Arduino Acquisition Stirs Open-Source Debate - IEEE Spectrum

spectrum.ieee.org

Qualcomm acquired Arduino, and no one is quite sure why, which is concerning.

"Typefaces carry meaning": Why rebellious tabletop RPG MÖRK BORG ditched Russian fonts for its Ukrainian edition

wargamer.com

A strange pocket of resistance. RPGs are getting picky about font usage. Why? Political reasons.

It's Giving Enron - by Dave Karpf

davekarpf.substack.com

The market got spooked by the prospect of an AI bubble this week, and behind the wall of AI tech bros promising you the world are an increasing number of people who are also worried.

The Great Software Quality Collapse: How We Normalized Catastrophe

open.substack.com

Somewhere along the way, programmers got lazy, and it seems like they care. But when a calculator can leak 32GB of RAM, we need to start asking questions.

Daniel Ek just stepped down as CEO of Spotify now what?

musictech.com

And the saga ends. For now. Maybe, as Spotify also just changed their pricing.

Syrias quest to build its own Silicon Valley

restofworld.org

Syrian engineers are all over Europe (and further), can their country now tempt them back?

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