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This team password manager costs $1.50/user and just added the features businesses actually need

The Next Web

How AI is helping geologists identify thousands of slopes around the world at high risk of slipping by analyzing data from satellites and ground-based sensors (Chris Baraniuk/BBC)

Techmeme

Large US corporations are not ditching core business software for AI yet, instead seeking better vendor deals and "vibe-coding" smaller apps and customizations (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)

Techmeme

Super Mario Bros. Wonder Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park Review - A Wonderful Addition

Game Informer

New Lord of the Rings movie coming from LOTR nerd Stephen Colbert

Polygon - All

Sources: worsening supply constraints in CPUs made by Intel and AMD add a fresh blow to PC and server makers already hit by a severe memory chip shortage (Nikkei Asia)

Techmeme

Sources: China bars Manus co-founders Xiao Hong and Ji Yichao from leaving the country as it reviews whether Meta's $2B acquisition of Manus violates FDI rules (Financial Times)

Techmeme

Candidate Mamdani Backed Expanding Housing Vouchers. As Mayor, He’s Appealing a Court Order To Do So.

THE CITY - All

The Trump administration settles the 2022 Murthy v. Missouri case, preventing the Surgeon General, CDC, and CISA from pressuring social media to suppress speech (Mike Scarcella/Reuters)

Techmeme

Filing: Meta offers top executives stock options for the first time since its 2012 IPO to retain talent, if it hits stock-price milestones in the coming years (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)

Techmeme

Thailand-based Amity, which provides generative AI tools to businesses like retail and telecom, raised $100M in a Series D, as it plans for an IPO in 2027 (Olivia Poh/Bloomberg)

Techmeme

Neal Stephenson says he no longer believes head-mounted displays are the future, citing public discomfort with the devices and a general distrust of the users (Neal Stephenson/Graphomane)

Techmeme

The BB-777 is the ultimate in boombox nostalgia

The Verge - All Posts

Claude Can Now Take Control of Your Mac

Daring Fireball

Sources: some Sora team members were surprised by OpenAI's sudden decision to end Sora support, just a day after OpenAI posted a blog on Sora safety standards (Reuters)

Techmeme

WSJ: ‘OpenAI Plans Launch of Desktop “Superapp”’

Daring Fireball

Daredevil Born Again season 2 review: Marvel’s most political show ever has one glaring flaw

Polygon - All

OpenAI Is Closing Sora

Daring Fireball

Source: Meta's rollout of Meta Ray-Ban Display in the EU has been hampered by regulations on AI features and removable batteries, as well as supply constraints (Bloomberg)

Techmeme

iOS 26.4

Daring Fireball