Nostr#
- Lightning.Pub 0.0.29. First tagged release; provides a Nostr-native Lightning account system wrapping LND for operators serving users over Nostr and optional LNURL.
- Vector 0.4.0. Tor Integration: optionally route all of Vector's traffic through Tor in one click; Includes bridges for censorship circumvention; Concord Protocol: our custom messaging protocol for Encrypted Communities, now the def...
- Lightning.Pub StartOS 0.0.28. StartOS package for Lightning.Pub commit 7fcfe61, amd64 only.
- Ditto 2.29.0. Ditto v2.29.0
- Nostur 511. Nostur 511
Privacy#
- OpenAI mandates hardware-backed passkeys for Trusted Access Cyber members to log into ChatGPT accounts. OpenAI now requires hardware-backed passkeys for Trusted Access Cyber members logging into ChatGPT.
- BAT Roadmap 4.0. Introduces agentic payments, unified Brave Wallet integration, BravePay stablecoin protocol, Rewards Card, and Creator Contribution Protocol.
- BasicSwap DEX 0.17.0
- Session Desktop 1.18.1. Changed the Final Appeal CTA to just be a Donate Appeal; The oxen-io/oxen-core repository, at /utils/gpg keys/Jason.asc.
AI#
- koboldcpp 1.117. Fixes terminal output for thinking traces and moves multimodal images inline instead of context top.
- Dify 1.16.0-rc1. Experimental Agent interface; warning advises serving only to trusted users.
- llm CLI 0.31.1. Fixes JSON error when OpenAI Chat Completion endpoints receive tool calls with empty arguments.
- llama.cpp b9946. Adds Hexagon tiling, tracing, and optimizations for unary ops; includes VTCM layout to avoid overflow.
- Elevenlabs Js 2.57.0. Pins Node to lts/Krypton in CI and publishes with bundled npm.
- Introducing a way to reflect on how you use Claude. Anthropic introduces a reflection feature for Claude usage.
- Qwen Code PR #6633 Screenshots. Screenshots for PR 6633 verification.
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