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Ran into a weird issue with macOS and iTerm 2 while experimenting with #talos over the weekend.
Short version: I had to quit iTerm, reset the local network security permission for it and restart it before I could run talosctl from my a session in iTerm. Maddeningly it was working from a session in Terminal.app
The long version is at #homelab #iterm2

Relace, which makes tools and specialized language models to help AI agents code faster for customers like Lovable and Figma, raised a $23M Series A led by a16z (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/an

Andreessen Backs a Startup Developing Tools That Coding Agents Use
Countless startups sell tools to software engineers, such as version control systems to track who’s making changes to a codebase, and sandboxes where code can be safely run and tested without affecting the main system.Now, a startup is building such tools for artificial intelligence agents that ...

MBUX 3.3: Mercedes-Benz bringt Audible und Amazon Music ins Auto
Mercedes-Benz stattet seine Fahrzeuge mit dem MBUX-Infotainment-System mit einem Update auf Version 3.3 aus. Audible und Amazon Music sind nun integriert.

MIO: Multiverse Debugging in the Face of Input/Output -- Extended Version with Additional Appendices
Tom Lauwaerts, Maarten Steevens, Christophe Scholliers
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.06845

MIO: Multiverse Debugging in the Face of Input/Output -- Extended Version with Additional Appendices
Debugging non-deterministic programs on microcontrollers is notoriously challenging, especially when bugs manifest in unpredictable, input-dependent execution paths. A recent approach, called multiverse debugging, makes it easier to debug non-deterministic programs by allowing programmers to explore all potential execution paths. Current multiverse debuggers enable both forward and backward traversal of program paths, and some facilitate jumping to any previously visited states, potentially bra…

Kommentar: Apple betreibt bei Updates Scheinsicherheit
Zwar aktualisiert der iPhone-Hersteller iOS, iPadOS, macOS und Co. auch immer in älteren Versionen. Doch das deckt nicht alle Fehler ab. Warum?
https://www.

And also about heating pads and aging...
The interview kinda spun out, but in a fun way. https://flipboard.com/@npr/music-fru3ssldz/-/a-ikPV7EP6SASNRUMrhn_LMQ:a:3195441-/0

Singer Brandi Carlile talks about retreating from the version of herself on stage
Singer Brandi Carlile talks about writing her new album by retreating from the version of herself on stage.

rhesus_monkey: Rhesus monkey grooming (1963)
Grooming interactions among a group of wild adult rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) in Cayo Santiago, during a two month period in 1963. Edge weights represent the frequency of interaction. The two versions below are equivalent.
This network has 16 nodes and 111 edges.
Tags: Social, Animal, Weighted

Simular, which is building AI agents for Mac and Windows PCs, raised a $21.5M Series A led by Felicis; Simular has released its 1.0 version for macOS (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/02/simular-relea…

Simular's AI agent wants to run your Mac, Windows PC for you | TechCrunch
Simular, a startup building AI agents for Mac OS and Windows, has solved the AI hallucination problem in a compelling way.

rhesus_monkey: Rhesus monkey grooming (1963)
Grooming interactions among a group of wild adult rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) in Cayo Santiago, during a two month period in 1963. Edge weights represent the frequency of interaction. The two versions below are equivalent.
This network has 16 nodes and 111 edges.
Tags: Social, Animal, Weighted

Windows bekommt gemeinsames Musikhören mit Bluetooth LE Shared Audio
Neue Windows-Insider-Vorschauen bringen "Shared Audio" für Bluetooth LE mit. Damit lässt sich der Klang auf zwei Geräten zugleich ausgeben.