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Google brings its vibe coding tool Opal to Gemini on the web, letting users create their own custom apps called Gems; the mini apps can be reused later (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/googles-vibe-coding-tool-opal-comes-to-gemini/

Google's vibe-coding tool Opal comes to Gemini | TechCrunch
The company on Wednesday said it is integrating the tool, which lets you build AI-powered mini apps, inside the Gemini web app, allowing users to create their own custom apps.

Cutting-Edge Facility Generates Pure Water and Hydrogen Fuel from Seawater for Mere Pennies https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/cutting-edge-facility-generates-pure-water-and-hydrogen-fuel-from-seawater-for-mere-pennies/

Cutting-Edge Facility Generates Pure Water and Hydrogen Fuel from Seawater for Mere Pennies
This new installation beats out previous flagship desalination plants in Saudi Arabia and California in terms of cost-effectiveness.

AI coding platform's flaws allow BBC reporter to be hacked - Major 'vibe-coding' platform Orchids is easily hacked, researcher finds
The BBC has been shown a significant - and unfixed - cyber-security risk in a popular AI coding platform. Orchids is a so-called "vibe-coding" tool, meaning people without technical skills can use it to build apps and games by typing a text prompt into a chatbot.
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Major 'vibe-coding' platform Orchids is easily hacked, researcher finds
Vibe-coding tools - which let people without coding skills create apps using AI - are exploding in popularity.

#AI #Coding Killed My Flow State
https://itnext.io/ai-coding-killed-my-flow-state-54b60354be1d…

Before you head out for the weekend, check out today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Trump officials might boycott RSAC citing Easterly's CEO position,
--Grubhub confirms data breach,
--China's UAT-8837 breached CIC orgs in N. America,
--Hackers exploit top severity flaw in Modular DS WordPress plugin,
--Flaw in MD CPUs exposes secure virtualization environment,
--Gemini 'personal intelli…

Trump officials might boycott RSAC citing Easterly's CEO position
Grubhub confirms data breach, China's UAT-8837 breached CIC orgs in N. America, Hackers exploit top severity flaw in Modular DS WordPress plugin, Flaw in MD CPUs exposes secure virtualization environment, Gemini 'personal intelligence' will scan everything, much more

Dolphins cutting $54 million starter should interest Cowboys, Bills, 49ers and Eagles https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/dolphins-cutting-54-million-starter-interest-cowboy…

#Steady
Wie erfolgreich war die #Energieerzeugung meines #Balkonkraftwerk​s?
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Vibe Coding: So vergleiche ich Prognosedaten mit meinem Balkonkraftwerk
Vergleiche die Prognosewerte aus PVGIS mit den realen Daten deiner Balkonsolaranlage. Ein Projekt mit Datenanalyse und automatisierter Visualisierung.

«PWAs ohne Browser – eine Fingerübung im Vibe-Coding:
PWA steht für Progressive Web App und bezeichnet eine moderne Webanwendung, die wie eine native App aussieht und funktioniert, aber über den Webbrowser aufgerufen wird.»
Mit PWA werde ich mich auch noch beschäftigen. Gut hat nun @… einen Artikel geschrieben und dies ist sicherlich schon ein g…

PWAs ohne Browser – eine Fingerübung im Vibe-Coding
Vibe-Coding ist eines der derzeitigen Schlagworte auch im Bereich Open Source. KDE-Entwickler Ken Vermette hat bei seinen ersten Versuchen an einem Wochenende…

Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.6 with improvements in coding, consistency, and more, for Free and Pro users; it features a 1M token context window in beta (Anthropic)
https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-sonnet-4-6

Introducing Sonnet 4.6
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is a full upgrade of the model’s skills across coding, computer use, long-reasoning, agent planning, knowledge work, and design.

Sources: Replit is in advanced discussions to raise about $400M in a new round of funding that would roughly triple its valuation to $9B (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-15/ai-coding-startup-replit-ne…