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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.

New Indie Game Announced for 2026 Is Perfect for Fans of Hardcore Science Fiction https://share.google/2rOZ8cIjRyn3A7m91

Au Niger, comment le stock d’uranium convoité par la Russie s’est retrouvé dans une impasse
https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2026/01/08/au-niger-comment-le-stock-d-uranium-conv…

Au Niger, comment le stock d’uranium convoité par la Russie s’est retrouvé dans une impasse
Un convoi de camions chargés de 1 000 tonnes de concentré d’uranium avait quitté la mine d’Arlit, le 27 novembre. Alors qu’elle devait rejoindre le port de Lomé pour transiter vers un vraquier russe, d’après des sources étatiques françaises, la cargaison demeure bloquée à l’aéroport de Niamey.

In #Wikimedia land, I created my first #Lua module in #WikimediaCommons:

West Coast Health Alliance,
WA Dept of Health,
and Leading National Medical Organizations
Continue to Recommend Hepatitis B Vaccination for Newborns
WCHA disagrees with CDC’s Advisory Committee’s change to decades-long vaccine recommendation
that has reduced pediatric hepatitis B infections by 99 percent

If you haven’t yet heard Minister for Communications Patrick O’Donovan explain why X dot come should not be held responsible for its paid feature of generating child sex abuse material, you might want to sit down before pressing play.

We need more folks who understand POSSE and why it's crucial to a) personal digital sovereignty, b) functional open (democratic) societies, and c) a free and open Internet: Publish on your Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere.
canonical: https://indieweb.org/POSSE
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Ahead of the Munich Security Conference, Google issued a call for action to secure the quantum computing era
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/safety-security/the-quantum-era-is-coming-are-we-ready-to-secure-…

The quantum era is coming. Are we ready to secure it?
Google shares an update on its work and suggestions for how policymakers can help everyone be more secure in the Quantum Era.

Hands-on with Xreal's Project Aura prototype glasses: they feel like VR shrunken to a far smaller form, the 70° FoV is small but enough for immersion, and more (Scott Stein/CNET)
https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/google

Google's Putting It All on Glasses Next Year: My Demos With Project Aura and More
The Xreal-made hardware is one element of a three-part launch next year with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, and lots of upgrades coming to Galaxy XR.

Trump pardons major drug traffickers despite his anti-drug rhetoric
Donald Trump — who campaigned against America’s worsening drug crisis and promised to crack down on the illegal flow of deadly drugs coming across the border
— has pardoned or granted clemency to at least 10 people for drug-related crimes since the beginning of his second term, according to a Washington Post analysis.
He also granted pardons or commutations to almost 90 others for drug-related crimes duri…

Trump pardons major drug traffickers despite his anti-drug rhetoric
The president has granted clemency to about 100 people accused of drug-related crimes during his two terms in office, a Post analysis shows.