@heiseonline@social.heise.deBerlin wagt den ersten Schritt in Richtung Open-Source! đ§ Die Hauptstadt hat erkannt, dass die jahrzehntelange AbhĂ€ngigkeit von proprietĂ€rer Software nicht nur teuer ist, sondern angesichts geopolitischer Spannungen auch ein Sicherheitsrisiko darstellt.
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11148087
@Techmeme@techhub.socialRailway, a cloud platform for software deployment, raised a $100M Series B led by TQ Ventures, bringing its total funding to $130M , says it has ARR of $10M (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2026/âŠ
@jom@social.kontrollapparat.de
@whitequark@mastodon.socialdid you know bash has builtin gettext support? i sure didn't https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Locale-Translation.html
@cyrevolt@mastodon.socialTIL Insyde is apparently the biggest UEFI firmware vendor now, claiming more than 50% market share as of this year:
https://www.insyde.com/news/press-releases/insyde-software-achieves-record-high-revâŠ
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialBengaluru-based Amagi, an ad tools provider for broadcast and streaming TV, fell below its listing price in its India market debut after raising $196M in an IPO (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/20/amagiâŠ
@rperezrosario@mastodon.socialTIOBE Software CEO Paul Jansen shares the numbers for November 2025 in its programming popularity index. It seems like C# is almost caught up with Java with a less than 1% difference between the fourth and fifth positions. Python continues to stand in a very comfortable first place.
"TIOBE Index for November 2025 - Is C# going to surpass Java for the first time in history?"
@digitalnaiv@mastodon.socialZehn Jahre nach Cloud-Umzug, Lotusphere und IBM Connections schaue ich zurĂŒck: auf Produkte, die besser waren als ihr Ruf, auf Debatten, die bis heute wirken, und auf eine Community, die Zusammenarbeit ernst genommen hat. Ein schon etwas nostalgischer Blick zurĂŒck. #2016 #TenYearsAfter
@mszll@datasci.socialWith #openalex being mature enough, I have finally completed #degoogling my website đ„ł
https://
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.deadvogato: Advogato trust network (2009)
A network of trust relationships among users on Advogato, an online community of open source software developers. Edge direction indicates that node i trusts node j, and edge weight denotes one of four increasing levels of declared trust from i to j: observer (0.4), apprentice (0.6), journeyer (0.8), and master (1.0).
This network has 6541 nodes and 51127 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Weighted
@Techmeme@techhub.socialCambio, creator of AI-powered commercial real estate software for institutional investors, raised an $18M Series A led by Maverick Ventures at a $100M valuation (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/real-estat
@eichkat3r@hessen.socialwenn die grĂŒnen sagen wir brauchen "ein europĂ€isches palantir" ist damit die software gemeint oder dieses herr der ringe dings
@heiseonline@social.heise.deSage Operations: KI-Assistent fĂŒr Fertigung und Handel
Sage integriert den KI-Assistenten Copilot in seine ERP-Software Sage Operations. Ăber eine Chatfunktion soll man damit Lieferketten besser steuern können.
httpsâŠ
@theDuesentrieb@social.linux.pizzaI finally got my first Raspberry Pi, for a totally different usecase, but it certainly won't be the last.
I just discovered that I could build my own MIDI-synth with one:
#RaspberryPi
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.itWow. I've dealt with various toxic personalities in software development, but a good portion of the time those toxic personalities were at least extremely knowledgeable in their (often, very limited) domain.
AI, however, seems to be enabling toxic personalities *who are completely clueless*. Impressive!
https://githubâŠ
@publicvoit@graz.socialUnsere #Politiker machen Lippenbekenntnisse zu #digitaleSouverĂ€nitĂ€t aber wenn's ums Entscheiden geht, dann verstehen sie die Rolle von #FOSS offenbar ĂŒberhaupt nicht:
Analyse zum DiâŠ
@sauer_lauwarm@mastodon.social[Durch einen Hinweis von @… auf Strawberry als Software zum Musikabspielen und -verwalten auf Linux aufmerksam geworden, find's aber dann doch umstĂ€ndlicher, langsamer und buggier als Rhythmbox, tbh. Dennoch danke!]
@jorgecandeias@mastodon.socialDesconfio que aqui se vai falar do Fediverso.
https://eventos.coletivos.org/event/abandonar-o-meta-ocupacao-das-redes-na-sociedade-do-software
@cdarwin@c.imIn a conversation at this year's
Billionaire's convention
âaka the World Economic Forum
âMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella warned that AI will lose public support
unless it's used to "do something useful that changes the outcomes of people and communities and countries and industries."
"We will quickly lose even the social permission to take something like energy,
which is a scarce resource,
and use it to generate these tokens,
@macandi@social.heise.deiOS-26.3-Betatest: App-Store-Werbung schwerer zu erkennen
KĂŒnftig werden die User mehr Werbung in Apples Software-Laden sehen. Offenbar wird diese auch optisch tiefer integriert â die Ăbersicht leidet.
https://www.âŠ
@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizzaSo I talk about encryption on Slackware, bcs I bring my laptop next week when I'm travelling. It turns out to be a hassle, to say the least.
Then it sinks in I'm the one who practically put out the how-to for KDE 6 Wayland on FreeBSD. With encryption, all software, you name it.
Only goes to show reinventing that wheel isn't always necessary. Hardly ever đ
@UP8@mastodon.socialhad that moment when I did "npm install" and it found 0 vulnerabilities and I'm like... that never happens!
#software #programming #npm
@Demirramon@cyberfurz.socialI will never understand how Bluesky is so overengineered (my brain melts every time I see a graph of how it works) yet it underdelivers so hard compared to the most basic fediverse software lol
@Techmeme@techhub.socialBengaluru-based Amagi, an ad tools provider for broadcast and streaming TV, fell below its listing price in its India market debut after raising $196M in an IPO (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/20/amagiâŠ
@heiseonline@social.heise.deRichard Stallman: "Chatbots sind Bullshit-Generatoren"
Der GrĂŒnder der Free Software Foundation macht auf Europatour auch Halt in MĂŒnchen. Dort mahnt er zu mehr Einsatz von Open Source â gerade beim Staat.
httâŠ
@solawi@social.tchncs.deZum Thema Software-Alternativen haben wir (nicht nur fĂŒr #Solawi) ĂŒbrigens diese (unvollstĂ€ndige) Liste: https://www.solidarische-landwirtschaft.org/solawis-aufâŠ
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.deadvogato: Advogato trust network (2009)
A network of trust relationships among users on Advogato, an online community of open source software developers. Edge direction indicates that node i trusts node j, and edge weight denotes one of four increasing levels of declared trust from i to j: observer (0.4), apprentice (0.6), journeyer (0.8), and master (1.0).
This network has 6541 nodes and 51127 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Weighted
@jom@social.kontrollapparat.deAn âon-premiseâ software that immediately stops working if the license key verification, hosted on AWS, no longer functions. Exactly my kind of humor. #Metabase
@grumpybozo@toad.socialI added my concept to the thin collection of candidates for a new #ASF #SpamAssassin logo,
@anneroth@systemli.socialIn acht Tagen spreche ich im #39C3 Sendezentrum im cât uplink Podcast mit @… und anderen GĂ€sten ĂŒber #DigitaleSouverĂ€nitĂ€t.
Habt Ihr dazu in letzter ZâŠ
@jaygooby@mastodon.socialBeen using the Community version of #ruby
@adlerweb@social.adlerweb.infoLow-RAM-Systeme sind auch eher ungemĂŒtlich. Grade wenn man dann aktuelle Software will (Aktuelles Python auf Debian, anyone?) und kompilieren muss. NatĂŒrlich krallt sich make per default nen Prozess pro erkanntem Kern und OOMt dann weg. Aber hey - schon mal dran gewöhnen⊠-.-
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systemsPeople have this weird idea that commercially maintained software would be of better quality, because there are paid developers working on it. On the contrary, the main difference is how much red tape #OpenSource contributors have to go through to get the fixes in. Or the amount of effort necessary to even get someone to look at the pull request before the stale-bot closes it.
#FreeSoftware
@Techmeme@techhub.socialA look at Craig Federighi's approach to AI at Apple; sources say he led a push to use other companies' models to help launch a revamped Siri later in 2026 (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/google-deal-apples-âŠ
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialInterview with WPP CEO Cindy Rose, who says AI puts pressure on the ad agency's pricing and WPP has 10K data scientists and software engineers and 12K creatives (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/3eb36aed-8366-4db9-8ea0-e7484416dc43
@beoz@det.social@… @… Not the computers are from 1970, but the pieces of software. Nobody thought about vibe coding back then ;-)
@kubikpixel@chaos.socialVirtuelles Privates Netzwerk: OpenVPN 2.6.16 konzentriert sich auf Fehlerkorrekturen
Bei der nun veröffentlichten Version haben sich die Entwickler von OpenVPN vornehmlich auf die Korrektur von Fehlern konzentriert. Neue Funktionen hat die Software zur VerschlĂŒsselung von Netzwerkverbindungen nicht erhalten. Auch bestimmten neuen VerschlĂŒsselungsarten erteilen die Entwickler eine Absage.
âïž
@portaloffreedom@social.linux.pizzaTRAHRSL
The trans rights are human rights software license
You have to agree that trans rights are human rights to be granted a license to use the software
@jdrm@social.linux.pizzaDa la sensaciĂłn de que el objetivo oculto detršs de la IA sea crear un monopolio de cuatro empresas en las que nadie mšs pueda hacer informštica mšs que ellas. Por un lado generando escased de componentes, por otra haciendo software malo pero a toda velocidad contra el que no se pueda competir no porque tu empresa haga cosas mejores, que las hace, sino porque entregan sus mierdas demasiado ršpido
@adrianco@mastodon.socialFor people who like to follow along with tech conferences Iâm posting a thread on LinkedIn while Iâm at #QConSF https://www.linkedin.com/posts/adriancocâŠ
@maxheadroom@hub.uckermark.socialHas someone tried to join a #Meshtastic or #Meshcore network with a software defined radio (#SDR) yet?
Should be possible, right?
@deprogrammaticaipsum@mas.to"In Phrack Magazine, this author learned at the end of the 1990s the subtle art of smashing the stack, an exploit that would become the starting point of many a computer security book afterward.
There is one magazine that has been around for a decade: the âInternational Journal of Proof-of-Concept or Get The Fuck Outâ, or âPoC||GTFOâ.
(I should have probably warned readers about the profanity in the title, but nah, I assume them to be adults at this point.)"
@digitalnaiv@mastodon.socialKostensparen trifft UnabhĂ€ngigkeit: Schleswig-Holstein ersetzt proprietĂ€re Software von #Microsoft durch offene Lösungen â nicht zuletzt, um sich von politisch-ökonomischen US-EinflĂŒssen zu lösen. Ein Modell fĂŒr andere Verwaltungen, das zeigt: digitale SouverĂ€nitĂ€t ist kein Traum. đFAZ #OpenSource
@schtobia@augsburg.socialRE: #mcp
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.desoftware_dependencies: Software dependencies (2010)
Several networks of software dependencies. Nodes represent libraries and a directed edge denotes a library dependency on another.
This network has 282 nodes and 893 edges.
Tags: Technological, Software, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/nâŠ
@Techmeme@techhub.socialDataLane, which is using AI to build an identity graph to map local businesses across the US, raised a $22.5M Series A led by Amplify Partners (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2025/12/16/datalane-ampâŠ
@socallinuxexpo@social.linux.pizzaWe're thrilled to have Software Freedom Conservancy as a Network Sponsor at SCaLE 23x! Your dedication to promoting free and open source software makes a difference. See you in Pasadena, March 5-8, 2026! đ Check them out: https://sfconservancy.org/
@jae@mastodon.me.ukI use Rogue Amoebaâs software daily. They make kickass products that revolutionize how I use my Mac.
https://mastodon.social/@RogueAmoeba/115577778426778740
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioYet another use case for AI: annoy software developers with fake bug reports https://mastodon.social/@bagder/115752774164143463
@compfu@mograph.socialToday's important open-source software in our pipeline for #FreeSoftwareAdvent has been mentioned before. It's the video encoder/decoder #ffmpeg
We're using it to create h264 preview clips. At some point in the past it was essential for decoding proprietary files that clienâŠ
@SmartmanApps@dotnet.social
@offenenetze@chaos.socialSoftwarewechsel bei Behörden:
Es geht auch ohne Microsoft
Die Office-Software von Microsoft schien lange Zeit unumgĂ€nglich, doch insbesondere Behörden wagen nun mehr digitale SouverĂ€nitĂ€t. Zwischenbilanz: Die Umstellung ist nicht einfach. ZurĂŒck will dennoch niemand.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThoma Bravo acquires a majority stake in Java platform Azul, which received a $340M majority investment from Vitruvian Partners and Lead Edge Capital in 2020 (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2025/11/18/thoâŠ
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.dejdk: Java SE Dev Kit dependencies (1.6.0.7)
A network of class dependencies within the JDK (Java SE Development Kit) 1.6.0.7 framework. Nodes represent classes and a directed edge indicates a dependency of one class on another.
This network has 6434 nodes and 150985 edges.
Tags: Technological, Software, Unweighted, Multigraph
https://
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGE HealthCare acquires Intelerad, which sells cloud imaging software and digital workflow tools primarily to outpatient and ambulatory sites, for $2.3B (Brock E.W. Turner/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/health-tech-deals/2025/11/20/ge-healthcare-âŠ
@jdrm@social.linux.pizzaSobre mi anterior Retoot. Os he contado que en el trabajo, por temas del cliente, tuve que pedir que me dieran un ordenador con Windows. Lo primero que hice fue instalar el WSL y aplicaciones comi Emacs, Age... Y usando aplicaciones que son S
Software Libre o casi, como Libreoffice, KeePassXC, Vivaldi...
@heiseonline@social.heise.deNoch einige der zuletzt hier besonders hÀufig geteilten #News:
WhatsApp und Signal: PrivatsphĂ€re angreifbar, Tracker-Software verfĂŒgbar
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.dejdk: Java SE Dev Kit dependencies (1.6.0.7)
A network of class dependencies within the JDK (Java SE Development Kit) 1.6.0.7 framework. Nodes represent classes and a directed edge indicates a dependency of one class on another.
This network has 6434 nodes and 150985 edges.
Tags: Technological, Software, Unweighted, Multigraph
https://
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAdobe pledges ~$10M in grants and product donations in 2026 to support filmmakers, including funding creators directly for the first time (Caitlin Huston/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/businessâŠ
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systemsWhenever people are worried about criminals using #privacy-oriented software, I'm wondering who do they mean by "criminals"?
Let me point out that in some countries people verbally opposing the authoritarian regime are "criminals", while rapists become presidents. Or people peacefully protesting against genocide are "criminals", while nazis openly calling for violence are model citizens.
So yeah, if I were to develop such software, I'd rather have it used by "criminals". Because, guess what, true criminals will get their hands on that kind of software anyway.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialIsraeli startup DataRails, which offers financial planning and analytics tools, raised a $70M Series C led by One Peak at an estimated $600M to $700M valuation (Globes)
https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-israeli-financial-planning-co-datarailsâŠ
@whitequark@mastodon.socialit is funny to me that the metaphor for "installing software" is still unboxing an optical disc, despite nobody in the last 15 years actually shipping software that way
@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizzaThere's two other very interesting MX Linux iso's that I'd like to point to:
- the official Fluxbox version, which still offers a lot of the tools and software available to the generic XFCE version
- the minimal XFCE community spin (you know I had to check that out)
Fluxbox is actually a very nice floater, and coupled with the tools, theming and ecosystem of MX is a great choice for those old Thinkpads!
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGoogle says its Willow quantum chip using a new Quantum Echoes algorithm ran computations 13,000x faster than supercomputers, aiding drug and materials research (Cade Metz/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/technology/googles-quantum-computer-âŠ
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSequoia, a16z, and other VC firms invested $1.2B into police and public safety tech startups over the past year, following the success of Palantir and others (Abram Brown/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/a
@Techmeme@techhub.socialFederato, which provides AI-powered insurance lifecycle software, raised a $100M Series D led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives, taking its total funding to $180M (InsurTech Analyst)
https://insurtechanalyst.com/2025/11/18/federato-launches-ai-nâŠ
@heiseonline@social.heise.deEinige der zuletzt hier besonders hÀufig geteilten #News:
WhatsApp und Signal: PrivatsphĂ€re angreifbar, Tracker-Software verfĂŒgbar
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Trump administration is considering barring exports of products made with US software to China in response to the country's rare earth restrictions (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-considering-curbs-eâŠ
@heiseonline@social.heise.deZum Abend noch einige der heute besonders hÀufig geteilten #News:
WhatsApp und Signal: PrivatsphĂ€re angreifbar, Tracker-Software verfĂŒgbar
@Techmeme@techhub.socialBerlin-based Cloover, which makes software to help install solar, home batteries, and heat pumps, raised $22M from Lowercarbon and others and $1.2B in debt (Coco Liu/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01âŠ
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThoma Bravo co-founder Orlando Bravo says the slump in software company valuations over threat of AI-driven disruption is creating a "huge buying opportunity" (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/8c2a5c48-17bf-4baa-9bbf-ac6cbe9279ca
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.delinux: Linux source inclusions (v3.16)
A network of Linux (v3.16) source code file inclusion. Nodes represent source files and a directed edge indicates if one file includes another.
This network has 30837 nodes and 213954 edges.
Tags: Technological, Software, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/linux
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGeneral Atlantic purchases a $96M minority stake in Japanese HR software unicorn SmartHR, marking the PE firm's first growth equity investment in Japan (Lisa Du/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-âŠ
@Techmeme@techhub.socialA group of PE firms led by Permira and Warburg Pincus agrees to buy Clearwater Analytics, in a deal valuing the financial software maker at $8.4B including debt (Ryan Gould/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@heiseonline@social.heise.deDonnerstag: Isaacman als neuer NASA-Chef, Folgen von destabilisierendem KI-Video
US-Senat fĂŒr Musk-Favoriten Macron gegen Facebook 1&1-Mobilfunknetz gröĂer Vergleich der iPhone-Regulierung Interview zu Praxen-Software #heiseshow
@Techmeme@techhub.socialIBM reports Q3 revenue up 9% YoY to $16.3B, above $16.1B est., and Hybrid Cloud (Red Hat) revenue up 14%, below 16% est.; IBM drops 5% after hours (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-22/ibm-posts-lâŠ
@heiseonline@social.heise.deZum Abend noch einige der heute besonders hÀufig geteilten #News:
WhatsApp und Signal: PrivatsphĂ€re angreifbar, Tracker-Software verfĂŒgbar
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.desoftware_dependencies: Software dependencies (2010)
Several networks of software dependencies. Nodes represent libraries and a directed edge denotes a library dependency on another.
This network has 838 nodes and 3088 edges.
Tags: Technological, Software, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/âŠ
@heiseonline@social.heise.deWindows: Microsoft will SSD-Performance massiv verbessern
Microsoft erneuert seinen Software-Stack fĂŒr DatentrĂ€ger. Zuerst ist Windows Server 2025 dran. Windows 11 folgt hoffentlich.
https://www.
@heiseonline@social.heise.deGesundheitswesen: Fintech-Unternehmer ĂŒber Sicherheit, Skepsis bei EU-ID & mehr
Das Start-up Nelly legt sich als zusÀtzliche Software-Schicht um das Praxisverwaltungssystem und will unter anderem Aufnahme und Abrechnung erleichtern.
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.degithub: GitHub contest (2009)
The bipartite project-user membership network of the software development hosting site GitHub. A user connects to a project if that user is a member of that project.
This network has 177386 nodes and 440237 edges.
Tags: Economic, Production, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/github
@Techmeme@techhub.socialEthernovia, which builds automotive ethernet chips and software, raised a $90M Series B led by Maverick Silicon (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2026/01/20/ethernovia-raises-90m-advance-ethernet-packet-procâŠ
@heiseonline@social.heise.deheise | Web-Suche fĂŒr die lokale KI: So schlieĂen Ihre LLMs WissenslĂŒcken
Das Wissen lokaler KI-Modelle ist auf ihre alten Trainingsdaten beschrÀnkt. Dieser Workflow bringt ihnen Online-Recherche bei: mit quelloffener Gratis-Software.
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.delinux: Linux source inclusions (v3.16)
A network of Linux (v3.16) source code file inclusion. Nodes represent source files and a directed edge indicates if one file includes another.
This network has 30837 nodes and 213954 edges.
Tags: Technological, Software, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/linux
@Techmeme@techhub.socialOpenAI and ServiceNow sign a three-year deal to integrate OpenAI's models into ServiceNow's business software, including embedding OpenAI's AI agents (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.comâŠ
@Techmeme@techhub.socialNeural Concept, whose 3D product design software uses deep learning to help cut development times, raised a $100M Series C, bringing its total funding to $130M (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/20âŠ
@heiseonline@social.heise.deWerbung fĂŒr "Autopilot": Tesla droht einmonatiger Verkaufsstopp in Kalifornien
Teslas Software Full Self-Driving (komplett selbstfahrend) muss von Menschen beaufsichtigt werden. Ein Widerspruch, befand die kalifornische Verkehrsbehörde.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialFrench accounting software startup Pennylane raised $204M led by TCV, a source says at a ~$4.25B valuation, with participation from Blackstone, DST, and others (Yazhou Sun/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-0âŠ
@heiseonline@social.heise.deChinesische Software berechnet die Uhrzeit auf dem Mond
Wegen der geringeren Schwerkraft vergeht Zeit auf dem Mond schneller als auf der Erde. Eine neue Software synchronisiert die Uhren auf beiden Himmelskörpern.
hâŠ
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAdaptive Security, which uses AI to simulate social engineering attacks and help companies prevent them, raised an $81M Series B led by Bain Capital Ventures (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-dâŠ
@Techmeme@techhub.socialClaude Code represents a "ChatGPT moment repeated" and an "extinction-level event" for horizontal software companies focused on human-oriented consumption (Doug OLaughlin/Fabricated Knowledge)
https://www.fabricatedknowledge.com/p/the-death-of-softâŠ
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSphere, which raised a $4.3M seed as an edtech marketplace, pivots and raised a $21M Series A led by a16z to develop an AI tax compliance software service (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/18/a16z-leads-21m-series-âŠ
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAnthropic's Claude Cowork launch has revived fears about disruption that weighed on SaaS stocks in 2025; Morgan Stanley SaaS index is down 15% so far in 2026 (Ryan Vlastelica/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAdobe plans to acquire NYSE-listed Semrush, which helps companies run search engine optimization as AI use rises, for $1.9B in cash, paying $12 per share (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/dâŠ
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Adobe nears a $1.9B deal to acquire NYSE-listed Semrush, which helps companies run search engine optimization as AI use increases, paying $12 per share (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/busâŠ
@Techmeme@techhub.socialRivian launches Universal Hands-Free driving for second-generation R1 EVs, expanding coverage from 135,000 highway miles to 3.5M miles across the US and Canada (Sean O'Kane/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/18/rivian-rolls-out-new-unâŠ
@Techmeme@techhub.socialA look at Michael Saylor's Strategy, known for buying bitcoin via creative financing strategies, as its stock trades way below its peak amid the crypto downturn (Rob Copeland/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/0âŠ
@Techmeme@techhub.socialApple unveils iOS changes in Japan to comply with local law, including alternative app stores and payment options, a new fee structure, and new default controls (Juli Clover/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/12/17/japan-app-store-feature-updates/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialUS volunteer fire departments are scrambling to find software amid shrinking options and higher costs, as companies backed by private equity dominate the market (Mike Baker/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/us/fire-department-software-privaâŠ
