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Donnerstag: Open-Source-Office aus deutscher Cloud, M365-Copilot ohne US-Cloud
Ionos Nextcloud Workspace startet Microsofts lokale Clouds Reform der EU-Datengesetze Banken-Risiko der KI-Finanzierung KI ohne Bildrechte #heiseshow

Added a Search feature to my #indiekit / #Eleventy powered blog/site https://rmendes.net/search/ itself powered by pagefind…

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Vibe Coding Is Killing Open Source Software, Researchers Argue
‘If the maintainers of small projects give up, who will produce the next Linux?’
Vibe Coding Is Killing Open Source.
According to a new study from a team of researchers in Europe, vibe coding is killing open-source software (OSS) and it’s happening faster than anyone predicted.
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Vibe Coding Is Killing Open Source Software, Researchers Argue
‘If the maintainers of small projects give up, who will produce the next Linux?’

"The study Vibe Coding Kills Open Source, takes an economic view of the problem and asks the question: is vibe coding economically sustainable? Can OSS survive when so many of its users are takers and not givers? According to the study, no."
(Original title: Vibe Coding Is Killing Open Source Software, Researchers Argue)

Vibe Coding Is Killing Open Source Software, Researchers Argue
‘If the maintainers of small projects give up, who will produce the next Linux?’

London-based Lawhive, whose lawyers and AI tools help individuals and SMBs automate legal tasks, raised a $60M Series B, after a $40M Series A in December 2024 (Jeremy Kahn/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/02/05/lawhive-ai-law-firm-startup-series-b-ventu…

Exclusive: Lawhive, a startup using AI to reimagine the general practice law firm, raises $60 million in new venture capital funding
The company is expanding rapidly in the U.S. with its technology-centric vision of the general practice law firm

So many dead links for search engines in my list again.
Not dead (only not working) and still missed is https://monocles.eu/search from @…, because it felt well configured. With…

Unlike keyword search,
semantic search lets you search using natural language.
It looks beyond exact matches to understand the meaning and intent behind your query.
This means it can surface relevant precedents even when they're phrased differently
—something keyword searches often miss.
Semantic search is currently available through an API, but we're already working to bring it to the website—stay tuned!
And don't worry, keyword search isn…

New global map shows where sharks and rays most need protection https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/new-global-map-shows-where-sharks-and-rays-most-need-protection/

New global map shows where sharks and rays most need protection
Shark and ray populations are struggling across the world due to overfishing and other threats. A new report delineates 816 areas of the ocean that should be protected to help them recover. The report “Ocean Travellers” was published in December by the IUCN, the global wildlife conservation authority, but wasn’t publicly announced until Jan. 14. […]

Sources: Reno-based chip startup Positron raised a $230M Series B from the QIA and others to build high-speed memory chips, taking its total raised to $300M (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/04/exclusive-positro…

Exclusive: Positron raises $230M Series B to take on Nvidia's AI chips | TechCrunch
The investment comes from backers including the Qatar Investment Authority as demand for chips beyond Nvidia soars and as Qatar aims to build out its AI infrastructure.

Fundamental, which has developed an LTM to analyze structured data, comes out of stealth with $255M in funding, including a $225M Series A, at a $1.2B valuation (Russell Brandom/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/05/fund…

Fundamental raises $255 million Series A with a new take on big data analysis | TechCrunch
Fundamental has built a new foundation model to solve an old problem: how to draw insights from the huge quantities of structured data produced by enterprises.