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Announcing etcd v3.7.0

This article is a mirror of the original announcement Today, SIG etcd is releasing etcd v3.7.0, the latest minor release of the popular distributed key-value store and core Kubernetes component. v3.7 ships the long-requested RangeStream feature, delivers several other performance improvements, removes the last remnants of the legacy v2store, and completes a major protobuf overhaul. You can download etcd v3.7.0 here: Source code Binaries Official container images This release also includes new ve

AI Won't Keep You from Hitting the Scalability Wall

Using AI to build integrations? You might just be hitting the scalability wall faster. Discover why faster builds don't solve the long-term cost of ownership. There's an idea making the rounds in B2B SaaS product and engineering meetings right now. It sounds reasonable. It feels optimistic. And it's leading companies straight into the same trap they've always fallen into, just at an accelerated rate.

DuckDuckGo browser now blocks YouTube video ads

DuckDuckGo announced that its browser can now block most video ads on YouTube, including those shown before the video starts playing and during playback. [...]

Experiences with local models for coding

Birgitta Böckeler now reports on her recent experiences trying local LLMs for coding. She compares them using two standard tasks, and tries out the most promising model for day-to-day use. more…

GitHub 'Verified' Commits Can Be Rewritten Into New Hashes Without Breaking Signatures

New research shows that a signed Git commit's hash is not the one-of-a-kind name that much of the software world assumes it to be. Given any signed commit, someone without the signing key can mint a second commit with the same files, author, and date, and a valid signature, GitHub still stamps "Verified." Everything a reviewer would check matches. The commit's hash does not. That matters

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Apple to increase spend with Broadcom to produce billions more U.S. chips

Article URL: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/07/apple-to-increase-spend-with-broadcom-to-produce-billions-more-us-chips/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48830565 Points: 290 # Comments: 233