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User builds a Plex-like app with Claude
Someone used Claude to build their own all-in-one home server app similar to Plex, weighing just 15MB. This avoids the complexity of running many separate apps like Sonarr, Radarr, or Prowlarr.
Full story at XDA ↗ - Artificial intelligence · Programming & dev tools
Vercel adds DeepSeek tools to AI Gateway
Vercel's AI Gateway now includes DeepSeek Search and Fetch tools. This gives developers more options for building AI-powered search features.
Full story at Vercel ↗ - Programming & dev tools · Artificial intelligence
GoLand's profiler now supports AI agents
JetBrains' GoLand 2026.3 lets AI agents use the built-in profiler introduced earlier. This aims to make profiling Go performance issues less of a manual chore.
Full story at blog.jetbrains.com ↗ - Cybersecurity
Elastic backs protection of US infrastructure
Elastic provides cybersecurity capabilities for the Dragos Platform, supporting the new Community Cyber Resilience Foundation. The effort aims to protect under-resourced US water, electric, and gas utilities from cyber threats.
Full story at Elastic ↗ - Operating systems · Chips & hardware · Artificial intelligence
Google update makes Googlebook more stable
Google's November update improves NPU drivers and AICore memory management, freeing up to 6GB of RAM. This should especially help laptops with 16GB of RAM run more reliably.
Full story at Android Central ↗ - Programming & dev tools
JetBrains releases Scala Plugin 2026.3
The new IntelliJ Scala Plugin adds more accurate Scala 3 analysis, reworked Twirl support for Play Framework, and more efficient compiler-based highlighting. It also improves build-tool support, debugging, and everyday editing.
Full story at blog.jetbrains.com ↗ - Cloud & data centers · Data & databases
AWS brings MSK Replicator to GovCloud
Amazon MSK Replicator is now available in the AWS GovCloud US-East and US-West Regions. It lets users replicate streaming data between Kafka clusters there without managing custom infrastructure.
Full story at aws.amazon.com ↗ - IT industry & companies · Networking
Telus, Quebecor post subscriber gains in Q3
Canadian telecoms Telus and Quebecor reported subscriber growth in their Q3 2026 earnings. Telus nonetheless posted a net loss of $660 million.
Full story at MobileSyrup ↗ - Artificial intelligence · New AI models
Egyptian, Nigerian English added to ASR leaderboard
The Open ASR Leaderboard now includes Egyptian and Nigerian English dialects. This allows better comparison of speech recognition models for these varieties.
Full story at huggingface.co ↗ - Programming & dev tools · Artificial intelligence
Vercel's Chat SDK streams generative UI
Agents built with Chat SDK can now stream generative UI using json-render. This makes it easier for developers to build dynamic AI chat interfaces.
Full story at Vercel ↗
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