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1. Artificial intelligence · Programming & dev tools · IT industry & companies

   Meta acquires AI coding startup Conductor

   Meta is acquiring Conductor, which lets developers control multiple AI coding agents at once. On the same day OpenAI announced plans to buy Pierre Computer, and Anthropic bought Stainless in May.

   Full story at The Decoder ↗
2. Artificial intelligence · IT industry & companies · Programming & dev tools

   OpenAI is buying Pierre Computer Company

   OpenAI plans to acquire Pierre Computer Company. The deal is meant to expand Codex's tools for building, understanding and reviewing code.

   Full story at openai.com ↗
3. Software & updates · Programming & dev tools

   Discord replaces its Electron app with a Rust version

   Discord is ending its Electron app, which can use up to 4GB of RAM on Windows 11. The Rust rebuild uses just 290MB.

   Full story at Windows Latest ↗
4. Artificial intelligence · Programming & dev tools

   Gemini turns sketches into working apps

   Users can upload drawings to the Canvas tool. Gemini generates code from them that can be refined.

   Full story at blog.google ↗
5. Programming & dev tools · Open source

   GitHub gives accessibility statements a visible place

   An ACCESSIBILITY.md file is now visible on repository overview pages. It gathers a project's accessibility goals, contributor expectations, supported environments, known limitations and process for reporting barriers.

   Full story at github.blog ↗

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