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Conceptual logos of Labs startups numbered from 0 to 99
Noticias Tech

From 0 to 99: 100 Startups That Pair a Number With ‘Labs’

A developer cataloged a Labs startup for every number from 0 to 99, inspired by ElevenLabs. The result exposes a naming trend that nobody coordinated but almost everyone followed.

By Andrés Morales, 1 week22 August, 2026 ago
Network diagram showing nodes connected by a gossip protocol
Programación

Gossip Protocol: How Cassandra and Consul Sync Without a Leader

A gossip protocol is the mechanism Cassandra, Consul, and Redis Cluster use so thousands of nodes know who’s alive, without relying on a central coordinator. Here we explain how it works, with Python code and a real Consul cluster.

By Andrés Morales, 1 week22 August, 2026 ago
Felony Bench dashboard showing security incidents from artificial intelligence agents
Noticias Tech

Felony Bench: Anthropic and OpenAI Tie With 8 AI Agent Incidents

Felony Bench is a dashboard tracking real incidents where AI agents affected third parties. As of August 2026, Anthropic and OpenAI are tied with 8 cases each, ranging from stolen credentials to compromised accounts.

By Andrés Morales, 1 week21 August, 2026 ago
Cobalt running on a Kobo Clara BW with its App Store open
Noticias Tech

Cobalt Brings an Unofficial App Store to Kobo Clara BW E-Readers

Cobalt is an open source platform that installs a launcher, a signed App Store, and a Rust SDK on the Kobo Clara BW. The first installation happens via USB; after that, everything arrives over Wi-Fi without ever leaving the device’s original reading firmware.

By Andrés Morales, 1 week21 August, 2026 ago
AI-driven molecular simulation, DP Technology's bet
Inteligencia Artificial

DP Technology Raises $114 Million for AI Applied to Science

DP Technology raised a $114 million Series C round for its AI platform applied to molecular science. The Chinese startup, creator of the open source DeePMD-kit software, also runs Bohrium, its cloud for training and running these models.

By Andrés Morales, 1 week21 August, 2026 ago
Diagram of the two-phase commit protocol coordinating nodes in a distributed database
Programación

Two-Phase Commit: How a Distributed Transaction Gets Coordinated

Two-phase commit is the protocol distributed databases use to confirm a transaction across multiple nodes at once, without leaving data half-written. This guide shows how to implement it with PostgreSQL, its known failure modes, and when it makes sense to replace it with Sagas or distributed consensus.

By Andrés Morales, 1 week21 August, 2026 ago
Flock license plate recognition cameras mounted on an urban pole
Noticias Tech

Ohio Grand Jury Declines to Indict Man Who Destroyed a Flock Camera

A grand jury in Clermont County, Ohio, decided not to indict Cody Morelock for dismantling a Flock license plate recognition camera. The case adds to a growing wave of vandalism and public pushback against automated vehicle surveillance in the United States.

By Andrés Morales, 1 week21 August, 2026 ago
GitHub outage on August 17: datacenter overloaded with traffic
Noticias Tech

GitHub confirms 7 hours and 47 minutes of downtime on August 17

GitHub confirmed that the August 17, 2026 outage lasted 7 hours and 47 minutes and was caused by a capacity failure, not a bug. Copilot took longer to recover due to a client-side retry storm.

By Andrés Morales, 1 week20 August, 2026 ago
Diagram of DNS resolution showing a domain query's path to an IP address
Programación

DNS: How Your Browser Translates a Domain into an IP Address

Every time you type a URL, your device triggers a chain of DNS queries across several servers before it gets an IP address. We show what happens at each step, what record types exist, and how to diagnose resolution issues with dig and nslookup.

By Andrés Morales, 2 weeks20 August, 2026 ago
Diagram of WebAudio fingerprinting detected on AliExpress
Noticias Tech

AliExpress Creates Hidden AudioContext Objects for WebAudio Fingerprinting

A developer discovered that AliExpress’s webpage creates two hidden AudioContext objects that fingerprint the browser using WebAudio. The finding surfaced because that processing was interfering with his multipoint Bluetooth headphones.

By Andrés Morales, 2 weeks20 August, 2026 ago

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