@jamesacowling My 11 y/o self first used Dropbox and thought it was magic. Many years later, I use Convex and see the magic once again. Keep up the good work!
A fresh Brave install in 2026: sponsored ad wallpapers on new tab page by default (opt out). Brave VPN, News, Talk, Leo (AI), Rewards and other revenue-milking bloat is advertised/pinned by default. Analytics and "phoning home" by default. Google as default search engine in most regions by default. Sponsored search engines like Russian Yandex in CIS countries by default: https://t.co/nCK7ZErytG
Brave has an ad branch that handles advertising within the browser: https://t.co/EwJwKKgWxq. Brave does on-device ad targeting based on cohorts and interests, just like what Chrome used to do and what Google was largely hated for (remember FLoC?). This applies to additional (opt-in) rewarded ads, shipped as part of Brave.
Brave has injected referral IDs to crypto-related URLs entered into the omnibox in the past, intentionally, by design:
https://t.co/hovGMDz8Et
https://t.co/3wdWDEV85H
https://t.co/fo1mD75vAF
Brave also uses dark patterns to drive users away from turning off ads in their browser. For example, an article linked from the "opt out" button in the browser has a wall of text making excuses for ads before the actual steps needed to be taken to disable them: https://t.co/dka1EIMtbw
kind of hypocritical for brave to judge firefox for lesser bullshit, don't you think?
SECURITY ADVISORY — TanStack npm packages
A supply-chain compromise affecting 42 @tanstack/* packages (84 versions total) was published to npm earlier today at approximately 19:20 and 19:26 UTC. Two malicious versions per package.
Status: ACTIVE — packages are deprecated, npm security engaged, publish path being shut down.
Severity: HIGH — payload exfiltrates AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, and Vault credentials, GitHub tokens, .npmrc contents, and SSH keys.
If you installed any @tanstack/* package between 19:20 and 19:30 UTC today, treat the host as potentially compromised:
• Rotate cloud, GitHub, and SSH credentials immediately
• Audit cloud audit logs for the last several hours
• Pin to a prior known-good version and reinstall from a clean lockfile
Detection — the malicious manifest contains:
"optionalDependencies": {
"@tanstack/setup": "github:tanstack/router#79ac49ee..."
}
Any version with this entry is compromised. The payload is delivered via a git-resolved optionalDependency whose prepare script runs router_init.js (~2.3 MB, smuggled into each tarball at the package root).
Unpublish is blocked by npm policy for most affected packages due to existing third-party dependents. All 84 versions are being deprecated with a SECURITY warning, and npm security has been engaged to pull tarballs at the registry level.
Full technical breakdown, complete package and version list, and rolling status updates:
https://t.co/Zy8qG7PA9f
Credit to the security researcher for responsible disclosure.
@Simon_Hypixel You and @slikey have specifically chosen the wording "shared source", which makes me think it will be more like source available than open source. Will you be accepting contributions? I've been working on some performance improvements I would love to contribute.
cannot believe this needs to be said in 2026 but your gender identity has absolutely nothing to do with your ability to play VIDEO GAMES, and anyone indicating a woman can't be the best at minecraft has worms in their brain
Ignite v1.2.1 and Ignite Experimental Hytale v0.1.0 are now available with updates to mixins and more. https://t.co/V1PriFgBba
#Hytale#HytaleModding@HytaleModding@Hytale
Ignite v1.2.0 now supports Hytale! If you're developing mixins for a server-only experience Ignite supports the full set of features from Mixins & Mixin Extras like synthetic classes. Grab it here: https://t.co/O1cMxvn96O
#Hytale#HytaleModding
In the process of smashing out some last-minute tunes for @VectrixDevelops's team's entry into the @Hytale mod jam, I appear to have slipped back into my "generic battle music" phase by mistake. Whoops ⚔️
#gameaudio
I've had my orchestral stuff performed live quite a few times by this point, but for the first time ever, I FINALLY have some professionally-produced video evidence!
A huge thank you to @SOUNZnz, RNZ Concert, and the @NZSO for making this happen <3
https://t.co/P3UCcrDm3Q
Suuuuper cool to see some of my music make its debut on the @IGN YouTube channel this week!! Check out the latest trailer for #Adaptory, and go show @StormcloakGames some post-Gamescom love <3
https://t.co/5fDufGDfWJ