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France government is replacing 2.5 million Windows desktops with Linux.

The desktop will be based on the police Linux distro, GendBuntu.

The distro includes France's own suite of open-source desktop programs.

GendBuntu: France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech

Version 4 is a major step forward for Cashu TS: It adds precision-safe amounts across the API, first-class proof serialization utilities, custom mint/melt methods, NUT-29 batch minting, and stronger security and rate-limit handling throughout the stack.

Cashu New Release v4.0.0

A Gemini-Powered Voice Assistant on Arduino UNO Q

Arduino  UNO Q should be set up with network access (Wi-Fi configured via nmcli). You need a Google Gemini API key from Google AI Studio

A production-grade, hands-free AI agent combining Gemini voice, wake word detection, LED animations, and multi-protocol smart home control, all running on a single board.

nostr

Automatically detects old zapstore.yaml config and migrates it! If you have an app you haven't published in a long time, this is the time to publish with the new format

Zapstore 0.4.7 released

Transforms discarded electronics into a playable instrument at the cost of an Arduino and minimal wiring.

Turn Any Device into a Drum Machine / Synth with Arduino

science

A human ocular disease called persistent ocular hypertensive viral anterior uveitis (POH-VAU) has recently emerged; however, the cause is unclear.

Here we report that POH-VAU is associated with covert mortality nodavirus (CMNV) of aquatic origin. CMNV is prevalent in farmed and wild aquatic animals worldwide
[https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/38718585/eye-virus-raw-fish-blindness-fear/](https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/38718585/eye-virus-raw-fish-blindness-fear/)

Aquatic Virus Causes Eye Infections in Humans, First Confirmed in China

Music

Afrika Bambaataa Dead at 67

Bitchat pulled from the China app store

nostr-vpn is a Rust workspace for a Tailscale-style mesh VPN control plane built on Nostr signaling and userspace WireGuard. It includes the nvpn CLI plus a Tauri/Svelte app codebase that targets desktop and mobile platforms.

Nostr-vpn

Electrum 4.7.2 new release

Virginia teenager Mia Heller’s filtration system harnesses the power of ferrofluid, a magnetic oil that binds to microplastics in flowing water

Student Invented a Filter That Eliminates 96 Percent of Microplastics From Water

Our human society.............

The Universe 25 experiment, conducted by John B. Calhoun in the late 1960s/early 1970s, was a sociological study on rodents demonstrating that a "utopian" environment with abundant resources can still lead to total social collapse due to overcrowding and lack of social roles. Despite unlimited food and no predators, the population suffered a "behavioral sink", resulting in extreme apathy, violence, and extinction.

Universe 25 experiment

bitdevs

https://github.com/thehussein01/BeyWallet

Bey Wallet — Cashu wallet

Hubble detects first-ever spin reversal of tiny comet

A free, online event open to everyone, everywhere

Arduino Days 2026 - March 27-28

Project N.O.M.A.D. is a self-contained, offline-first knowledge and education server packed with critical tools, knowledge, and AI to keep you informed and empowered, anytime, anywhere.

Project N.O.M.A.D, self-contained, offline survival computer

lightning

LND now supports MPP, with the latest lnget release, you can use both L402 and the Machine Payments Protocol for agentic payments on Lightning.  

lnget auto-detects what the server supports and pays in the same request. One tool that supports both protocols. 

This release also includes an agent-native CLI with JSON i/o, MCP server support, and context management features.