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News•Feb 6, 2026
An Update on Heroku
Heroku announced a shift to a sustaining engineering model that emphasizes stability, security, and reliability over new feature development. Existing customers will see no changes to pricing, billing, or core platform functionality, and can continue using Heroku for production workloads. New enterprise account contracts will no longer be offered, though current enterprise agreements remain honored. The company is redirecting engineering resources toward helping organizations deploy enterprise‑grade AI securely.
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News•Feb 6, 2026
GitHub Actions Is Slowly Killing Engineering Teams
GitHub Actions, now the default CI for many repositories, suffers from a clunky log viewer, fragile YAML configuration, and limited control over compute resources, leading to prolonged debugging cycles. The platform’s marketplace introduces security risks by allowing opaque third‑party actions...
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News•Feb 5, 2026
Show HN: Slack CLI for Agents
An open‑source Slack CLI built with TypeScript and Bun enables AI agents to interact with Slack data through a token‑efficient, JSON‑only interface. The tool offers zero‑config authentication by reading Slack Desktop credentials on macOS, with Chrome fallback, and provides commands...
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News•Feb 5, 2026
Claude Opus 4.6 Extra Usage Promo
Anthropic is rolling out a limited‑time promotion that grants Pro and Max subscribers a $50 credit for extra usage of Claude Opus 4.6. The credit applies automatically for users who already have extra usage enabled, or can be claimed by enabling...
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News•Feb 5, 2026
European Commission Trials Matrix to Replace Teams
The European Commission has begun a trial of the open‑source Matrix protocol as a sovereign backup for its internal communications, complementing Microsoft Teams rather than replacing it. Matrix, already deployed by the French government, German healthcare providers, and European armed...
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News•Feb 5, 2026
Freshpaint (YC S19) Is Hiring a Senior SWE, Data
Freshpaint, a Y Combinator S19 startup, is hiring a senior software engineer focused on data to expand its HIPAA‑compliant infrastructure for healthcare marketers. The company enables 100s of healthcare businesses to collect, protect, and activate customer data while staying privacy‑first....
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News•Feb 5, 2026
How We Made Geo Joins 400× Faster with H3 Indexes
Floe’s query planner now rewrites spatial joins by generating H3 cell coverages for each geometry and joining on the resulting integer keys. This pre‑filter reduces the candidate pairs dramatically, turning a quadratic ST_Intersects join into a hash‑join followed by a...
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News•Feb 5, 2026
Battle-Testing Lynx at Allegro
Allegro’s mobile team, after six years with the in‑house MBox server‑driven UI, sought a solution that could deliver native performance while retaining cross‑platform flexibility. They evaluated Lynx, an open‑source framework that renders natively on iOS, Android, and Web from a...
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News•Feb 5, 2026
ICE Seeks Industry Input on Ad Tech Location Data for Investigative Use
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has issued a Request for Information seeking commercial ad‑tech tools that provide location data and large‑scale analytics for investigative use. The RFI, framed as market research, asks vendors to demonstrate platforms that can ingest, correlate,...
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News•Feb 4, 2026
Show HN: Morph – Videos of AI Testing Your PR, Embedded in GitHub
Glance is an AI‑powered testing tool that reads a pull‑request diff and automatically determines which UI interactions to exercise. It runs the tests in managed or developer‑provided browsers and captures video recordings, screenshots, console errors, and network logs. All artifacts...
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Deals•Feb 2, 2026
SpaceX Acquires xAI to Build Space‑Based AI Engine
SpaceX announced it has acquired xAI, aiming to combine AI capabilities with its rockets and satellite network to create a vertically‑integrated innovation engine. The acquisition will enable space‑based data centers and accelerate humanity’s multi‑planetary future.
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Deals•Jan 27, 2026
Sovereign Tech Fund Invests €377,300 in Scala
The Sovereign Tech Fund announced a €377,300 investment in the Scala programming language to bolster its security, maintenance, and developer experience over a two‑year period. Coordinated by the Scala Center, the funding will support a security audit, enhancements to the...
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Deals•Jan 23, 2026
EquipmentShare Goes Public via IPO
EquipmentShare, the construction equipment rental and management platform founded in 2015, announced its initial public offering on January 23, 2026, marking its transition from a YC‑backed startup to a publicly traded company. The IPO underscores the firm’s growth and its...
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Deals•Jan 22, 2026
Capital One to Acquire Fintech Firm Brex for $5.15B
Capital One Financial announced it will acquire fintech company Brex in a cash‑and‑stock transaction valued at $5.15 billion. The deal, expected to close in mid‑2026, will give Capital One greater exposure to corporate cards and expense‑management software. Brex CEO Pedro Franceschi...
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Deals•Jan 21, 2026
Kyndryl to Acquire Dutch Cloud Provider Solvinity, Raising Data Security Concerns
American IT services firm Kyndryl announced its pending acquisition of Dutch cloud and infrastructure provider Solvinity, which hosts the DigiD digital identification platform. Dutch parliamentarians warned the deal could give the U.S. government access to Dutch citizens' data and urged...
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Deals•Jan 20, 2026
Instabridge Acquires Nova Launcher
Swedish connectivity firm Instabridge announced it has acquired the popular Android launcher Nova Launcher. The acquisition aims to keep Nova stable, maintain its customization features, and explore sustainable monetization options while preserving its identity.
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Deals•Jan 5, 2026
RevisionDojo Acquires OnePrep to Expand SAT Prep Offerings
YC-backed test-prep startup RevisionDojo has acquired free SAT-prep platform OnePrep, expanding its product suite. The deal follows allegations of astroturfing and unethical marketing practices by RevisionDojo. Deal value was not disclosed.
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Deals•Dec 29, 2025
Nvidia Takes $5B Stake in Intel Under September Agreement
Nvidia has purchased a $5 billion minority stake in Intel, acquiring about 214.7 million shares at $23.28 per share, as disclosed in a filing on Dec 29, 2025. The deal, first announced in September, provides a financial lifeline for Intel and was cleared by...
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Deals•Dec 29, 2025
Co‑founder Michał Kiciński Acquires GOG From CD PROJEKT
GOG announced that co‑founder Michał Kiciński, also co‑founder of CD PROJEKT, has acquired the platform from CD PROJEKT. The deal aims to keep GOG independent and focused on DRM‑free, long‑term game preservation while allowing CD PROJEKT to concentrate on its core RPG development....
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Deals•Dec 24, 2025
Nvidia to Acquire AI Chip Startup Groq for $20B
Nvidia announced it will acquire Groq, a high‑performance AI accelerator chip designer, for approximately $20 billion in cash. The deal, Nvidia's largest ever, brings Groq's technology and team under the chipmaker as it expands its AI portfolio. The acquisition excludes Groq's...
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