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// Tech news at terminal velocity

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The Great Deprecation: Animate & Model S

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Adobe officially kills Animate (née Flash) to pivot hard into AI.

Tesla retires the Model S after a 14-year run that defined the EV era.

Notepad++ users beware: a 6-month supply chain attack left a backdoor wide open.

Headlines & Launches

⚰️ Adobe Animate is Dead, Long Live AI

The software formerly known as Flash is officially shutting down sales on March 1st. Adobe is citing 'new platforms' (read: AI) as the reason, marking the final nail in the coffin for the tool that built the early internet.

Source: The Verge

🚗 Tesla Pulls the Plug on the Model S

After 14 years, the car that proved EVs could be cool is being discontinued. It’s the end of an era for the sedan that forced the entire auto industry to wake up and smell the lithium.

Source: The Verge

🤝 Musk Merges SpaceX and xAI

It’s official: Musk has combined his rocket company with his AI startup to create a 'vertically-integrated innovation engine.' Expect data centers in orbit and AI trained on star charts.

Source: TechCrunch

🚫 YouTube Blocks Mobile Browser Background Play

Google is closing the loophole that let mobile browser users listen to videos in the background without Premium. If you want to listen with your screen off, you'll have to pay up.

Source: The Verge

Deep Dives

🔓 Notepad++ Compromised for 6 Months

A suspected state-sponsored actor managed to backdoor the Notepad++ updater, leaving users exposed for half a year. If you've updated recently, you might want to check your system for unwanted guests.

Source: Ars Technica

⚛️ Table-Top Fusion Gets $29M Boost

Avalanche Energy is betting that fusion doesn't need to be building-sized. They've raised fresh funds for their 'lunchbox-sized' reactors, aiming to decentralize clean energy production.

Source: TechCrunch

🦠 The Rise of Viral AI Prompts

Security researchers are warning about 'Moltbook' and the concept of self-replicating prompts. It's not just about malicious code anymore; it's about prompts that trick models into spreading them further.

Source: Ars Technica

Engineering & Research

🦀 Minikv: Distributed Key-Value Store in Rust

A neat open-source project implementing Raft and an S3-compatible API. A great resource for anyone looking to understand distributed systems or Rust internals.

Source: GitHub

🔄 LNAI: Sync Your AI Configs

Stop copy-pasting your system prompts. LNAI lets you define your AI coding tool configurations once and sync them across Cursor, Claude, and Codex.

Source: GitHub

🤖 Maximizing Copilot's Agentic Capabilities

GitHub's engineering team dropped a guide on how to move beyond simple code completion. Learn how to architect Copilot to act more like an agent than a typewriter.

Source: GitHub Blog

Odds & Ends

💾 Floppinux: Linux on a Floppy in 2025

Because why not? A project that squeezes a functional Linux kernel and tools onto a single 1.44MB floppy disk. Nostalgia meets extreme optimization.

Source: Krzysztof Jankowski

🎮 Switch Overtakes DS as Best-Selling Nintendo Console

The hybrid console has officially sold over 155 million units, dethroning the dual-screen handheld. Mario is eating good tonight.

Source: The Verge

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