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// Tech news at terminal velocity
cat 2026-03-13.md
$ cat TLDR.md
▸ • OpenClaw shatters GitHub records, hitting 310K stars in 60 days and dethroning React as developers flock to local-first AI agents.
▸ • Sweden's e-government platform suffers a massive source code leak following a compromised infrastructure breach.
▸ • Apple quietly slashes its App Store fees in China to 25% in a bid to keep regulators at bay.
In just 60 days, a local-first AI agent framework called OpenClaw has surpassed React to become the most-starred project on GitHub with over 310,000 stars. Built by a solo developer, it runs entirely on your machine, proving that developers are officially exhausted by cloud-dependent, vendor-locked AI.
Apple is trimming its App Store commission in China from the standard 30% down to 25% starting March 15th. The move comes after 'discussions with the Chinese regulator,' which is corporate speak for 'please don't hit us with an antitrust hammer.'
Sales automation startup Rox AI, founded just two years ago by a former New Relic executive, has reportedly hit a $1.2 billion valuation. They're pitching an AI-native alternative to traditional CRM tools, because apparently, we all still collectively hate Salesforce.
After selling his AI startup to AMD for $665 million, Peter Sarlin is back with QuTwo. The new venture is building the enterprise infrastructure that companies will supposedly need when quantum computing finally arrives and breaks all our current encryption.
The full source code for Sweden's e-government platform has reportedly leaked onto the dark web following a compromise of CGI Sverige's infrastructure. It's a stark reminder that digitizing an entire nation's bureaucracy creates a very juicy, centralized target for threat actors.
A fascinating deep dive traces over $2 billion in nonprofit grants and lobbying efforts across 45 states pushing for age-verification bills. It turns out the sudden legislative push to ID-gate the internet isn't exactly a grassroots movement, but a highly coordinated and well-funded campaign.
A new report highlights how AI-powered children's toys are misreading kids' emotions and responding inappropriately. It turns out strapping a stochastic parrot to a teddy bear and hoping it acts like a licensed child psychologist might not be the best product strategy.
If you've ever stared blankly at FFmpeg documentation trying to remember how to extract audio without re-encoding, fftool is here to save you. It's a slick Terminal UI written in Go that actually shows you the exact command it's going to run before executing it.
Google is officially bringing Chrome to ARM64 Linux machines in Q2 2026. After supporting Arm Macs in 2020 and Windows on Arm in 2024, Linux users on Arm hardware will finally get native support without jumping through Chromium hoops.
GitHub is using AI to automate the triage of accessibility feedback, turning a chaotic backlog of user reports into actionable, rapid resolutions. It's a practical look at using LLMs for issue classification rather than just code generation.
A new web app called Channel Surfer lets you watch YouTube like it's old-school cable TV, complete with a retro TV guide interface. Perfect for when the algorithm's infinite scroll gives you decision paralysis and you just want to see what's on channel 4.
Truecaller's new feature lets you become the admin of a family group, alerting you to fraud calls and even letting you hang up on scammers on behalf of your relatives. Finally, a technical solution to the 'grandma is buying iTunes gift cards for the IRS' problem.