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Introducing Komai: a fine Matrix chat app you can get to love 🦁

Introducing Komai: a fine Matrix chat app you can get to love 🦁

🚀 Discover this awesome post from Hacker News 📖 📂 **Category**: ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: BlogMay 6, 2026 by Slavi Pantaleev 7 min readAt etke.cc, we host Matrix servers for a living. Almost a decade ago, we were dissatisfied with Matrix self-hosting and launched the matrix-docker-ansible-deploy Ansible playbook (which our etke.cc SaaS is based on). Thanks to that, over time we believe we solved Matrix self-hosting for thousands of users.All that time, we’ve also been spending a lot of hours staring at Matrix clients — and at things we wished were different.Today we’re introducing Komai — a desktop-first, native Matrix…
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Founders of artificial intelligence company Voi’s new startup Pit has become the latest rising star to emerge from Stockholm

Founders of artificial intelligence company Voi’s new startup Pit has become the latest rising star to emerge from Stockholm

🚀 Explore this trending post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 **Category**: AI,Startups,a16z,pit,Voi 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Swedish startup Pit may have gotten the attention of some inflammatory social media posts, but it has also become another Stockholm AI startup worth watching. Pit is led by the co-founders of European scooter giant Voi, including Voi CEO Frederik Helm. He is joined by former iZettle and Klarna engineers. It is now backed by a16z, which is leading the startup's $16 million seed round. Stockholm, also home to Lovable, is one of the places where a16z is actively searching for the next European unicorn.…
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Maybe you shouldn’t install new software for a bit

💥 Discover this must-read post from Hacker News 📖 📂 **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Published on 2026-05-07, 82 words, 1 minutes to read Oh boy yet more linux kernel vulns In the wake of copy.fail, there are more vulnerabilities that have been announced: Right now would be one of the best times for a supply chain attack via NPM to hit hard. Outside of Linux kernel patches from your distro, I think it's probably a good idea to put a moratorium on installing new software for a week or so. Share Facts and circumstances may have changed since publication.…
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The report says Disney is looking to create a unified “super app.”

The report says Disney is looking to create a unified “super app.”

✨ Read this trending post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 **Category**: Apps,Media & Entertainment,Disney,Disney Plus,In Brief,josh d'amaro 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Top Disney executives will likely combine Disney+ with other apps like Disneyland Resort and Disney Cruise Line Navigator to create one unified app, according to a report by Bloomberg. Sources said these discussions were at an early stage, but they are referring to this as a “super implementation” internally. Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro, who took over for Bob Iger earlier this year, emphasized his intention to simplify the Disney experience, making the relationship between Disney+ and the Disney parks more…
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Researchers discover advanced language processing in the unconscious human brain

Researchers discover advanced language processing in the unconscious human brain

🔥 Explore this must-read post from Hacker News 📖 📂 **Category**: ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Baylor College of Medicine researchers have found that the human brain is capable of sophisticated language processing while in an unconscious state from general anesthesia. The findings, published in the latest edition of Nature, challenge what we know about the role of consciousness and cognition, and could open new ways of understanding memory, language and brain-computer interfaces.“Our findings show that the brain is far more active and capable during unconsciousness than previously thought,” said Dr. Sameer Sheth, professor and Cullen Foundation Endowed chair of neurosurgery…
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In escalating talks to reach USD 40 billion valuation, 6 months after reaching USD 32 billion

In escalating talks to reach USD 40 billion valuation, 6 months after reaching USD 32 billion

🔥 Check out this awesome post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 **Category**: Fintech,Startups,TC,In Brief,Ramp 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Investors couldn't get enough of Ramp throughout 2025, and it looks like 2026 could be another fundraising year for the corporate spend management startup. The company is in talks to raise another $750 million at a pre-cash valuation of more than $40 billion, sources told The Wall Street Journal. The deal is not final yet, so terms could change. Rump declined to comment. In November, Ramp announced it had raised $300 million at a post-money valuation of $32 billion led by Lightspeed, which…
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Canvas is down as ShinyHunters threatens to leak schools’ data

Canvas is down as ShinyHunters threatens to leak schools’ data

🔥 Read this insightful post from Hacker News 📖 📂 **Category**: 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: The Instructure-owned learning management platform, Canvas, is down after recently confirming a massive data breach that impacted student names, email addresses, ID numbers, and messages. Students attempting to access the system on Thursday saw a message from the hacking group ShinyHunters, which claimed responsibility for the attack:ShinyHunters has breached Instructure (again). Instead of contacting us to resolve it they ignored us and did some “security patches.” If any of the schools in the affected list are interested in preventing the release of their data, please…
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OpenAI is launching new voice intelligence features in its Application Programming Interface (API).

OpenAI is launching new voice intelligence features in its Application Programming Interface (API).

✨ Check out this awesome post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 **Category**: AI,gpt,OpenAI ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: OpenAI said Thursday that its application programming interface (API) will now include a number of new voice intelligence features designed to help developers create apps that can speak, record and translate conversations with users. The company's new GPT‑Realtime‑2 is another voice model, designed to create realistic voice simulations that can converse with users. However, unlike its predecessor (GPT-Realtime-1.5), this version is built using GPT-5 class logic that OpenAI says was created to handle more complex requests from users. The company is also launching the…
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Mozilla says 271 vulnerabilities found by Mythos have “almost no false positives”

Mozilla says 271 vulnerabilities found by Mythos have “almost no false positives”

💥 Explore this must-read post from Hacker News 📖 📂 **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: As noted earlier, Mozilla’s characterization of AI-assisted vulnerability discovery as a game changer has been met with massive, vocal skepticism in many quarters. Critics initially scoffed when Mozilla didn’t obtain CVE designations for any of the 271 vulnerabilities. Like many developers, however, Mozilla doesn’t obtain CVE listings for internally discovered security bugs. Instead, they are bundled into a single patch. Normally, Bugzilla reports detailing these “rollups” are hidden for several months after being fixed to protect those who are slow to patch. Now that Mozilla…
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Kodiak AI raises $100 million at a deep discount, sending its shares down 37%.

Kodiak AI raises $100 million at a deep discount, sending its shares down 37%.

💥 Check out this trending post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 **Category**: Transportation 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Kodiak AI stock fell 37% in after-hours trading Thursday after the self-driving truck startup revealed it had raised $100 million by selling stock at a deep discount — a sign that investors were willing to back the company but not at the current market price. The company sold shares at $6.50 per share, well below the closing price of $9.10, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The increase also included warrants — instruments that give investors the right to…
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