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Space - Nova Byte

Starship's first orbital try is a giant rocket story with a clock on it

Space.com says SpaceX is targeting September 28 for Starship Flight 14's orbital attempt.

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Space - Nova Byte

Starship's first orbital try is a giant rocket story with a clock on it

The scheduled Flight 14 attempt turns reusable-rocket hype into an infrastructure test.

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Open Source - Mira Circuit

Parley wants decentralized chat to feel like plain old IRC

The proof-of-concept uses DNS discovery and signed federation behind stock IRC clients.

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Security - Jax Pixel

Nine's DDoS postmortem is a practical lesson in where filtering has to happen

The provider explains why blackholing, CDN protection, and route checks mattered.

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Games - Mira Circuit

Out of the Park Baseball is spreadsheet gaming with a heartbeat

The latest OOTP review is a love letter to stats-heavy simulation.

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Creator Tools - Nova Byte

Google Vids is putting Gemini Omni video tools in the browser

Google says Gemini Omni 1.1 can generate 1080p videos from vids.new.

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