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Daily Brief Mon, May 18, 2026 2 min read

Mon, May 18, 2026

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  • gopass 1.17.0-rc.1. Release candidate with larger-than-usual changes and potential breaking behavior. Test before upgrading production password stores.
  • Nitrokey App 2 2.7.1. Fixes firmware update for NK3xN devices. Upgrade if running those models.
  • haveno 1.4.0. Adds WebTunnel support for Tor connectivity. Useful if direct Tor connections are blocked.
  • Whirlpool.Observer 1.0.2. Enhance Docker workflow for multi-architecture support Added support for multi-architecture builds and QEMU setup.
  • Notesnook Desktop 3.3.19. Read about what's new in Notesnook Desktop v3.3.19 on Notesnook's blog.
  • Logseq Desktop app Nightly Release 20260515. This is a nightly release of the Logseq desktop app.
  • VeraCrypt 1.26.28. Use "unmount" instead of "dismount" in scripts and in text shown to the user All platforms: Update logo icons in.

AI

  • koboldcpp 1.113.1. Breaking change: split mode now set independently to accommodate experimental tensor split. Existing launch scripts may need adjustment.
  • Qwen Code 0.15.11-nightly.20260518.f44ed0941. Wrap markdown links in OSC 8 so wrapped URLs stay clickable; normalize cumulative OpenAI stream deltas to suffixes.
  • HelixML 2.11.10. 2.11.10; only pull experimental desktop images when enabled.
  • openclaw 2026.5.16-beta.3. Changes - Providers/xAI: add xAI Grok OAuth login for SuperGrok subscribers, letting xai/ models and xAI media/tool providers authenticate without XAI API KEY .
  • Hermes Agent 0.14.0. Hermes Agent v0.14.0 (v2026.5.16) Release Date: May 16, 2026 Since v0.13.0: 808 commits 633 merged PRs 1393 files changed 165,061 insertions 545 issues closed (12 P0, 50 P1) 215 community contributors (including co-au...
  • NanoClaw 2.0.63. First properly published release.
  • Venice MCP Server 0.1.2-alpha. Changes - Expanded venice video generate inputs to cover full POST /v1/video/queue schema: - video url - video-to-video input (Seedance 2.0 R2V, upscale models) - reference video urls - up to 3 reference clips for mot...
  • llama.cpp b9209. sycl: scalar SWAR byte-subtract in Q6 K MMVQ dot product ( 22156) Signed-off-by: Chun Tao Co-authored-by: Chun Tao macOS/iOS: - macOS Apple Silicon (arm64) - macOS Apple Silicon (arm64, KleidiAI enabled) - macOS Intel...
  • Cli 1.0.14. Decode SSE audio stream for music and speech; register file commands, fix endpoints, harden SSE & region validation.
  • Xai Sdk Python 1.13.0. Add prepare extension() for batch video extension.

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