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Daily Brief Thu, Jun 18, 2026 2 min read

Mixed day: AI, privacy comms, Lightning swap patch

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Privacy

  • Mullvad VPN Android 2026.7. Fixes DAITA performance degradation when used with multihop, upgrade if running that combination.
  • Logseq Desktop app Nightly Release 20260617. This is a nightly release of the Logseq desktop app.
  • Delta Chat Android 2.53.0. Use message style notifications for longer message previews Remove notification after audio playback ends do not allow blocked contacts to use our invite links Fix sending mini-app that was used/prepared before s.
  • Mullvad Browser 15.0.16. Rebase onto Firefox 140.12.0esr; includes uBlock Origin 1.71.0 and NoScript 13.6.24.1984.
  • SimpleX Chat 6.5.5. New in 6.5.5: - Initial support for supporter badges - Fix file names without an extension saved with a trailing dot - Shorter "close to tray" setting (desktop) Commits: - simplex-chat-nodejs: bump libraries ( 7042) -...
  • Signal Desktop 8.16.0-beta.1. - We fixed a bug in the sticker creator that displayed the interface in the wrong language.

AI

  • NanoClaw 2.1.17. Rollup release covering v2.1.1 through v2.1.17 - every package.json bump merged since the v2.1.0 tag.
  • llama.cpp b9697. ci : fix check-release message parsing ( 24751) macOS/iOS: - macOS Apple Silicon (arm64) - macOS Apple Silicon (arm64, KleidiAI enabled) DISABLED - macOS Intel (x64) - iOS XCFramework Linux: - Ubuntu x64 (CPU) - Ubunt...
  • Elevenlabs Js 2.53.1. fix Restore optional values in DynamicVariablesConfig records (2.53.1).
  • Kimi Code 0.17.1. Patch Changes 861 bd09795 - Prevent the web login dialog from closing when clicking the backdrop.
  • Client Python 2.4.12. Generated CLI 2026-06-17 12:47:32 Changes Based on: OpenAPI Doc Speakeasy CLI 1.763.6 (2.884.13) Generated python v2.4.12.

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