Thu, Jul 2, 2026
Tails 7.9.1 ships with Tor Browser 15.0.17, the only security patch on the wire. Coldcard released two firmware builds dated 2026-07-01, versions 1.4 and 5.5.1, with no public changelog detail. AI beat contributes four items: Hermes Agent 0.18.0, llama.cpp b9858, Elevenlabs Python SDK, and an Anthropic Sonnet 5 model announcement. Privacy tools add Cashu TS 5.0.0-rc.2 and ownCloud Android 4.8.2, which redacts cookie headers in logs and fixes infinite-edge bugs. Nostr entries are Ditto 2.24.0 and Applesauce Signers 6.2.2, which drops an encoded-entities dependency. Yubico published a blog post on NFC FIDO2 key support in Google Play Services.
Bitcoin
- Coldcard Firmware 2026-07-01T1728 1.4. Coldcard Firmware 2026-07-01T1728-v1.4.1Q
- Coldcard Firmware 2026-07-01T1730 5.5.1. Coldcard Firmware 2026-07-01T1730-v5.5.1
Nostr
- Ditto 2.24.0. Ditto v2.24.0
- Applesauce Signers 6.2.2. Replaces encoded-entities dependency with built-in nbunksec helper.
Freedom Tech
- Tails 7.9.1. Updates Tor Browser to 15.0.17.
Privacy
- Cashu TS 5.0.0-rc.2. Replace Math.random() subId with CSPRNG-backed UUID v7.
- ownCloud Android 4.8.2. Redacts cookie headers in logs, fixes infinite-edge UI bug.
- Google Play Services adds support for NFC-enabled FIDO2 security keys: How Yubico makes Android passkey authentication seamless. The continued global efforts behind passkey adoption represents one of the most exciting shifts in digital identity; Google recently took a big step forward an update to Google Play Services that allows account authen…
AI
- Hermes Agent 0.18.0. 370 contributors, 1,720 commits since 0.17.0.
- llama.cpp b9858. Uses Hugging Face primary split as model path.
- Product Jun 30, 2026 Introducing Claude Sonnet 5 Sonnet 5 delivers frontier performance across coding, agents, and professional work at scale.. Product Jun 30, 2026 Introducing Claude Sonnet 5 Sonnet 5 delivers frontier performance across coding, agents, and professional work at scale; From Anthropic News.
- Elevenlabs Python 2.56.0. Adds disable-auth parameter to speech engine.
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