Latest edition·Jul 16, 2026
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PixVerse raised a $439M Series C extension on July 13, 2026, valuing the Singapore AI video startup above $2 billion. Here's the deal, the founders, and how PixVerse's funding stacks up against Kling, Runway, and Luma.
Waqas Ahmed Waseer6 min readJul 16, 2026Latest
Claude Code hooks run shell commands or LLM prompts automatically at set points in Claude Code's lifecycle. What they do, the events, and hook vs skill.
Waqas Ahmed Waseer8 min read
CVE-2026-48282 is a CVSS 10.0 path-traversal flaw in Adobe ColdFusion that lets an unauthenticated attacker run code over the network. Adobe patched it June 30, 2026; it's already exploited and on CISA's KEV list. Here's what it is and how to respond.
Waqas Ahmed Waseer6 min read
How to set up a Caddy reverse proxy in 2026: install Caddy, write a three-line Caddyfile with automatic HTTPS, run it in Docker Compose, and know when Caddy beats Nginx, Traefik, or a Cloudflare Tunnel.
Waqas Ahmed Waseer8 min read
The best Perplexity AI alternatives in 2026: free Google Gemini and ChatGPT Search, privacy-first Kagi, and self-hosted Perplexica, ranked by real monthly cost, free-tier limits, and who each Perplexity AI alternative is for.
Waqas Ahmed Waseer8 min read
A full breakdown of OpenArt AI pricing in 2026 — every plan from $14 to $240/month, how credits really work, the commercial-rights catch, and how it compares to Midjourney and Leonardo AI.
Waqas Ahmed Waseer8 min read
Together AI raised an $800M Series C at an $8.3B valuation on July 1, 2026, led by Aramco Ventures. Here's what the neocloud's open-source inference bet means for AI founders and the 2026 funding market.
Waqas Ahmed Waseer6 min read
The best SpyFu alternatives in 2026, ranked by real monthly cost: SE Ranking, Mangools, Semrush, Ahrefs, Moz Pro, and free ad-library tools for competitor research.
Waqas Ahmed Waseer10 min read
Claude Code headless mode runs the agent non-interactively via -p. How to script, schedule, and automate it in 2026: output, permissions, auth, CI/CD.
Waqas Ahmed Waseer8 min read
Januscape (CVE-2026-53359) is a 16-year-old use-after-free in Linux KVM's shadow MMU that lets a guest VM escape to the host on Intel and AMD. Here's how the flaw works, who's exposed, and the patched kernel versions to deploy now.
Waqas Ahmed Waseer7 min readComparison
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