Last Week in Plain English
Sunil SandhuA weekly dose of tech news, a fascinating global news roundup, with a few unique stories mixed into the concoction.
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GitHub Is Falling Apart Before Our Very Eyes.
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How FIFA Flunked Web Security 101 During the World Cup
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GPT-5.6 Is Here, but the US Gov Decides Who Gets to Use It.
OpenAI launched GPT-5.6—but you can't use it until the White House says so. Anthropic accuses Alibaba of distillation heist. Asia now has its own Mythos.
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Software Engineer turned Serial Entrepreneur. I write a highly opinionated weekly roundup of the week in tech, programming, software development, and AI. My company, In Plain English, empowers people with accessible, educational media.
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