Interview with Lovable CEO Anton Osika on competition, staying in Europe, and more; the company now has 2.3M+ active users, including 180K paying subscribers (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)

Interview with Lovable CEO Anton Osika on competition, staying in Europe, and more; the company now has 2.3M+ active users, including 180K paying subscribers (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)

Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch : Interview with Lovable CEO Anton Osika on competition, staying in Europe, and more; the company now has 2.3M+ active users, including 180K paying subscribers —  Every seat in Copenhagen's Bella Center was full as Anton Osika, the co-founder of the vibe coding app Lovable, took the stage at this year's TechBBQ conference.

LaserPecker LP5 review: Expensive but solid laser engraving

LaserPecker LP5 review: Expensive but solid laser engraving

Obvious branding joke aside, the LaserPecker LP5 is a great laser engraving investment for a small Mac-centric Etsy business, but personalization does come at a hefty price. LaserPecker LP5 Review: Set up with the air purifier Like many people, I am an avid Etsy shop customer. I am a "Forever Gamemaster" for tabletop role playing games and I am always looking for fun and cool accessories to store dice, cards, and other little fun things. It's either buy it at markup from somebody else, or make it yourself. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

This Macintosh programming book library will take you back, even if you weren’t there for it

This Macintosh programming book library will take you back, even if you weren’t there for it

Over the weekend, Daring Fireball ’s John Gruber linked to a fantastic collection of early Macintosh programming books (via Michael Tsai ). It is a carefully assembled catalog of more than 150 books from as early as 1983, covering everything from AppleSoft BASIC, to gaming programming for the Mac. Even if you weren’t around for any of that, believe me: this will be worth your time. more…

TrendForce: global foundry revenue surged 14.6% QoQ to $41.7B in Q2, with TSMC securing a 70% market share, followed by Samsung with 7% and SMIC with 5% (Luke James/Tom's Hardware)

TrendForce: global foundry revenue surged 14.6% QoQ to $41.7B in Q2, with TSMC securing a 70% market share, followed by Samsung with 7% and SMIC with 5% (Luke James/Tom's Hardware)

Luke James / Tom's Hardware : TrendForce: global foundry revenue surged 14.6% QoQ to $41.7B in Q2, with TSMC securing a 70% market share, followed by Samsung with 7% and SMIC with 5% —  China's SMIC also takes a 1.7% hit.  —  The second quarter of 2025 was a windfall for the world's chipmakers, with international …

Tokyo-based LayerX, which uses AI to help enterprises automate back-office workload, raised a $100M Series B led by TCV, taking its total funding to $192.2M (Kate Park/TechCrunch)

Tokyo-based LayerX, which uses AI to help enterprises automate back-office workload, raised a $100M Series B led by TCV, taking its total funding to $192.2M (Kate Park/TechCrunch)

Kate Park / TechCrunch : Tokyo-based LayerX, which uses AI to help enterprises automate back-office workload, raised a $100M Series B led by TCV, taking its total funding to $192.2M —  Aging demographics, labor shortages, the adoption of GenAI, and the 2023 implementation of e-invoicing are driving companies to automate finance …

WLFI, the token of the Trump family's World Liberty Financial, falls 25% to about $0.21 on its first day of trading, giving it a market cap of around $6B (Nikou Asgari/Financial Times)

WLFI, the token of the Trump family's World Liberty Financial, falls 25% to about $0.21 on its first day of trading, giving it a market cap of around $6B (Nikou Asgari/Financial Times)

Nikou Asgari / Financial Times : WLFI, the token of the Trump family's World Liberty Financial, falls 25% to about $0.21 on its first day of trading, giving it a market cap of around $6B —  WLFI tokens in circulation have a total nominal value of $6.4bn  —  The crypto token of a project backed by US President Donald Trump fell on its first day of trading on Monday.