Terminator

IEEE Spectrum has published a retrospective on the Bloomberg terminal, the financial data workstation that has linked Wall Street professionals since the early 1980s. The piece traces how Michael Bloomberg's company turned specialized market data hardware and software into one of finance's most essential and enduring tools, and readers are discussing its legacy and continued dominance.

Developer Pablo Stanley has released Yoinks, a TypeScript command-line tool that lets users download videos directly from the terminal. The project, hosted on GitHub, promotes itself as a straightforward downloader with no embedded ads or bundled junk. It is drawing attention among developers who prefer lightweight, scriptable utilities over ad-laden downloader websites.

A technical write-up details how a FIX protocol trading terminal can be built around a core written in Rust, covering session recovery, the depth-of-market ladder, and evidence that a vendor has produced a working implementation. The piece is drawing interest from developers in finance and systems programming circles who are weighing Rust for low-latency, reliability-critical trading infrastructure.

Catholic parishes are installing contactless payment terminals so worshippers can make collections donations by card, phone or smartwatch during Mass, as fewer people carry cash. National Catholic Register reports on the spread of tap-to-give technology in churches and the debate over whether electronic giving fits traditional worship.

Sergio Garcia is reportedly seeking to terminate his LIV Golf contract, according to Today's Golfer. The Spanish golfer was one of the high-profile names who joined the Saudi-backed circuit after leaving the PGA Tour, so any move to exit would be a significant development in golf's ongoing split. Details of his reasons were not included in the coverage collected, and LIV Golf has not been quoted responding to the report.

A Medicare Advantage plan is terminating at the end of the year, and the enrollee must find new coverage. Under federal rules, losing an Advantage plan triggers guaranteed issue rights, meaning Medigap Plan G must accept him without medical underwriting. Plan N, however, may still use health questions about his past heart attack when deciding whether to sell him the policy.

OpenBB, an open-source project aiming to build a free alternative to the Bloomberg terminal, has shut down after years of development. Bloomberg's terminal, a long-standing network for finance professionals that predates the public internet, remains part of what one commenter describes as a duopoly in market data infrastructure. Observers are pointing to the shutdown as a sign of how hard it is to unseat entrenched financial data platforms.

A fleet of humanoid robots has been decommissioned by dropping them into molten steel, an end described as a wild, Terminator-style leap. The unusual disposal method for retired robots is drawing attention for its dramatic resemblance to the famous scene from the Terminator films, where machines are destroyed in a vat of molten metal.

Australia is considering terminating a $2.3 billion immigration detention contract, according to Politico. The move would affect the private operation of detention facilities and marks a potential shift in how the government manages immigration detention. Details on the contractor and the government's reasoning have not yet been made public, and observers are watching whether Canberra will follow through on scrapping the agreement.

The Terminal Tribune reports that a tip arrived at its newsroom last week, and that the outlet has since focused on what the tip withheld rather than what it said. No details about the tip's subject, source, or findings have been published, and the paper says the gaps in the information are what have occupied its journalists since it arrived.

Georgia Ports Authority's chief executive says a berth at the Ocean Terminal in Savannah is now ready to handle some of the largest container ships calling in the Americas. The announcement points to expanded capacity for big vessels at the busy US East Coast port, which has been investing heavily in terminal upgrades to stay competitive with other Atlantic gateways.

Images of the PX store at Kabul's military terminal from 2012 are circulating, showing the shop where NATO troops once bought t-shirts and souvenirs, including 4XL sizes. The snapshots offer a nostalgic look at everyday life on the base, prompting memories among veterans and observers of the international mission in Afghanistan.