Tuesday/Mardi June/Juin 16, 2026
Geeks, Nerds & Otakus Edition
Tuesday, June 16, 2026 — Mardi 16 Juin 2026
What's up, everybody! It's Tuesday (Mardi), June (Juin) 16, 2026 — and on Tuesdays we celebrate the Geeks, the Nerds, the Otakus, the Intellos, and the Strebers. This one's for all of you.
Today is also a special one for me personally: France Quantum 2026 is happening right now at Station F in Paris, and I'm watching the coverage closely as a proud supporter of French tech sovereignty. On top of that, I'm currently a candidate for La French Tech SF — so today's edition is a little celebration of both. 🇫🇷🇺🇸
A new episode of "Coffee with Zaki" VLOG in French is coming later this week — stay tuned.
🇫🇷 Spotlight: France Quantum & French Tech Sovereignty
Live from Station F today, OVHcloud — Europe's leading cloud provider and a co-founding member of France Quantum — announced a partnership with Welinq to build the quantum datacenters of tomorrow. Welinq's technology allows homogeneous or heterogeneous clusters of quantum computers to work alongside classical resources, with the goal of connecting and orchestrating machines built on different qubit technologies into one flexible infrastructure.
And in a separate but related win for French digital sovereignty: ChapsVision has reportedly replaced Palantir as the provider for France's domestic intelligence agency, the DGSI — a meaningful signal about Europe building its own critical infrastructure rather than renting it.
Breaking: OVHcloud partners with Welinq to build the quantum datacenters of tomorrow
The full announcement straight from the France Quantum stage, with replay available soon.
View the announcement →ChapsVision remplace le géant américain Palantir auprès de la DGSI
Une victoire symbolique pour la souveraineté numérique française — la DGSI choisit une solution domestique plutôt qu'américaine.
Lire l'article complet →🤖 AI & Anthropic Corner
What people actually want from AI, what it's costing to run, and who's building open alternatives.
What 81,000 people want from AI
A genuinely fascinating dataset on how a huge cross-section of users actually think about and use AI day to day.
Read the full piece →'Pretty Crazy' Token Usage Is Testing Bosses' Bet on AI
A Silicon Valley software maker and an ecommerce company open up about navigating the real-world cost curve of running AI at scale — "tokenomics" is officially a budgeting headache now.
Read the full piece →MiMo Code Is the Open Source Answer to Claude Code open-source
A new open-source coding agent positions itself as an alternative in the agentic-coding space.
DevOps.com →An explosion of AI deepfakes is redefining American elections policy
Axios on the accelerating use of synthetic media in campaign advertising.
Axios →Research into how AI can help users understand skin conditions health-tech
Google Research shares progress on AI-assisted dermatology tools.
Google Research →AI Agents Are Shopping. Is Your Brand Getting Noticed? commerce
Salesforce's tips for staying visible as agentic commerce becomes a bigger slice of how people shop.
Salesforce — The 360 Blog →💻 Tech & Software Roundup
Browser updates, supply-chain scares, and what's new on Android.
Firefox 152 Adds JPEG XL Support, Redesigned Settings
A solid quality-of-life update for Firefox users.
Slashdot →Attackers hijacked over 1,500 Arch Linux packages to steal developers' secrets security
A sobering supply-chain attack that required no actual hacking — just compromised package infrastructure. Worth a read for anyone running Arch or AUR packages.
TheNextWeb →June Android Drop: New personalization and safety features are here
Google's latest Android feature drop, straight from the source.
Google Blog →This Week in Tech 1088 — Model Not Available podcast
The latest episode of the long-running TWIT roundtable.
TWIT →💼 On My Radar — Career Corner
A geeky aside that's also personal: still on the PM/BA search, and this one caught my eye.
SAP Business Data Cloud: Trusted Data for Business AI
SAP is one of the companies on my own target list as I continue my PM/BA search — Data Analysis and Project Management certs in hand, looking for the right fit. This video on SAP's Business Data Cloud caught my attention as exactly the kind of enterprise-AI-meets-data-governance work I'd want to be part of. #IwantToWorkAtSAP #Neurodivergent
Watch on YouTube →🛸 Geek & Otaku Culture
For the Intellos and the Strebers — the bigger, weirder questions.
The real disclosure day: The protocols for announcing extraterrestrial intelligence
A genuinely fascinating look at the actual scientific protocols that would govern an announcement of contact — less Hollywood, more careful process.
Read the full piece →In Praise of Leisure
Lapham's Quarterly makes a thoughtful case for the value of unstructured time — a good reminder for any of us buried in deadlines.
Lapham's Quarterly →191 World Changing Ideas for 2026
Fast Company's sprawling annual list of innovations worth knowing about.
Fast Company →🍔 Food & Fun Quick Hits
Because even geeks need a snack break.
McDonald's is bringing back its fried apple pie for the first time in over 30 years
A genuine nostalgia moment for anyone who remembers the original.
Quartz →The Full List of James Beard Awards 2026 Restaurant and Chef Winners
This year's full honoree list, fresh off the ceremony.
Eater →The Summer of Lemonade Is Here — and Brands Are Racing to Cash In
From Poppi to Bero, beverage brands are betting big on lemonade this summer.
Inc. →These Are The Top 10 Chicken Franchises in 2026
Entrepreneur's annual ranking for anyone eyeing the franchise life.
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Until Next Time / À Bientôt — Zaki Qayoumi aka "Zack" 🌰 #GoBucks 🇫🇷🇺🇸