When it Comes to Firmware, the FSF and Its Founder RMS Won the Argument (But Not the Fight, Yet)
“Xbox, like a lot of businesses that aren’t the core AI business, is being sunsetted."

3,300 Capsules Known to Lupa and Currently Accessible

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 25, 2026

"There are 4887 capsules. We successfully connected recently to 3296 of them." -Lupa statistics ("This page presents some statistics on the current state of the Gemini space. It has been updated on 2026-02-25 04:04:00Z.")

In recent days the total number of online/accessible Gemini capsules known to Lupa hovered around 3,300 and total flirted with 4.9k (almost 5,000 already). For comparison's sake, 3,200 (3.2k) was 3 months ago. So it's growing - the net gain that is - by an average of about one per day.

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