Free tax filing tool Direct File is getting the open source treatment
Ensuring the software's survival
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Microsoft brings the MS-DOS text editor back from the dead, sort of
A simple, command line-based text editor written in Rust, with no AI slop in sight
Europe prepares trial for Open Web Index to reduce reliance on Google and Bing
The public index would facilitate the creation of new search engines outside of current crawlers
Evertop DIY PC will give you hundreds of hours of DOS fun on a single charge
A retro system that goes big on peripheral support, not so much on raw CPU performance
Open source AI is the new Linux, only faster
Matt Asay says DeepSeek didn't just launch, but it sparked a global AI open source movement
Ubisoft Chroma helps developers simulate color blindness across all game engines
Making games more inclusive for 300 million players with color blindness
Nvidia open-sources PhysX engine, including GPU kernel code
Resourceful developers can now port the technology to multi-core CPUs or competing GPUs
Google confirms Android development will soon become fully private
The OS will still remain open source, for now
France and Germany unveil Docs, a homegrown alternative to Google Docs
In a push for digital independence, Europe debuts its own collaboration tool
New Audacity update resolves key bugs in audio effects and silence trimming
Open-source audio editing software Audacity has released version 3.7.3 addressing two key bugs: incorrect results when applying effects to multiple clips and a malfunction in the Truncate Silence feature.
China ramps up homegrown RISC-V push to break free from x86 and Arm
New initiative aims to promote nationwide open-source RISC-V adoption
WordPress dispute escalates with class action lawsuit over blocked updates
WordPress user is alleging Automattic and founder Matt Mullenweg abused their control over the ecosystem
EA releases Command & Conquer source code, boosting modding capabilities
Every entry is now open-source except Tiberian Sun and Red Alert 2
Hidden backdoor in Go package remained undetected for years
A caching proxy server owned by Google turned into a significant security risk
Framework unveils $199 RISC-V laptop mainboard for open-source devs
You can pair it with the existing $399 modular laptop chassis
Google open-sources Pebble smartwatch software framework
Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky is eyeing a comeback
Oracle won't relinquish JavaScript trademark, so the JS community prepares for court battle
Yet another tech feud that could go on for years
Automattic retaliates against WP Engine with a significant reduction in free WordPress support
The feud around the web's most popular CMS is worsening
Judge orders WordPress parent company to stop blocking WP Engine
Fight over WordPress licensing profits intensifies
Useless security reports generated by AI are frustrating open-source maintainers
Code hallucinations are making some developers' life miserable
Most current AI tech is 90 percent marketing, says Linus Torvalds
And we tend to agree with the creator of Linux
Ploopy's open-source trackpad is extremely customizable, made for tinkerers
Right to repair on steroids
The ongoing feud between Wordpress and WP Engine is threatening open-source principles and good name
Matt Mullenweg cannot "own" the WordPress project, or the FOSS movement is done for
Winamp source code released, but with significant restrictions
You can read the code, but you cannot fork it
New "fair source" movement aims to bridge the gap between open source and proprietary licensing
Open source software isn't profitable enough and "proprietary" has negative associations