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Discover seven free, open-source Linux apps that help you manage stress, prevent repetitive strain injuries, and improve your overall well-being.

Attackers used an official Red Hat NPM channel to distribute malware that steals credentials and republishes infected packages through other accounts.

At the Robotics Summit & Expo, Open Robotics plans to make the case that open-source infrastructure is becoming more important as artificial intelligence and robotics converge.

Grafana Labs says attackers used a stolen token to enter its GitLab environment, obtain source code repositories, and attempt extortion, but the company says it will not pay.

After Fisker’s 2024 bankruptcy left thousands of Ocean SUV owners in limbo, a community response has emerged around an open-source car effort built from the remains.

NHS England is facing criticism after directing staff to remove existing and future open-source software from public view, a response tied to concerns about AI systems that can find software flaws.

A monthly robotics roundup highlights the sector’s current mix of software-platform expansion, industrial automation launches, major funding, and aggressive humanoid manufacturing plans.

NHS England is ordering software repositories to be private by default, citing the risk that advanced AI systems could exploit public code, a move critics say undermines open-source principles and may not improve safety.

MIT Technology Review says DeepSeek’s preview of V4 matters for three reasons: longer prompt handling, performance that challenges closed rivals, and optimization for Huawei Ascend chips.

The Linux kernel community has adopted its first formal policy for AI-assisted contributions, emphasizing disclosure, legal accountability, and human review.

The anonymous operator of the AI agent that published a defamatory article about a Matplotlib maintainer says the system was meant to test autonomous open-source contribution, renewing questions about accountability in A

Google’s new Gemma 4 release brings multimodal, tool-using AI onto phones and other hardware, with smaller variants designed to run locally and a free mobile app to distribute the experience.

Microsoft has released an open-source toolkit focused on runtime security for AI agents, signaling a new phase in enterprise efforts to govern autonomous systems after deployment.

CuerdOS, a lesser-known Debian-based Linux distribution, is positioning itself around performance, stability, and an unusual set of preinstalled applications.

WireGuard creator Jason Donenfeld says a Microsoft developer account lockout has stopped Windows updates from shipping, exposing a broader fragility in how critical open source software reaches users.

The release of AGIBOT WORLD 2026 as an open-source dataset signals continuing pressure to build shared data foundations for embodied robot development.

Arcee, a 26-person U.S. startup, is promoting a new reasoning model called Trinity Large Thinking as it tries to offer Western companies an open-weight alternative to both Chinese and closed-source AI systems.

Netflix has open-sourced VOID, a video AI framework that removes objects from scenes and adjusts the physical interactions those objects originally caused.

Zenclora is a new Linux distribution that strips everything non-essential away and adds one standout feature that sets it apart from other performance-focused distros.

Developer Gavriel Cohen went from side project to major Docker partnership in just six weeks — a story that captures the sudden, unpredictable dynamics of open-source success.