#open-source

#open-source

I've been using open-source software for a very long time. In fact, the last time I didn't use open-source software, Bill Clinton was president of the US. Open-source software is available for nearly every operating system on the market, from desktops to phones, and I often find open-source apps are superior to their proprietary counterparts. If you're a Windows user, you don't have to remain locked into closed-source software, because there are so many alternatives from which you can choose.

Mission accomplished. From the State Chancellery and ministries to the judiciary, police, and other state authorities, our roughly 30,000 employees have embarked on a new path together. We want to become independent of large tech corporations and ensure digital sovereignty. Now we can also say: mission accomplished when it comes to email communication.

React, a popular open source JavaScript library for web and native user interfaces, will be transferred from Meta to the React Foundation, a new organization being formed under the Linux Foundation. The new foundation will be the home for React, React Native, and supporting projects. With the React Foundation, React's move to a neutral home helps ensure that React and React Native remain open, innovative, and community-led, said Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, in a statement.

On Friday Supabase announced that it raised a fresh $100 million Series E on a $5 billion valuation, led by Accel and Peak XV. This is just four months after closing its $200 million Series D on a $2 billion valuation, led by Accel, with Coatue. And that Series D was just seven months after raising an $80 million Series C led by Sequoia spinoff Peak XV and David Sacks' Craft Ventures at an undisclosed valuation.

On Tuesday, NordVPN subscribers received an email noting that the community's response to the news prompted the VPN provider to change its mind and keep Meshnet running. "Over the past month, many of you have spoken up about how much you value Meshnet, whether for tinkering with private networks, sharing files securely, or just gaming with friends," NordVPN's email reads. "Your passion made us take a hard look at our decision. So here's the update: We heard you. Meshnet is not going anywhere."

Legacy Update is a third-party Windows Update client which can update old, unsupported versions of Windows, from Windows 10 and 11 all the way back to Windows 2000. And now, Legacy Update version 1.12 is here, with a significant rewrite of one component to make it smaller and faster. It can fetch and install all the available updates for every 21st century version of Windows. It's also very handy for Windows XP and Windows 7.

Nvidia is open-sourcing Audio2Face, its AI-powered tool that generates realistic facial animations for 3D avatars - all based on audio input. The change means developers can now use the tool and its underlying framework to create realistic 3D characters for their games and apps. Nvidia's Audio2Face works by analyzing the "acoustic features" of a voice, allowing it to generate animation data that it maps to the 3D avatar's facial expressions and lip movement.

Snowflake, together with partners, is introducing the open-source initiative 'Open Semantic Interchange' (OSI). The initiative aims to create a standard for semantic metadata in AI and BI applications. The problem is ubiquitous in the modern data world. Every tool interprets business statistics differently, leading to confusion and undermining trust in AI-driven insights. As AI transforms the way companies use data, this challenge is only growing.

EPAM is building its DIAL platform to become one of the most advanced enterprise AI orchestration systems in operation. With its recent DIAL 3.0 release, it addresses how to harness AI at scale without sacrificing governance, cost control, or transparency. We spoke with Arseny Gorokh, VP of AI Enablement & Growth at EPAM, about the platform. DIAL might not be the most known technology out there, but it has some history to build on.

Around 70 members of the team behind the open source database have been shown the door as part of Oracle's latest round of redundancies, according to one high-level source in the MySQL community. Michael "Monty" Widenius, who co-authored the original MySQL in the 1990s, posted that he was "Heartbroken to hear about the widespread layoffs at MySQL last week, and while I'm not surprised that Oracle is going in this direction with MySQL, it still saddens me that it's come to this."

After years of unofficial copies of Microsoft's 6502 BASIC floating around on the internet, the software giant has released the code under an open-source license. 6502 BASIC was one of Microsoft's first pieces of software, adapted in 1976 by Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates and early employee Ric Weiland to run on the 6502 CPU that powered the Apple II, Atari 2600, Nintendo Entertainment System, and Commodore 8-bit series.

"Solo.io is a cloud connectivity company. Its main cloud products are Gloo Gateway, a cloud-native API gateway built on Envoy, and Gloo Mesh, which aims to simplify Istio service mesh management for Kubernetes. And, of course, there are the inevitable AI-related products. When we spoke to Levine, Solo.io had just announced an MCP gateway for kgateway (described by the company as "the ecosystem's most mature and widely deployed cloud-native API gateway"). Most recently, the company announced that it had donated agentgateway to the Linux Foundation."

Under the MIT license, developers get maximum freedom in using DocumentDB. They can choose between PostgreSQL interfaces for stronger JSON support or MongoDB compatibility for existing expertise. "We are committed to 100% compatibility with MongoDB drivers," Microsoft emphasizes. This developer-first mentality is also reflected in the simple implementation. It takes less than a minute to get DocumentDB up and running. Contributing to the project takes even less time, which keeps the barrier to entry low.

LF Networking has announced Essedum Release 1.0, a modular open source platform designed to accelerate the integration of AI into network applications. The platform supports data connections, pipeline management, and model implementation for both on-premise and cloud environments. Essedum 1.0 includes several core features. Connections provide communication links between software systems to enable data exchange. Datasets support the import and management of data from various sources, including storage buckets, MySQL databases, and REST APIs.

These changes improve PyPI's overall account security posture, making it harder for attackers to exploit expired domain names to gain unauthorized access to accounts.

Mu's core maintainers have decided to retire the project due to reduced time and resources, with many alternatives available in the beginner coding environment.

Wassette is a new open source tool that allows developers to assemble lightweight Model Context Protocol servers using WebAssembly components, enhancing AI-driven functionalities.

We have 5 major American companies vigorously competing on frontier models. This brings out the best in everyone and helps America win the AI race.

The UK state is likely on the hook for nigh on £9 billion over five years in Microsoft licenses. This alarming amount indicates significant financial concerns in digital governance.

Gemini CLI is an open-source AI assistant from Google, designed for terminal use, enabling developers to interact with the Gemini 2.5 Pro language model seamlessly in their command line workflows.

"We are excited for the world to be building on an open AI stack created in the United States, based on democratic values, available for free to all and for wide benefit," Altman said in a statement.