Analysis The open-source landscape is buzzing with impactful stories this week, from Chinese AI models making Silicon Valley take notice to NVIDIA’s DLSS finally coming to Linux via an open-source driver. The debate over banning open-source AI intensifies, while security patches for NGINX and innovative open-source projects for drone detection and privacy mapping show the … Read more
The Heart of Open Source: Community and Controversy This week’s digest dives into the vibrant, sometimes contentious, world of open source. From the perennial distro debate to the ethics of AI in engineering, we see a community grappling with identity, contribution, and the future of tech. The Linux Cast argues that distros do matter for … Read more
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‘Independence Day’ brilliantly blended classic sci-fi tropes, while remakes like ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’ faltered, proving how difficult it is to reimagine alien invasion lore effectively. #SciFiMovies #AlienInvasion #MovieAnalysis #FilmTropes
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Top Stories This week’s open-source news is a whirlwind of innovation and caution. NVIDIA’s open-source NVK Vulkan driver now supports DLSS, a huge win for Linux gamers. Meanwhile, soaring AI costs are pushing interest toward open-source models, with Chinese firms leading the charge. On the security front, F5 patched critical NGINX flaws, highlighting the need … Read more
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Scammers are getting smarter every day. So we challenged student developers from four Kenyan universities to build a solution that could help stop scams in just 4 hours.
No extra time. No second chances.
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After introducing Codex, it grew to more than 10,000 active users and became one of the largest internal community in just a few months."
We chatted with Hiroaki Sato, Head of the AI CoE at NTT DATA who gave us insight into all of the new ways his technical and non-tech teams are leveraging Codex.
His Sales teams uses Codex to automate tasks like customer list maintenance, which has created net new workflows and report creation that used to take 2 days now takes 30 min 💥
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PostgreSQL is more than just a database—it’s one of the world’s largest and most successful open source communities. This session explores the history of the PostgreSQL community, how it evolved over decades, and the many ways contributors help shape its future.
Learn how developers, maintainers, documentation writers, testers, and community members collaborate to drive innovation in PostgreSQL. Whether you’re a database professional, open source contributor, or aspiring community member, this talk offers insights into the people, processes, and culture behind one of the most influential open source projects in technology.
Discover how you can get involved, contribute to PostgreSQL, and become part of a global community that continues to power mission-critical applications around the world.
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John Gruber explains his long-standing decision to use DaringFireball.net instead of .com. Registered both in the early 2000s, he viewed .com for companies and .net as the neutral internet domain. The .com has redirected to .net for 24 years. #DaringFireball #DomainNames #WebHistory #Tech
