Open Source News: Security, AI, Events & More

Open Source News: Security, AI, Events & More

Events and Community Rencontres R 2026 will take place in Nantes, France. Save the date for this R language conference. Wiki for Human Rights, LGBTIQ+ Nigeria held training sessions in February and March. Recap available. Wiki Loves Libya documents Libyan heritage and promotes diversity. Learn how to contribute. Products That Count announced 2026 CPO Awards … Read more

Open Source Rises: From AI to DOS, Community Momentum Builds

Open Source Rises: From AI to DOS, Community Momentum Builds

Insights The open source landscape is experiencing a dynamic shift, with major players both embracing and challenging the ethos. While Meta’s move to a proprietary AI model (Muse Spark) raises questions about corporate commitment, other developments signal a strong counter-current. Pinterest’s cost-driven switch to open-source models underscores the economic viability, and Microsoft’s release of ancient … Read more

Open Source Builds, AI Agents & Finance: Weekly Digest

Open Source Builds, AI Agents & Finance: Weekly Digest

Building Your Own Future: From Tractors to Housing This week’s digest showcases a powerful trend: the open source movement is moving beyond software to tackle physical infrastructure and global challenges. Open Source Ecology demonstrates that with published schematics and guides, anyone can build 50 types of machines needed for civilization—from tractors to houses. Their recent … Read more

Expensive Equipment? Build Your Own! (via Open Source Ecology)

Expensive Equipment? Build Your Own! (via Open Source Ecology)

Video by OpenSourceLowTech via YouTube
Expensive Equipment? Build Your Own! (via Open Source Ecology)

I’m starting to share selected work from other groups and organisations through this channel, where it overlaps with OpenSourceLowTech’s focus on practical, buildable systems, open knowledge, and useful infrastructure, in order to get their work in front of a wider audience.

This one is from Marcin Jakubowski of Open Source Ecology.
https://github.com/OpenSourceEcology/LifeTrac/

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https://www.youtube.com/@marcinose
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Equipment too expensive? Build your own.

Don’t know how?

We’ve already published the schematics, guides and everything else you’d need to build many of the 50 machines needed to build civilisation.

Now we are using the same open source philosophy that helped us build these machines to construct houses in 5 days.

We hope to solve the housing crisis and train people across the world how to build these homes for themselves or for others!

If you want to learn more check out our Builders Crash Course at learn.opensourceecology.org

#machinery #offgrid #diy #engineering #construction #housebuilding #building

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Bring your work into Codex in a few clicks

Bring your work into Codex in a few clicks

Video by OpenAI via YouTube
Bring your work into Codex in a few clicks

Codex helps teams connect the apps they already use, bring over their setup, and start seeing the magic happen right away.

In this quick demo, you’ll see how to:
* personalize Codex for your role
* import tools, projects, skills, and recent chats
* connect apps like Google Calendar, Gmail, Drive, Slack, Figma, Notion, and more
* turn scattered work context into a customer meeting brief

A few clicks, and you’re ready to go!

Learn more: https://chatgpt.com/codex/for-work/

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Why Toronto is the Global Hub for Financial AI

Why Toronto is the Global Hub for Financial AI

Video by FINOS via YouTube
Why Toronto is the Global Hub for Financial AI

Mark Paulsen (Technical Project Manager at FINOS) explores Toronto’s legacy as the birthplace of deep learning and its impact on modern financial AI. He discusses why financial institutions must "default to open" and collaborate on the core technologies—open science and open source—that define the industry’s future.

🇬🇧 Join us in London! Catch the latest on Financial AI at OSFF London on June 25, 2026: https://hubs.ly/Q041YV9Z0 (Use Code: 26YTOSFFLN20C)

🕒 Timestamps:
0:00 Welcome to Toronto: The Right Place and Time
0:55 Toronto: The Birthplace of Deep Learning
1:40 How Open Source Spreads AI Innovation
2:15 An Auditor’s Perspective: AI Sanity Checks
2:55 Three Calls to Action for 2026
3:05 Call 1: Remember Your Legacy
3:20 Call 2: Default to Open
3:35 Call 3: Collaborate on the Core

📊 The Problem: The Direction of "Black Box" AI As AI becomes ubiquitous, there is a risk of losing track of where these technologies originated. For financial institutions, adopting AI without understanding its "open science" roots leads to a lack of transparency and a dependency on proprietary systems that are difficult to audit or verify.

🏗️ The Solution: The Toronto-Open Source Connection
Mark argues that the industry must reclaim its role as a steward of innovation by following the "Open Science" model that started in Toronto:
* Respect the Legacy: Acknowledge that the foundations of modern AI (Deep Learning) were built in Toronto’s classrooms and labs and shared via open science.
* Default to Open: Shift the institutional mindset to prioritize open source as the primary way to solve shared industry challenges.
* Collaborate on the Core: Following industry leaders, banks should mutualize the "core" of their technology stack to accelerate the rollout of responsible AI.

The takeaway: You are in the right place at the right time. Mark Paulsen proves that by defaulting to open and collaborating on the core, Toronto’s financial community can lead the next wave of AI innovation.

🌐 More about FINOS: https://www.finos.org/
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/finosfoundation

#FINOS #OSFFToronto #TorontoTech #AI #DeepLearning #OpenSource #FinTech #BankingInnovation

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Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 55

Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 55

Video by The Late Night Linux Family via YouTube
Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 55

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A recent attack shone a light on some of the problems with GitHub Actions, and CI/CD more generally. As tempting as it might be, going back to shell scripts probably isn’t the answer.

https://hybridcloudshow.com/hcs55/

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The Outer Space Treaty Is 60 Years Old and Has Zero Enforcement — Here’s Why That’s a Problem

The Outer Space Treaty Is 60 Years Old and Has Zero Enforcement — Here's Why That's a Problem

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The Outer Space Treaty Is 60 Years Old and Has Zero Enforcement — Here's Why That's a Problem

Surprise: Artemis 3 isn’t landing on the moon anymore — it’s a practice run. Meanwhile China is gunning for 2030 and the Outer Space Treaty has zero enforcement. Get there first, plant a reactor, declare a safety zone, and congratulations: you’ve quietly claimed the lunar south pole. More on This Week in Space. https://youtu.be/XQyeR8euGik

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Open Source Digest: Workflow, Security & Design

Open Source Digest: Workflow, Security & Design

Developer Tools & workflows Rails-based Static Site Generator: Perron 1.0.0 has been released, offering a new option for building static sites with Ruby on Rails. Workflow Overengineering? A developer questions the complexity of combining OpenClaw, n8n, and Antigravity for automation, asking where to draw the line. Self-Hosted Sentry: A detailed guide walks through setting up … Read more

Open Source: Nostalgia Meets AI Innovation

Open Source Rises: From AI to DOS, Community Momentum Builds

Insights Analysis This week’s digest spans a fascinating dichotomy: the preservation of computing history through Microsoft’s open-sourcing of MS-DOS 1.0, and the rapid advancement of open-source AI models and infrastructure. The MS-DOS release is more than a nostalgia trip—it’s a teaching tool for understanding early PC architecture and software licensing. Meanwhile, the AI sector sees … Read more