The Rise of the Bratty Machines

The rush to put out autonomous agents without thinking too hard about the potential downside is entirely consistent with ...

ActiveState Unifies 79M Components to Launch World's Largest Secure Open Source Catalog

The ActiveState catalog grew to 40 million components in mid 2025 when it introduced coverage for Java and R in addition to Python, Perl, Ruby, and Tcl. As of January 2026, the company has expanded ...
LinuxInsider

Weaponized Python and Linux Malware Target Executives and Cloud Systems

Two newly uncovered malware campaigns are exploiting open-source software across Windows and Linux environments to target enterprise executives and cloud systems, signaling a sharp escalation in both ...
Reuters

Open-source AI models vulnerable to criminal misuse, researchers warn

Thousands of servers run open-source LLMs outside major AI platforms security controls, researchers say Researchers identify removed guardrails in hundreds of open-source LLM instances LLMs can be ...
The New York Times

James Bernard, a Founding Editor of a Hip-Hop ‘Bible,’ Dies at 58

One of the most influential voices of the seminal magazine The Source, he chronicled rap’s rise and its explosion into the cultural mainstream. By Alex Williams James Bernard, a founding editor and ...
Ars Technica

Wikipedia volunteers spent years cataloging AI tells. Now there’s a plugin to avoid them.

On Saturday, tech entrepreneur Siqi Chen released an open source plugin for Anthropic’s Claude Code AI assistant that instructs the AI model to stop writing like an AI model. Called “Humanizer,” the ...
Engadget

Mentra’s first smart glasses are open-source and come with their own app store

Mentra will soon start shipping its first smart glasses, the Mentra Live. At first glance, there’s nothing obvious setting Mentra’s glasses apart from its more well-known competitors, but they come ...
Black Enterprise

James Bernard, Founding Editor Of XXL And The Source, Dies

James Bernard, the trailblazing hip-hop journalist behind XXL and The Source, has passed away. No cause of death has been disclosed, but Bernard’s passing has been confirmed by colleagues and friends, ...
The Grio

James Bernard, founding editor of ‘The Source’ and co-founder of ‘XXL,’ dies

Legendary hip-hop journalist, editor, and media executive James Bernard — a founding editorial force behind “The Source” and co-founder of “XXL” magazine — has died. Bernard, widely recognized as one ...
AllHipHop

XXL & The Source Magazine Founding Editor James Bernard Dies

James Bernard, one of the original architects who helped turn Hip-Hop journalism into a force, has passed away. James Bernard, a pioneering Hip-Hop journalist and media executive who helped shape the ...
Techno-Science.net

9 Best Open-Source Apps from GitHub You Can Actually Use Every Day

GitHub hosts powerful open source apps you can use daily, from Immich for photo backups and Upscayl for image upscaling to VERT for file conversion, BC Uninstaller for cleanup, Mole for Mac storage, ...