The OpenClaw Hype: Analysis of Chatter from Open-Source Deep and Dark Web

The OpenClaw Hype: Analysis of Chatter from Open-Source Deep and Dark Web

• The OpenClaw Hype: Analysis of Chatter from Open-Source Deep and Dark Web February 25, 2026 10:01 AM 0 OpenClaw started as a side project of a developer who wanted to make his (a

Cybersecurity · February 25, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 235 words
Australia Releases Azul Open-Source Malware Analysis Platform

Australia Releases Azul Open-Source Malware Analysis Platform

• The Australian Signals Directorate launched Azul, a free malware analysis tool. • Azul is designed for reverse engineers and incident responders. • The platform runs on Kubernete

Linux & Open Source · February 24, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 166 words
Intel Formally Ends Four Of Their Go Language Open-Source Projects

Intel Formally Ends Four Of Their Go Language Open-Source Projects

• Intel Formally Ends Four Of Their Go Language Open-Source Projects Following various Intel open-source projects recently being archived with Intel formally discontinuing their de

OS & Internals · February 24, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 383 words

Vitalik Buterin sells over 10,000 ETH in three weeks after pledging funding for open-source projects: onchain analysts

• Vitalik Buterin has sold over 10,000 ETH since early February, according to onchain data, following his pledge to fund open-source projects.

tiny-gpu-compiler: An educational MLIR-based compiler targeting open-source GPU hardware

tiny-gpu-compiler: An educational MLIR-based compiler targeting open-source GPU hardware

• Tiny-gpu-compiler: An educational MLIR-based compiler targeting open-source GPU hardware I built an open-source compiler that uses MLIR to compile a C-like GPU kernellanguage dow

Language Internals · February 24, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 420 words
What matters in building vision-language-action models for generalist robots

What matters in building vision-language-action models for generalist robots

• Explores how to embed action modules into vision‑language models for robotic manipulation. • Evaluates 8 VLM backbones and 4 policy architectures across 600 experiments. • Identi

Research & Labs · February 24, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 162 words

An automated geometric space curve approach for designing dynamically corrected gates

• BARQ uses Bézier curves to design single‑qubit dynamically corrected gates, separating gate target from noise suppression. • The space‑curve formalism maps quantum evolution to g

Quantum Computing · February 22, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 190 words
Skills Night: 62,000 ways agents are getting smarter

Skills Night: 62,000 ways agents are getting smarter

• Skills Night in San Francisco showcased 62,000+ skills, 2M installs, and a rapidly growing developer community. • Originated from Shu Ding’s weekend React documentation, evolving

Web Development · February 20, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 292 words

Open-Source + AI ggml joins Hugging Face, llama.cpp stays open... local AI's long-term home

• Georgi Gerganov , the creator of llama.cpp , announced today that ggml.ai is joining Hugging Face . • The projects stay open. • The community stays autonomous. • Georgi and team

Open Hardware · February 20, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 167 words

[$] Open-source Discord alternatives

• The closed-source chat platform Discord announced on February 9 that it would soon require some users to verify their ages in order to access some content - although the company

OS & Internals · February 20, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 352 words
EFF's Policy on LLM-Assisted Contributions to Our Open-Source Projects

EFF's Policy on LLM-Assisted Contributions to Our Open-Source Projects

• We recently introduced a policy governing large language model (LLM) assisted contributions to EFF’s open-source projects. • At EFF, we strive to produce high quality software to

Mediatek MT7902 WiFi Finally Seeing Open-Source Linux Driver Activity

Mediatek MT7902 WiFi Finally Seeing Open-Source Linux Driver Activity

• Mediatek MT7902 WiFi Finally Seeing Open-Source Linux Driver Activity When searching for ‘MT7902’ and ‘Linux’ there is no shortage of users asking about Linux driver support for

OS & Internals · February 19, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 261 words
Fast-MCS: A Scalable Open-Source Tool to Find Minimal Cut Sets

Fast-MCS: A Scalable Open-Source Tool to Find Minimal Cut Sets

• Computer Science > Networking and Internet Architecture [Submitted on 18 Feb 2026] Title:Fast-MCS: A Scalable Open-Source Tool to Find Minimal Cut Sets View PDF HTML (experimenta

Linux 7.0 Retires The IBM Mwave ACP Modem Driver Used By Some 1990s ThinkPads

Linux 7.0 Retires The IBM Mwave ACP Modem Driver Used By Some 1990s ThinkPads

• Linux 7.0 kernel removes obsolete Mwave driver for 3780i ACP Modem in 1990s IBM ThinkPads. • Driver removal cuts over 2,600 lines of legacy code, freeing kernel space. • Modems w

OS & Internals · February 18, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 186 words
Intel's Discontinued Open-Source OpenPGL Project Finds A New Home

Intel's Discontinued Open-Source OpenPGL Project Finds A New Home

• Intel’s Discontinued Open-Source OpenPGL Project Finds A New Home Back in 2022 Intel announced OpenPGL as an open-source library for path guiding to help enhance the quality of p

Linux & Open Source · February 18, 2026 (updated February 20, 2026) · 1 min · 156 words
Intel's Discontinued Open-Source OpenPGL Project Finds A New Home

Intel's Discontinued Open-Source OpenPGL Project Finds A New Home

• Intel’s Discontinued Open-Source OpenPGL Project Finds A New Home Back in 2022 Intel announced OpenPGL as an open-source library for path guiding to help enhance the quality of p

OS & Internals · February 18, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 245 words
AsteroidOS 2.0 open-source smartwatch OS released, now supports around 30 devices

AsteroidOS 2.0 open-source smartwatch OS released, now supports around 30 devices

• AsteroidOS 2.0Linux-based, open-source smartwatch operating system has just been released with features such as always-on display support, Tilt-to-Wake, a customizable QuickPanel

Open Hardware · February 18, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 317 words
NTFS3 Driver Sees Improvements In Linux 7.0 While 'NTFS Remake' Driver Bakes

NTFS3 Driver Sees Improvements In Linux 7.0 While 'NTFS Remake' Driver Bakes

• NTFS3 driver merged into Linux 7.0 mainline kernel, enhancing NTFS support. • New readahead optimizes bitmap initialization efficiently for large directory scans. • fsync now syn

Linux & Open Source · February 18, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 73 words
Notepad++ boosts update security with 'double-lock' mechanism

Notepad++ boosts update security with 'double-lock' mechanism

• Notepad++ introduces a double‑lock update system, verifying signed installers from GitHub and XML from its domain. • The new design eliminates DLL side‑loading by removing libcur

Cybersecurity · February 17, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 188 words

Security updates for Tuesday

• Multiple distributions released critical security patches for popular packages like gimp, golang, and gnupg2. • Kernel updates appeared across Oracle, SUSE, and Debian, addressin

OS & Internals · February 17, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 3 min · 457 words
Microsoft .NET On Linux Patches Use IO_uring For Massive Performance Benefits

Microsoft .NET On Linux Patches Use IO_uring For Massive Performance Benefits

Microsoft .NET Runtime introduces IO_uring socket engine for Linux, replacing epoll. Opt‑in via OTNET_SYSTEM_NET_SOCKETS_IO_URING=1 environment variable, enabling high‑performance

Linux & Open Source · February 17, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 155 words
X-Humanoid unveils Embodied Tien Kung 3.0

X-Humanoid unveils Embodied Tien Kung 3.0

• X-Humanoid launches Embodied Tien Kung 3.0, a versatile general‑purpose humanoid robot platform. • The platform supports ROS2, MQTT, TCP/IP, and offers open hardware interfaces w

Arc B390 Graphics With Panther Lake Performing Great On Open-Source Intel Compute Runtime

Arc B390 Graphics With Panther Lake Performing Great On Open-Source Intel Compute Runtime

• Arc B390 Graphics With Panther Lake Performing Great On Open-Source Intel Compute Runtime This month I have been doing a lot of Panther Lake benchmarking under Linux with the Cor

Linux & Open Source · February 16, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 298 words

[$] Open-source mapping for disaster response

• HOT empowers volunteers to map disaster zones using free, open-source tools. • FOSDEM 2026 highlighted HOT’s collaborative mapping stack for humanitarian aid. • Volunteers add lo

Linux & Open Source · February 13, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 166 words

Security updates for Friday

• AlmaLinux: Firefox, GCC toolset, Node.js 20/22/24, PHP 7.4, Python 3.12 patched. • Debian: Stable updates for haproxy, nginx, PostgreSQL 15/17 released Feb 12‑13. • Fedora F43: l

Linux & Open Source · February 13, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 187 words
What's next for Chinese open-source AI

What's next for Chinese open-source AI

• What’s next for Chinese open-source AI Chinese open models are spreading fast, from Hugging Face to Silicon Valley. • Here’s why that matters. • MIT Technology Review’s What’s Ne

Here Are Your Choices for a Self-hosted eBook Server

Here Are Your Choices for a Self-hosted eBook Server

• Shift from physical to streaming reduces ownership; Linux users turn to self-hosting. • An eBook server organizes collections, offers web access, syncs progress. • Calibre remain

Linux & Open Source · February 11, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 168 words
Dragonfly v2.4.0 is released

Dragonfly v2.4.0 is released

• Load‑aware two‑stage scheduling improves P2P download performance across distributed nodes. • Vortex protocol (TLV‑based) cuts large file transfer time by 50% (TCP) and 40% (QUIC

The Future of the Global Open-Source AI Ecosystem: From DeepSeek to AI+

The Future of the Global Open-Source AI Ecosystem: From DeepSeek to AI+

• Open source is now the dominant strategy for Chinese AI firms, driving large‑scale deployment and integration. • DeepSeek leads Hugging Face followers, while Qwen ranks fourth, s

Celebrating our 2025 open-source contributions

Celebrating our 2025 open-source contributions

• Celebrating our 2025 open-source contributions Last year, our engineers submitted over 375 pull requests that were merged into non-Trail of Bits repositories, touching more than

Threat Intelligence · January 30, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 238 words
Building cryptographic agility into Sigstore

Building cryptographic agility into Sigstore

• Sigstore’s original hard-coded ECDSA P-256 + SHA-256 limited future cryptographic flexibility. • Trail of Bits collaborated to create centralized algorithm registry in Protobuf s

Threat Intelligence · January 29, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 155 words
7 learnings from Anders Hejlsberg: The architect behind C# and TypeScript

7 learnings from Anders Hejlsberg: The architect behind C# and TypeScript

• Fast feedback loops are critical; they empower developers to experiment and refactor confidently. • Performance constraints shape language design; efficient abstractions must be

Developer Ecosystem · January 27, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 181 words
Building a serverless, post-quantum Matrix homeserver

Building a serverless, post-quantum Matrix homeserver

• Ported Synapse Matrix homeserver to Cloudflare Workers, creating a fully serverless architecture. • Eliminated heavy operational costs: no VPS, PostgreSQL tuning, Redis, reverse

Open Source Software, Public Policy, and the Stakes of Getting It Right

Open Source Software, Public Policy, and the Stakes of Getting It Right

• Open Source software drives global innovation, research, and economic growth, worth $8.8 trillion. • Without Open Source, companies would spend 3.5× more on software, highlightin

Linux & Open Source · January 26, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 188 words
Release candidate: Godot 4.5.2 RC 1

Release candidate: Godot 4.5.2 RC 1

• Godot 4.5.2 RC1 brings backported 4.6 fixes to rendering and platform ports. • Android export templates now include debug symbols for crash log symbolication on Google Play. • De

Game Development · January 23, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 181 words
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2025 Spotify FOSS Fund

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2025 Spotify FOSS Fund

• Spotify’s 2025 FOSS Fund awarded €30k to FFmpeg, a cornerstone of media streaming. • Xiph.Org Foundation received support for open‑source audio codecs like Opus and Vorbis. • Moc

Headlamp in 2025: Project Highlights

Headlamp in 2025: Project Highlights

• Headlamp expanded in 2025, reaching more teams, new workflows, and plugin integrations. • Officially joined Kubernetes SIG UI, aligning roadmap and design with core Kubernetes co

Announcing Rust 1.93.0

Announcing Rust 1.93.0

• Rust 1.93.0 released, bringing updated musl 1.2.5 for reliable static Linux binaries. • Updated musl improves DNS resolver, handling large records and recursive nameservers more

OS & Internals · January 22, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 281 words
One ISA, Infinite Use Cases: RISC-V and the Road to Workload-Specific Silicon

One ISA, Infinite Use Cases: RISC-V and the Road to Workload-Specific Silicon

• RISC‑V’s 2025 Annual Report highlights rapid ecosystem growth and industry adoption. • Krste Asanović, co‑creator, emphasizes RISC‑V’s transition from generic to workload‑specifi

Open Hardware · January 21, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 176 words
Linux Foundation Newsletter: January 2026

Linux Foundation Newsletter: January 2026

• 2025 Annual Report highlights open source milestones, community growth, research, and new foundation launches. • Jim Zemlin discusses Agentic AI Foundation on Latent Space Podcas

Release candidate: Godot 4.6 RC 2

Release candidate: Godot 4.6 RC 2

• Godot 4.6 RC 2 released today, fixing critical regressions from RC 1. • Final chance to report show‑stopping bugs for the stable release. • Supports Web, XR, and Android editors;

Game Development · January 20, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 165 words
Open-Source Community Tackling Y2K38 Epoch

Open-Source Community Tackling Y2K38 Epoch

• Y2K38 epoch issue looming in 2038, threatens 32-bit time representations. • openSUSE actively testing, fixing, coordinating to mitigate risk across packages. • Build system clock

Nous Research's NousCoder-14B is an open-source coding model landing right in the Claude Code moment

Nous Research's NousCoder-14B is an open-source coding model landing right in the Claude Code moment

• Nous Research, the open-source artificial intelligence startup backed by crypto venture firm Paradigm, released a new competitive programming model on Monday that it says matches

How 3D printing started: About Rep-rap and open-source with Adrian Bowyer

How 3D printing started: About Rep-rap and open-source with Adrian Bowyer

• The Open Community License we just released wasn’t something we came up with overnight. • It was years in the making, involving long discussions to ensure it actually serves the

On the (re)-prioritization of open-source AI

• Dmitry Kislyuk | Director, Machine Learning; Ryan Galgon | Director, Product Management; Chuck Rosenberg | Vice President, Engineering; Matt Madrigal | Chief Technology Officer F

Introducing Strands Agents 1.0: Production-Ready Multi-Agent Orchestration Made Simple

Introducing Strands Agents 1.0: Production-Ready Multi-Agent Orchestration Made Simple

• Strands Agents SDK 1.0 launches, enabling production‑ready multi‑agent orchestration with minimal code. • Model‑driven design scales from simple local tests to complex, distribut

Python 3.14.0 beta 4 is here!

• Final Python 3.14 beta (3.14.0b4) released, ready for community testing. • Beta 4 is feature‑complete but may still change before release candidate. • Encourage third‑party maint

Language Internals · July 8, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 166 words
What's new in two: May 2025

What's new in two: May 2025

• Redis 8 GA released, delivering 87% faster commands and 2x higher throughput. • 30+ performance boosts: 18% faster replication, 16x query engine power. • Redis Open Source rename

Redis 8 is now GA, loaded with new features and more than 30 performance improvements

Redis 8 is now GA, loaded with new features and more than 30 performance improvements

• Redis 8 GA released, now the fastest, most scalable version yet. • Performance gains: up to 87% faster commands, 2x throughput, 18% replication speed. • Redis Query Engine delive

How the GitHub CLI can now enable triangular workflows

How the GitHub CLI can now enable triangular workflows

• GitHub CLI now fully supports triangular workflows, enabling smoother fork‑to‑PR development. • Triangular workflow lets you pull updates from other branches into your feature br

Engineering Blogs · April 25, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 175 words
React Native Core Contributor Summit 2024 Recap

React Native Core Contributor Summit 2024 Recap

• Two-day summit at Callstack HQ, Wrocław, gave unstructured time for core contributors. • Tracks covered releases, new architecture, web APIs, LeanCore 2.0, Nitro Modules, view co

Mobile Development · February 3, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 173 words