Open Source

What happens when you don’t choose your browser? Let’s talk about it at SXSW London
Most people use whatever browser comes pre-installed. But your browser default shapes your online experience more than you realize. At SXSW London, we’re asking: What does real choice look like on today’s internet, and who’s still building for it...
2025-05-30 14:51
Apport local information disclosure vulnerability fixes available
Qualys discovered two vulnerabilities in various Linux distributions which allow a local attacker with permission to create user namespaces to leak core dumps for processes of suid executables. These affect both apport, the Ubuntu core dump handler (CV...
2025-05-30 12:42
AWS’ Serverless MCP Server to aid agentic development of managed applications
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has released a new open MCP Server to help enterprises develop managed applications faster with the help of AI-driven agents that barely require manual intervention. The AWS Serverless MCP Server is designed to aid developers...
2025-05-30 11:39
F-strings with superpowers: What’s new in Python 3.14 beta
Are you ready for Python Pi? The 3.14 beta is out now, and we’ve got the rundown on what’s so great about it, including the new template strings feature, or “f-strings with superpowers.” You can also learn how to deploy Python (and other langu...
2025-05-30 09:00
A wake-up call for real cloud ROI
Enterprise adoption of public cloud platforms has been skyrocketing. More than half of all enterprise workloads are now running in public clouds, with spending projected to rise by nearly a third this year alone. Many organizations are allocating more...
2025-05-30 09:00
Unlocking data’s true potential: The open lakehouse as AI’s foundation
The rise of AI has transformed data into a strategic asset, requiring flexible, integrated, and real-time data architectures. Traditional, rigid systems and pipelines, designed for dashboards and batch analytics, can’t handle the real-time, multi-mo...
2025-05-29 18:36
First Ubuntu Monthly Snapshot Now Available to Download
Ubuntu's announced new monthly snapshot releases. The development builds use new automated release processes, but won't replace stable releases. You're reading First Ubuntu Monthly Snapshot Now Available to Download, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do no...
2025-05-29 15:40
New Ubuntu ‘Monthly Snapshot’ Available to Download
Ubuntu's announced new monthly snapshot releases. The development builds use new automated release processes, but won't replace stable releases. You're reading New Ubuntu ‘Monthly Snapshot’ Available to Download, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do no...
2025-05-29 15:40
Google Cloud’s BigLake-driven lakehouse updates aim to optimize performance, costs
Google Cloud has introduced new updates to its BigLake-driven data lakehouse that are designed to optimize performance and reduce costs. The updates were made to BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Dataplex Universal Catalog, and Apache Spark. BigLake is a servi...
2025-05-29 14:08
Microsoft envisions Windows Update as the unified platform for all software updates
Microsoft is overhauling Windows Update with a unified orchestration platform designed to fix the fragmentation of app patching across the ecosystem. The platform will enable developers to integrate updates for MSIX, APPX, and Win32 apps directly into...
2025-05-29 12:25
Mistral AI launches code embedding model, claims edge over OpenAI and Cohere
French startup Mistral AI on Wednesday unveiled Codestral Embed, its first code-specific embedding model, claiming it outperforms rival offerings from OpenAI, Cohere, and Voyage. The company said the model supports configurable embedding outputs with ...
2025-05-29 11:30
Using Microsoft Fabric to create digital twins
Digital twins are an important part of modern control systems. They let you create a model of a physical system that serves as a tool for simulation and prediction. It models the inputs and outputs of a system, using real-time data to keep it at the s...
2025-05-29 09:00
Docling: An open-source toolkit for advanced document processing
The rapid advancements in generative AI technologies have made it essential to create tools that can effectively manage different document formats. While large language models (LLMs) excel at understanding and generating text, they struggle with parsi...
2025-05-29 09:00
Docling: An open-source tool kit for advanced document processing
The rapid advancements in generative AI technologies have made it essential to create tools that can effectively manage different document formats. While large language models (LLMs) excel at understanding and generating text, they struggle with parsi...
2025-05-29 09:00