Open Source

Databricks to acquire open-source database startup Neon to build the next wave of AI agents
Agentic AI requires a whole new type of architecture; traditional workflows create serious gridlock, dragging down speed and performance. Databricks is signaling its intent to get ahead in this next generation of app building, announcing it will purch...
2025-05-15 01:00
Oracle releases first “enthusiast” Solaris release in three years, promises more regular updates
You’d almost forget, but aside from the enterprise-focused variant of Solaris for which Oracle sells support contracts, the company has also nominally maintained and released a version of Solaris aimed at non-production use and enthusiasts. This vers...
2025-05-14 23:45
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.NET 10 Preview 4 enhances Zip processing, JIT compilation, Blazor WebAssembly
With the fourth preview of the planned .NET 10 software development platform, Microsoft has delivered a variety of enhancements to the platform’s libraries, runtime, and frameworks, including faster processing of GZip data streams and escape analysi...
2025-05-14 23:42
Silicon Valley developers need to unionise
I don’t know anything about hiring processes in Silicon Valley, or about hiring processes in general since I’ve always worked for myself (and still do, running OSNews, relying on your generous Patreon and Ko-Fi support), so when I ran into this hor...
2025-05-14 21:51
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Release Notes for Safari Technology Preview 219
Safari Technology Preview Release 219 is now available for download for macOS Sequoia and macOS Sonoma.
2025-05-14 21:37
E-COM: the $40 million USPS project to send email on paper
How do you get email to the folks without computers? What if the Post Office printed out email, stamped it, dropped it in folks’ mailboxes along with the rest of their mail, and saved the USPS once and for all? And so in 1982 E-COM was born—and, in...
2025-05-14 19:41
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Linux Foundation Newsletter: May 2025
Welcome to the May 2025 edition of the LF Newsletter. We’ve got exciting LF announcements, new research surveys in the field, project milestones, and can't miss events! We are so glad you’re here. Check out the highlights, save the dates, and be s...
2025-05-14 17:00
Boomi launches agentic AI tools, announces AWS collaboration
AI-driven automation platform vendor Boomi has unveiled products and partnerships to advance its enterprise automation AI strategy. The announcements at the Boomi World conference reflect a “commitment to business transformation through a unified, o...
2025-05-14 13:14
Informatica adds agents to automate its Intelligent Data Management Cloud
Informatica is preparing ready-built AI agents and agent-building tools to help enterprises automate their use of its Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC). Claire Agents will help enterprises use natural language to automate the management of data...
2025-05-14 12:45
The three refactorings every developer needs most
I have many good memories of attending the annual Borland Conference, back when Borland was still a high-flying tech company and developer conferences felt like rock concerts for nerds. I was an Object Pascal developer, so Delphi was my tool of choice...
2025-05-14 09:00
How to use template strings in Python 3.14
The familiar formatted string, or f-string, feature in Python provides a convenient way to print variables as part of a string. But it doesn’t let you interact with the way strings are created from those variables. It’s hard, if not impossible, to...
2025-05-14 09:00
Scala stabilizes named tuples
Scala 3.7.0, the latest version of the object-oriented, functional language with JVM, native, and JavaScript runtimes, stabilizes named tuples and brings a “crucial” fix that enhances its compatibility with Android. Scala 3.7.0 was announced May 7...
2025-05-14 03:12
Canonical Will Donate $120k to Open Source Projects This Year
Canonical commits to donating $120k to the open source developers building the projects and tools that help power the Ubuntu ecosystem. You're reading Canonical Will Donate $120k to Open Source Projects This Year, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not r...
2025-05-14 01:54
Canonical Donating $120,000 to Open Source Projects This Year
Canonical commits to donating $120k to the open source developers building the projects and tools that help power the Ubuntu ecosystem. You're reading Canonical Donating $120,000 to Open Source Projects This Year, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not r...
2025-05-14 01:54