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Android's sideloading changes, the big Visual Studio Code update, better Linux phones, and more: News roundup

Everything you may have missed from the past week.

Chainguard is racing to fix trust in AI-built software - here's how

Chainguard is racing to fix trust in AI-built software - here's how ...

OpenAI is acquiring open source Python tool-maker Astral

OpenAI announced Thursday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Astral, the company behind popular open source Python development tools such as uv, Ruff, and ty, and integrate the company ...
InfoQ

Java 26 Delivers Language Innovation, Library Improvements, Performance and Security

Oracle has released version 26 of the Java programming language and virtual machine. As the first non-LTS release since JDK ...

This Argentine Billionaire’s Startup Vercel Is One Of Claude Code’s Go-To Web Hosting Tools

One of the most popular ways to view the Epstein Files, an interface called Jmail that mimics a Gmail inbox, is hosted on ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Life’s Genetic Code Requires Five Key Ingredients. The Asteroid Ryugu Has All of Them, a New Study Suggests

The findings further hint that space rocks may have brought the building blocks of RNA and DNA to Earth long ago ...
Techzine Europe

Oracle Releases Java 26: AI, Security, and the Java Verified Portfolio

As is customary during its JavaOne conference, Oracle is releasing a new version of Java. Today, it’s all about Java 26. The ...

Cracking the code: How a 'prediction machine' is resurrecting the Singapore Stone

Several years ago, my linguistic research team and I began developing a computational tool we call "Read-y Grammarian." Our ...
InfoQ

Webpack Publishes 2026 Roadmap with Native CSS Support, Universal Target, and Path to Version 6

Webpack's 2026 roadmap, led by Even Stensberg, unveils substantial enhancements aimed at modernizing the bundler. Key ...

Dark Sky Technology Announces Air-Gapped SBOM Generation for Mixed-Code Development Environments with Bulletproof Trust™

New capability delivers compliant, rich, analysis-ready SBOMs from a single folder-based workflow—even for mixed and ...

AI is getting scary good at finding hidden software bugs - even in decades-old code

Researchers have found that LLM-driven bug finding is not a drop-in replacement for mature static analysis pipelines. Studies ...
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OpenAI offers open-source maintainers six months of free ChatGPT Pro and Codex access

OpenAI is launching a new support program for open-source developers. Core maintainers of public software projects can apply for six months of free access to ChatGPT Pro with Codex, API credits, and ...