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A widespread GitHub outage disrupted repository access, downloads, Actions, authentication and other services, potentially slowing open-source development and deployment workflows. GitHub experienced a widespread outage on August 17, 2026, disrupting infr

The Xen Project has launched a safety committee to share reusable engineering artefacts for functional-safety certification, aiming to cut duplicated work, costs, and development time for open-source systems. The Xen Project has launched the Xen Safety Co

An open-source cave-mapping project has evolved from a basic electronic surveying tool into a Raspberry Pi-based system capable of producing textured 3D models of underground environments. Phil Underwood has developed several generations of open-source ha

Atomicwork and New Measure have open-sourced ITSMBench, giving developers and enterprises a reproducible way to compare AI models and agent frameworks on real-world IT service-management tasks. Atomicwork and New Measure have launched ITSMBench, an open-s

Introduces cache-aware scheduling for AI workloads alongside filesystem improvements and expanded hardware support for Nvidia, AMD, Intel and Apple silicon. Linux 7.2 introduces cache-aware scheduling designed for AI workloads, alongside filesystem improv

Huawei opens its BiSheng Compiler foundations to global developers, bringing MLIR-based abstractions and execution model upgrades for the Ascend 950. Huawei officially open-sourced AscendNPU IR, the intermediate representation foundation of its BiSheng Co

The A+ Trackball is a 3D-printable pointing device with two rotary encoder knobs, six programmable buttons and QMK firmware. Ploopy is preparing to launch the A+ Trackball, an updated version of its Adept Trackball design. The open-source pointing device

TIER IV joined a Japanese government initiative to develop open-source chips and toolchains optimized for Autoware and Transformer-based autonomous driving inference. TIER IV has joined a semiconductor research programme backed by the Japan Science and Te

The Experiential Robotics Platform combines an accessible hardware kit, multiple programming environments and educational resources for learning robotics. SparkFun Electronics has opened pre-orders for the Experiential Robotics Platform (XRP) Kit, an open

Nous Research's Bot Mode for Hermes Agent transforms isolated agent profiles into a roster of specialized, named AI bots capable of multi-agent collaboration. Nous Research shipped Bot Mode for its open-source Hermes Agent, turning agent profiles into a r