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The maintainers of Pico CSS, a minimalist CSS framework, have announced the project is no longer being actively maintained. The announcement was published via a GitHub changelog entry, with no further detail provided on future plans for the codebase.
ElementaryUI, an open-source project for writing Swift code that runs in the browser, has published a message thanking current financial supporters and inviting new sponsors. The post includes minimal project details, focusing mainly on acknowledging backers and soliciting further funding.
A solo developer is building LYNX SHARE, a free, cross-platform digital audio workstation written in C++20 and JUCE 8 that mimics FL Studio's Channel Rack, Piano Roll, Playlist and Mixer workflow. Originally called LYNX, the project was renamed in version 0.1.20 to avoid confusion with the Lynx text browser, with old GitHub links redirecting to the new repository and user settings preserved. The project includes 24 native plugins inspired by popular third-party tools from FabFilter, Valhalla DSP, Antares and Waves, with more planned.
Developer Tom Anthony built YourOwnWeigh, an open-source project that reroutes data from Withings smart scales away from Withings' servers to a user-controlled server instead. The tool patches scale firmware via Bluetooth and can run on a free Cloudflare account, letting users sync weigh-in data to apps like Apple Health without paying for Withings Plus.
A blog post challenges the common assumption that a post-scarcity, superintelligent-AI future means humans will simply 'hang out' in leisure, as depicted in sci-fi like the Culture novels. The author argues the social structures that normally bring people together—work, education, communities of practice like open-source coding—will be dissolved by AI making human collaboration unnecessary, and that AI-generated content offers an ever-improving alternative to real companionship.
Akai previewed an unannounced MPC Sample Key device in Instagram Reels, showing modders using AI-assisted 'vibe coding' to add synths like Native Instruments Massive plus custom virtual analog and FM synths, and even a fully custom OS. The company confirmed the device will ship with open-source firmware, and the same community-driven features are shown running on the existing MPC Sample via Claude-built synths.
Security researcher Ben Zimmermann, working with MongoDB's Kingfisher team, scanned over 7.2 million public repositories on Gitee, China's national open-source code hosting platform, using TruffleHog and Kingfisher. The scan uncovered 26,400 unique verified-live credentials, including an active organization-admin credential for a major enterprise AI platform and thousands of live cloud provider access keys.
Nathan Alspaugh, an MIT freshman, created an open-source keyboard project called Keybytes, where each key is its own circuit board with a Cherry MX switch and a CH32V003 microcontroller. The keys snap together magnetically and connect via pogo pins to a central hub called the Keyword, which handles Bluetooth and charging, letting users build keyboards in arbitrary shapes rather than fixed layouts.
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said China's AI capabilities have advanced to within roughly six months of the United States, compared with a two-year gap he previously estimated. Schmidt, who also advises the Pentagon and leads Relativity Space, voiced concern that open-source AI models pose a growing security risk.
Denmark's Energy Agency has abandoned its effort to switch from Microsoft Office to the open-source suite Collabora, reverting back to Microsoft's products. The agency had piloted the migration as part of a broader push by Danish authorities to reduce reliance on US-based software providers.
HeyPuter has released the Everything Project, a mono-repository on GitHub aiming to recreate proprietary software like Office, Slack, Photoshop and AutoCAD as free, MIT-licensed alternatives. The repo spans categories including office tools, collaboration, creative tools, engineering, productivity, finance, business, developer tools and games, and requires Node.js 22.12 or newer to run.
A security industry figure who testified before Congress in 1998 about insecure software risks has published a list of 10 practices meant to keep software trustworthy over long timescales. The recommendations include embedding security into architecture from the start, maintaining continuous inventories of applications and dependencies, verifying all code regardless of origin, and making secure development paths the path of least resistance for developers.