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Android Authority's Robert Triggs suggests ways to keep using a retired phone rather than discarding it, including as a dedicated secondary device for work or personal use, as an Android Auto display via apps like Open Headunit, or as a backup device. The piece also notes old phones can be converted into standalone gadgets using their remaining camera, microphone, screen and storage functions.
DeepSeek has launched Harness, an open-source desktop application for macOS and Windows built on Cordis's plugin-based architecture. The tool can also be run as a web UI launched from code, and supports tasks like file organization, coding assistance, research, and background script execution.
The OpenRadioss project's website has been taken offline, with visitors now redirected to a transition page. That page directs users seeking simulation software, technical resources, or ways to participate in future development to Siemens instead.
arXiv announced a rate-limiting policy applying to all submitters and categories, effective October 1, 2026, citing an unsustainable surge in paper submissions. The organization reported September 2024 submissions of 40,363, roughly double the figure from two years earlier, generating nearly 9,000 support tickets for staff and moderators. arXiv said AI tools are helping drive the increase, and moderators are seeing more thin, narrow-scope papers that fail to meet scholarly standards.
Reports indicate Red Hat employees' internal badges and identifiers are being switched to IBM branding, with one employee, Thomas Wilson, publicly noting the change. Separately, departures are being reported at Red Hat and IBM subsidiary Nordcloud, some described as voluntary exits with severance, alongside commentary that IBM's quantum computing teams may be restructured similarly to how Kyndryl was spun off.
Legato has launched its Frames eyewear, which embeds AI-driven hearing assistance into glasses arms starting at $999, targeting adults with mild to moderate hearing loss. The device uses AI to isolate voices from background noise and a dual-speaker design that directs sound to the wearer while leaking almost none to others nearby. All audio processing runs on-device with no cameras or recording, and the glasses weigh 34 grams with 10-12 hours of battery life.
A growing discussion highlights how open-weight AI models can be modified—or 'abliterated'—to remove built-in safety restrictions, allowing users to bypass content moderation. Commentators note this concern extends beyond models originating from China to open-source AI broadly, raising questions about how the industry and regulators should respond.
Google Japan has revealed a DIY keyboard design called the 'rotating Gboard keyboard,' which places 29 keys on a moving conveyor belt instead of a fixed layout. Users type by waiting for the desired key to roll past rather than moving their fingers to reach it. The design isn't for sale, but Google has released open-source blueprints so people can build their own.
Edison Design Group has published its EDG C/C++ compiler front end as an open source project on GitHub, including a C-generating back end, a C++-generating back end, a prelinker, a runtime support library, and related development tools. The project also ships documentation and guides covering building the compiler, contributing changes, and setting up a development environment.
The EDG C++ compiler front-end is transitioning to a public, open process overseen by a newly formed Fiscal Sponsorship Committee (FSC). The committee, chaired by John Spicer, will include volunteers drawn from the EDG user community and will supervise the effort across three separate tracks.
An opinion piece for Entrepreneur argues that most market-leading companies eventually decline, citing IBM, Blockbuster and Motorola as examples of firms that lost dominance by failing to adapt to shifts in technology and markets. The author, drawing an analogy to tennis champions like Djokovic and Federer, says reaching the top requires a resilient, growth-oriented team with ambitious goals, while staying there demands continuous execution and self-assessment.
Chase Bliss has published the complete files and documentation for its CHOMPI portable sampler as a permanent open-source release, marking the end of official updates to the product. Users can clone the project's GitHub repository to customize the device themselves. Ongoing discussion and community-made variations will be hosted in a dedicated CHOMPI Open Source channel on the Chase Bliss Discord.