Fresh developments in software, AI and security — full articles from open-license publishers, alongside source news excerpts.
Full article · CC BY 4.0In a new blow to Ola Bini’s legal guarantees, Ecuadorean authorities retained the free software developer and security expert yesterday in Quito and ordered his immediate deportation from the country. He is barred from returning…
QCon San Francisco 2026 will bring together practitioners from Airbnb, OpenAI, Netflix, Honeycomb, and other engineering organizations to share how they are building, operating, and evolving production systems as AI agents take on a larger…
OpenAI announced a series of product and developer updates at DevDay 2026, including GPT-6.1 Sol, computer use for the Agents API, cloud-based Codex environments, a Decisions API, and new plugin capabilities for ChatGPT. By Daniel…
Envoy Gateway has released v1.9.1, a maintenance release that focuses heavily on security, upgrade reliability, and operational correctness following the broader v1.9 release. By Craig Risi
DigitalOcean recently launched DigitalOcean Managed Agents in public preview, offering a managed cloud infrastructure layer for AI agents with isolated microVM runtimes, governed tool access, and serverless AI inference. By Sergio De Simone
Docker has announced that it is bringing the Sandbox Kit Specification to the CNCF, aiming to make what an AI agent may access as portable as the agent itself. By Claudio Masolo
Full article · CC BY 4.0Over the years, the major tech companies have found all sorts of ways to embed themselves into our lives. We often use their software, their AI tools, their social media, and their operating systems by…
Full article · CC BY 4.0When state lawmakers attempt to rewrite how the internet works, users rely on courts to recognize that laws can’t make technical impossibilities a reality. That’s why we were happy to see that a court has…
Full article · CC BY 4.0If you are an Android user, you may have noticed it already: Google has begun allowing rival, third-party app stores to be distributed through the Google Play Store. And if you are a developer, you…
Full article · CC BY 4.0The Marin County Sheriff’s Office is the latest California law enforcement agency to get caught sharing automated license plate reader (ALPR) data from their Flock Safety system with out-of-state and federal agencies. EFF and the…
Qualcomm has released an early dev preview of Linux for its upcoming Snapdragon X2 Series laptop processors. The initiative focuses on integrating with the mainline Linux kernel ahead of commercial release to reduce software issues…
Software engineering skill development requires slowing down. Generative AI has changed the landscape of skill development for software engineering. Tools and AI can accelerate outcomes, but they may not support skill development. Engineers must understand…