Jul 17, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net tldraw releases free offline desktop app with scripting features tldraw has launched a free offline, file-based desktop application, letting users diagram and organize locally without accounts or servers. The new desktop app supports script execution and persist...
Jul 17, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net LM Studio Bionic launches as new AI agent for open models LM Studio has introduced Bionic, a new application now in initial preview and designed as an AI agent for agentic work with open models. Users can choose between Work Projects for tasks like resear...
Jul 17, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Home Assistant Matter Server 9.1.0 adds support for Matter 1.6.0 Home Assistant has released Matter Server 9.1.0, now supporting Matter 1.6.0. The update introduces automatic time synchronization for supported devices and enhanced Thread network diagnostics. Use...
Jul 17, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Bolt.new open sources Bolt Slides for dynamic, AI-powered presentations Bolt.new has open sourced Bolt Slides, letting any agent such as Claude Code, Codex, or Bolt generate dynamic presentations. The platform supports features like interactive whiteboards, 3D walkthro...
Jul 17, 2026 from Hackaday This Week in Security: Another Record Patch Tuesday, LAME is More Secure, Secure Boot is Less Secure, and Milk Malware Following the reports last week using the Windows Global Device ID (GDID) in tracking a malware operators behavior, here is a comprehensive write-up about what goes into the GDID and …read more
Jul 17, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Bear 2.9 launches with tag-based workspace feature and note scoping for the MCP server Bear 2.9 brings major updates for users seeking refined organization and more controls in their Markdown note-taking experience for macOS and iOS. The new workspace feature allows you to turn any t...
Jul 17, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Secure messaging app Briar enters maintenance mode, will only receive bug & security fixes Briar, a free and open source secure messaging app, has officially entered maintenance mode. According to the development team, the app will now only receive essential security updates and bug fixe...
Jul 17, 2026 from Stranger Than Usual Internetprovidervertreterscam Episode 2 Schon wieder stand so ein angeblicher Telekomvertreter vor der Tür. Ein anderer als gestern, aber dieselbe Masche.
Jul 17, 2026 from It's FOSS Linus Torvalds Spent Years Dismissing AI, Only to Vouch for It A chronological look at how Linux's creator went from "90% marketing" to telling AI critics to fork the kernel or walk away.
Jul 17, 2026 from Hackaday EU Adds Exemptions to User-Serviceable Batteries Rules Built-in batteries put a timebomb inside devices, with especially the calendar aging feature of Li-ion chemistries setting a hard limit on when you’ll have to toss the device or figure …read more
Jul 17, 2026 from It's FOSS 15 O'Reilly Linux eBooks for Under $30: A Bundle That Goes From Command Line Basics to Kubernetes Don't miss! Pay tiny amount for a Git-to-Kubernetes Linux library of DRM-free eBooks, with part of the purchase going to Code for America.
Jul 17, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Blackmagic Camera 3.4 for Android adds 4K HDMI output with audio & Wear OS camera control Blackmagic Design has released version 3.4 of the Blackmagic Camera app for Android, delivering its digital film camera controls and proprietary image processing to mobile filmmakers. The latest up...
Jul 17, 2026 from Hackaday Wireless LCD Streaming for the ANENG AN870 Multimeter Having the information shown on the display of a digital multimeter also recorded off-screen can be incredibly useful, but unless the device exposes something like SCPI on a network interface, …rea...
Jul 17, 2026 from It's FOSS X (Formerly Twitter) is Going Open Source A look at his latest announcement, plus what's actually shipped so far and what's still missing.
Jul 17, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net xAI has open-sourced Grok Build after backlash over secretly uploading users’ repositories xAI has released the full source code of Grok Build, its AI coding agent, after Cereblab researchers found that the tool was uploading users’ entire Git repositories to company controlled Google Cl...
Jul 17, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Hack revealed AI music platform Suno scraped millions of songs from YouTube, Deezer & more Apparently, the popular AI music platform Suno was hacked in November 2025 through a supply chain attack that exposed an employee’s credentials, according to a report from 404 Media. The hacker all...
Jul 17, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Forgejo 16.0 adds SSRF protection, granular notifications, and refined review tools Forgejo v16.0 has been launched with security, workflow, and collaboration improvements for the self hosted code platform. Git mirrors now have stronger protection against server side request forge...
Jul 17, 2026 from Hackaday A Sloshing-Mercury-Powered Neon Light In 1675, while transporting a barometer by night, the astronomer Jean Picard noticed a glow inside its glass tube, just above the mercury. As the mercury sloshed and splashed across …read more
Jul 17, 2026 from The Emu Café Social Cup Noodle (Cold Edition) in Japan SoraNews24, which covers news from Japan, is a long-time member of my feed collection and a regular article contributor to the “Around the Web” secution of my weekly newsletter. They cover some “ne...
Jul 17, 2026 from Hackaday White Rails are the Infrastructure Hack We Didn’t Know We Needed Railroads might be a nineteenth century technology, but they’re still the backbone of cargo transportation in the 21st century. They’ve also far from run out of innovation, including this one …read...
