Articles Tagged “Open Source”
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ESP32-S31 Linux BSP Boots Real Linux on 16MB PSRAM
Espressif released a Linux 6.18 BSP developer preview for the ESP32-S31, fitting a bootable image into roughly 13.7MB of flash on a $10-class chip.
Mojo 1.0 Compiler Goes Open Source Under Apache 2.0
Modular open-sourced the entire Mojo compiler and toolchain under Apache 2.0 at ModCon 2026, alongside 450,000 lines of GPU kernel code.
Linux 7.2 Powers Down the Raspberry Pi GPU When Idle
Linux 7.2 brings runtime power management to the Raspberry Pi 4 and 5 V3D GPU, cutting idle desktop draw about 3.3%, plus Pi 3 GPU hang fixes.
World Chain Ships EIP-7928 Access Lists Before Ethereum
World Chain went live August 17 streaming EIP-7928 block access lists every 200ms, targeting 1 gigagas per second with no new validator hardware.
Palomar Registry Puts AI Math Proofs Under Lean Review
Palomar, incubated by the Lean FRO and ICARM, is now open for submissions and gives machine-checked math proofs a public registry with real metadata.
PyBLE Programs MicroPython Boards Over Bluetooth LE
PyBLE is an MIT-licensed MicroPython IDE for iPad and Android tablets that edits, runs, and debugs ESP32 boards wirelessly over Bluetooth Low Energy.
PICOTTY Turns Pi Picos Into a Networked Serial Console
PICOTTY pairs a Pi Zero 2 W hub with Ethernet-connected Pico nodes to give four headless machines a browser-based serial console for under $100.
ESP RainMaker Neo Open Sources the Full IoT Stack
Espressif released ESP RainMaker Neo under Apache 2.0, handing makers the cloud backend, firmware SDK, and phone app to self-host on their own AWS account.
Thingino Open Firmware Now Supports 166 IP Cameras
Thingino replaces the stock firmware on Ingenic-based IP cameras with open-source Linux, adding RTSP, MQTT, VPN and Home Assistant on 166 supported models.
Orange Pi 5B Ubuntu Images Fix an 8-Year Bluetooth Bug
New Pi Desktop and Pi Studio images for the Orange Pi 5B finally land the AP6275P Bluetooth fix Cypress published back in 2018, plus 4K 120Hz.
Moonshine Puts Offline Voice AI on a Pico 2 Chip
Moonshine AI fit a full offline voice pipeline — detection, speech-to-text, and neural TTS — onto a Raspberry Pi Pico 2, using just 3.6 MiB of flash.
Next.js Ships First Pre-Announced Security Update
Next.js patched 9 CVEs in v16.2.11 and v15.5.21 — its first pre-announced monthly security release, giving teams time to plan upgrades before disclosure.
OpenInfrared Point: An Open Local ESP32-S3 Remote Hub
The OpenInfrared Point pairs an ESP32-S3 with IR, NFC and audio streaming, running fully local. Kickstarter early-bird pricing starts at 149 USD.
BornHack's Cyber Aegg Badge Runs LoRa Mesh Networking
The BornHack 2026 Cyber Aegg badge pairs an nRF52840 with an SX1262 LoRa radio and a 1.54-inch e-paper display, and it lasts the whole camp on one charge.
7-Zip 26.02 Patches an Archive Decoder Flaw via ZDI
7-Zip 26.02 fixes a heap overflow in the XZ decoder, found by researcher Landon Peng and coordinated through ZDI as advisory ZDI-26-444. Update manually.
Espressif's ESP-Aliro SDK Brings Smart Locks to ESP32
Espressif released esp-aliro, an open SDK implementing the CSA's Aliro credential standard on ESP32-C and ESP32-H chips — phone-as-key, no lock-in.
M5Stack Core2 Firmware Clones a $230 Codex Macro Pad
Open-source firmware turns a roughly $50 M5Stack Core2 into a working equivalent of OpenAI's $230 Codex Micro control pad, using its touchscreen.
RK3576 NPU Support Lands in Mainline Linux Via Rocket
A developer reverse-engineered the RK3576's hidden NPU registers to bring open-source acceleration to mainline Linux — and documented what still fails.
SkillDetonate Catches Malicious AI-Agent Skills That Slip Past Scanners
Researchers released SkillDetonate on July 6, 2026 — a runtime auditor that sandboxes AI-agent skills and caught 97% of malicious ones static scanners miss.
ESP32-P4 Runs Classic Mac OS: A BasiliskII Port on a $40 Devkit
A tiny RISC-V ESP32-P4 touchscreen board now boots Mac OS 7.1 to 8.1 via a BasiliskII 68k emulator port, hitting ~24 FPS on a Quadra-class virtual Mac.
OpenSSH 10.4: Post-Quantum Signatures and Quiet SSH Hardening
OpenSSH 10.4 rolls up eight security fixes and adds experimental post-quantum signatures, future-proofing the world's most trusted secure remote access tool.
BIGTREETECH Panda Sense Pro: An 8-in-1 Air Quality Monitor for Makers
The BIGTREETECH Panda Sense Pro 8-in-1 air quality monitor tracks PM2.5, CO2, and formaldehyde for 3D printing spaces, with Klipper and Home Assistant support.
cURL 8.21.0 Ships a Record 18 Fixes, Including a 25-Year-Old Bug
cURL 8.21.0 patched a record 18 vulnerabilities on June 24, 2026, including a 25-year-old flaw surfaced by AI-assisted code analysis, before any exploitation.
New Open-Source Tools Give Defenders Guardrails for AI Agents
A June 2026 wave of free, open-source security tools — including OWASP Agent Memory Guard and DockSec — gives defenders practical guardrails for the AI-agent era.
DarkMoon Is a New Open-Source AI Pentesting Platform Built Around Evidence
Featured June 29, 2026, DarkMoon is a free, open-source AI security-testing platform that separates planning from action and only reports findings backed by real evidence.
OpenC6 Brings PC-Style BIOS Firmware to the Tiny ESP32-C6
OpenC6, detailed June 25, 2026, is an open-source firmware that gives the sub-$10 ESP32-C6 microcontroller PC-like network boot, OTA updates, and a web setup UI.
Armbian Imager 2.0 Flashes 338 SBCs With One-Click Custom Profiles
Armbian Imager 2.0 supports 338 single-board computers from 64 vendors and pre-bakes Wi-Fi, SSH, and user settings so your SBC boots ready to use.
Armbian Imager 2.0 Flashes 300+ Single-Board Computers From One App
Armbian Imager 2.0 now supports over 300 boards from 64 SBC vendors with custom user profiles, making it easier than ever to flash an OS to your Raspberry Pi alternative.
Mistral Open-Sources Search Toolkit for Production AI Search Pipelines
Mistral open-sources its Search Toolkit in public preview, unifying ingestion, retrieval, and evaluation with hybrid search for production AI search pipelines.
Velxio Lets You Simulate Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and ESP32 Boards in Your Browser
Velxio is a self-hostable, open-source board emulator supporting 19 real boards across five CPU architectures — no hardware required, runs fully in-browser via Docker.
Rockchip RK3588 and RK3576 Video Decoders Land in Mainline Linux — A Milestone for SBC Media
Collabora merges H.264 and H.265 hardware video decoding for Rockchip's top SoCs into the upstream Linux kernel, benefiting dozens of popular boards.
Hugging Face Acquires ggml.ai, Giving llama.cpp a Permanent Open-Source Home
Hugging Face acquires ggml.ai, bringing llama.cpp and the GGUF model format under its umbrella while keeping everything MIT-licensed and open-source for local AI inference.