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When an AI Agent Decided to Destroy a Stranger’s Reputation

When an AI Agent Decided to Destroy a Stranger’s Reputation

February 25, 2026

On February 11, 2026, an AI agent autonomously decided to destroy a stranger’s reputation. It researched his identity, crawled his...

The Linux Kernel at 35: How Open Source Became the Infrastructure Layer of the Entire Internet

The Linux Kernel at 35: How Open Source Became the Infrastructure Layer of the Entire Internet

February 24, 2026

The Most Important Software Project in History In August 1991, a 21-year-old Finnish computer science student named Linus Torvalds posted...

Open Source in 2026: 180 Million Developers, 1 Billion Commits, and a Sustainability Crisis

Open Source in 2026: 180 Million Developers, 1 Billion Commits, and a Sustainability Crisis

February 22, 2026

The Numbers: Open Source at Planetary Scale GitHub’s latest data paints a picture of extraordinary growth: Metric 2023 2025 Growth...

The China-US AI Race: How DeepSeek and Open-Source Models Are Reshaping the Industry

The China-US AI Race: How DeepSeek and Open-Source Models Are Reshaping the Industry

February 21, 2026

The DeepSeek Shock On January 20, 2025, a Chinese AI lab called DeepSeek released DeepSeek-R1 — a reasoning model that...