How a USB-connected speaker can infect a PC without ever being touched

CTP allows devices connected via Bluetooth or USB to send commands to the speaker, such as changing LED colors and equalizer ...
CNX Software

Convert old IR remote controls into presentation clickers using an RP2040 USB board and open-source TTVKTR firmware

TTVKTR open-source firmware converts old IR remote controls into presentation clickers through Raspberry Pi RP2040 USB boards ...
Tech Times

Google Gemma 4 12B Brings Multimodal AI to 16GB Laptops, Free Under Apache 2.0

Google Gemma 4 12B, released June 3, is an open-weight multimodal model that processes text, images, audio, and video in a ...

Open-source software unlocks rapid DNA structure generation and analysis in one workflow

Computational chemists at the University of Amsterdam's Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences have developed a ...
VentureBeat

Google's new open source Gemma 4 12B analyzes audio, video — and runs entirely locally on a typical 16GB enterprise laptop

Credit: VentureBeat made with OpenAI ChatGPT-Images-2.0 While many AI open source model providers are pursuing larger and more powerful models, Google is still giving attention to the smaller, more ...
Semiconductor Engineering

From Circuits to Systems: Unlocking the Power of Periodic Steady-State Analysis (eBook)

PAC, PNoise, and PXF—allow designers to dissect circuit performance with precision, accurately modeling frequency conversion, ...
Wired

A Hacker Group Is Poisoning Open Source Code at an Unprecedented Scale

A so-called software supply chain attack, in which hackers corrupt a legitimate piece of software to hide their own malicious code, was once a relatively rare event but one that haunted the ...
InfoWorld

Microsoft releases open-source tools to operationalize AI agent safety

Microsoft has open-sourced two new tools aimed at bringing AI safety checks much earlier into the agent development lifecycle. The tools, called Rampart and Clarity, were announced this week as part ...
Redmond Magazine

Microsoft Open Sources AI Safety Tools for Agent Development

Microsoft open-sources RAMPART and Clarity to improve AI agent safety engineering. RAMPART turns red-team findings into repeatable AI safety tests for CI pipelines. Clarity helps developers validate ...
JD Supra

When Consumers Enforce Open Source: The SFC v. Vizio Case

A California court recently issued two important rulings in a lawsuit between a nonprofit organization and TV manufacturer Vizio over open source software. These decisions may affect how companies ...
techtimes

Open-Source vs Proprietary Software: Key Differences, Pros, Cons, and Which One to Choose

The debate around open-source vs proprietary software continues to shape how individuals, developers, and businesses choose their tools. With open source software explained as community-driven and ...
MIT Technology Review

China’s open-source bet

The country’s top AI labs are undercutting US competitors and winning over developers by making their best models free. Silicon Valley AI companies follow a familiar playbook: Keep the secret sauce ...