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Huge barn transformed into a modern home with an open floor plan

Huge barn transformed into a modern home with an open floor plan Posted: April 3, 2026 | Last updated: April 3, 2026 Barns aren’t usually very large. We picture them as cozy little structures made of ...
InfoWorld

On the pleasures and dangers of open source Python

How to boost app performance with Python 3.15's lazy import ...
The Atlantic

The Tension That Defines Modern Life

Sierra Campbell told me that she does “like 50 things a day” to try to curb her screen time. She has a widget on her home screen that shows a tally of the hours and minutes she’s been on her phone ...
TechCrunch

Cohere launches an open source voice model specifically for transcription

Enterprise AI company Cohere on Thursday launched its first voice model: Transcribe is an open source automatic speech recognition model that can be used for tasks like note-taking and speech analysis ...
Android Authority

Android Canary blesses the Linux Terminal with a modern UI, new features

Android’s built-in Linux Terminal is getting new features with the latest Android Canary update. Android Canary brings several small interface changes throughout the Terminal. It also brings an ...
Computerworld

China’s use of open‑source AI threatens the US lead in AI development, US Commission warns

Chinese models like Qwen and DeepSeek dominate Hugging Face downloads, while factory‑level AI deployment creates proprietary data loops that US policies don’t address. China’s open-source AI strategy ...
Reuters

China's open-source dominance threatens US AI lead, US advisory body warns

Chinese open-source AI overtaking US models in data collection, report says China best positioned to benefit from shift towards physical AI Some Western firms prefer low-cost Chinese models BEIJING, ...
SiliconANGLE

OpenAI acquires open-source Python tooling startup Astral

OpenAI Group PBC today announced plans to acquire Astral Software Inc., a startup with a set of widely used Python development tools. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Astral’s development ...
Reuters

OpenAI to buy Python toolmaker Astral to take on Anthropic

March 19 (Reuters) - OpenAI said on Thursday it will acquire Python toolmaker Astral, as the ChatGPT owner looks to strengthen its portfolio against ‌rival Anthropic and gain more share in the ...
Ars Technica

OpenAI is acquiring open source Python tool-maker Astral

OpenAI announced Thursday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Astral, the company behind popular open source Python development tools such as uv, Ruff, and ty, and integrate the company ...
Bleeping Computer

Betterleaks, a new open-source secrets scanner to replace Gitleaks

A new open-source tool called Betterleaks can scan directories, files, and git repositories and identify valid secrets using default or customized rules. Secret scanners are specialized utilities that ...