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Framework unveils $199 RISC-V laptop mainboard for open-source devs

TechSpot

For the uninitiated, RISC-V is an open-source, royalty-free instruction set that anyone can implement without paying licensing fees. It's different from the x86 chips from Intel and AMD that power most laptops and desktops today, which are closed off behind a web of patents and cross-licensing deals. Read Entire Article

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Focusing on the wrong open source issues

InfoWorld

If you follow open source topics on X/Twitter, you can be forgiven for believing the biggest issue in open source today is companies relicensing their open source code under different licenses. Yes, with plenty of open source buried inside and effectively “relicensed.”) Sounds terrible, right?

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AtomicJar opens public beta of Testcontainers Cloud, cloud version of open source testing tool

TechCrunch

Richard North developed an open source solution called Testcontainers in 2015 to help ease this problem for developers. Today, the open source project is used by companies like Uber, Netflix, Spotify and Capital One. Working with, microservices-based development environments presents a unique set of testing challenges.

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Gaming Goodness: NVIDIA Reveals Latest Neural Rendering and AI Advancements Supercharging Game Development at GDC 2025

NVIDIA AI Blog

Plus, the open-source NVIDIA RTX Remix modding platform has now been released, and NVIDIA ACE technology enhancements are bringing to life next-generation digital humans and AI agents for games.

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MNT's Reform Next is the latest modular laptop to push the boundaries of open hardware

TechSpot

Modular laptop maker MNT Research has unveiled plans for a successor to its open-source Reform laptop. Called the Reform Next, this updated model boasts a sleeker design, a new touchpad, and MNT's latest hot-swappable CPU. Read Entire Article

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Daily Crunch: PSG, Battery Ventures invest $100M in open source password manager Bitwarden 

TechCrunch

Alex welcomes you to YC and Apple week on the Equity podcast, and your trusty Daily Crunch team is poised at our laptops to share the cream of the news-crop with you! Daily Crunch: PSG, Battery Ventures invest $100M in open source password manager Bitwarden by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch.

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You ever think about how Asus put out like 40 models of a laptop called the “Eee PC”

The Verge

It originally ran a custom Linux operating system that reviewers loved ( Laptop Mag ’s Mark Spoonauer said it was “ten times simpler to use than any Windows notebook”) and was generally heralded as a new kind of computer with tremendous mass appeal. Spoonauer: “Pound for pound, the best value-priced notebook on the planet.”. It’s a netbook.)

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