Linux Turns 35 at Open Source Summit Europe — Linus Torvalds Speaks in Prague
The Open Source Summit + Embedded Linux Conference Europe opens tomorrow in Prague, celebrating Linux's 35th year with a keynote from its creator. »
Apple's iPhone Duo Is Almost Here: What the First Foldable iPhone Actually Does
Pre-orders for Apple's first foldable open October 16. Here's what the $1,999 iPhone Duo delivers — and what remains unproven. »
Steam's New Pyrowave Codec Brings Near-Zero-Latency Streaming Over LAN
Valve's experimental Pyrowave codec for Steam Remote Play uses 5–10× the bandwidth of existing options but delivers near-zero encoding latency, HDR, and YUV 4:4:4 color — trading efficiency for a local-play feel over Gigabit Ethernet. »
Alphabet Open-Sources Its Industrial Robotics Platform at ROSCon 2026
Intrinsic Core, the foundational software stack powering Alphabet's robotics subsidiary, is now open source under Apache 2.0 — giving any team a production-grade, ROS-compatible runtime for building intelligent robots. »
StepFun's Step 5 Preview Is Here: China's 600-Billion-Parameter Agent That Opens Its Weights on October 15
StepFun launched Step 5 Preview on September 20 — a sparse 600B model with a 1M-token context and native vision input, priced at $1 per million tokens, with open weights releasing October 15. »