FOSS smashed one Microsoft monopoly. It's time to smash another
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- Shopify returns to clean code as AI agents prefer readable code, explicit contracts, and helpful feedback.
- Anthropic releases Opus 5 at half the price of its Fable sibling, with no data retention required.
- AMD leverages ROCm.AI to bypass Nvidia's CUDA moat, enabling AI model optimization via Claude.
- Tech leaders urge the US government to recognize the value of open weight AI, with notable absentees from the letter.
- AMD and Cerebras collaborate to challenge Nvidia's Groq LPUs, following the 'enemy of my enemy' principle.
- Russian threat actors pose as Signal support to launch phishing attacks; US takedowns and other security incidents reported.
- Microsoft's SharePoint on-premises remains vulnerable to zero-day attacks despite failed patches; China upgrades surveillance tools.
- DEF CON's Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructure, with voting village reports expanded to the whole conference.
- EQT acquires majority stake in Swiss cybersecurity firm Acronis at a valuation of $3.5B+.
- Ransomware persists after ten years, with infosec offering stable career prospects, according to Mikko Hyppönen.
- FOSS community challenges Microsoft's monopoly; GNOME can now mimic Windows via Flashback without extensions.
- Final release of Debian on x86-32 arrives; vulnerabilities in Joomla extensions; new X11 server implemented in assembly; Cinnamon 6.8 supports Wayland.