Echo is the only open-source music player I'll use, because it beautifully handles both on-device files and streaming service in a single app.

Linux and open source are also on track to become more secure in 2026, as the ecosystem simultaneously hardens the kernel, professionalizes supply-chain defenses, and scales coordinated security programs like the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) across vendors and governments.

Alibaba Cloud's Qwen family is the world's most widely used open-source AI system as of January, Hugging Face data shows Alibaba Cloud's flagship Qwen family of artificial intelligence models surpassed 700 million downloads as of January on the developer platform Hugging Face,

Percona, a leader in enterprise-grade open source database software, support, and services, today announced the transition of Percona Everest into an independent open source project called OpenEverest,

After a contentious license change and the removal of administrator functionalities from the console, the company behind the popular open-source object storage server Minio recently announced that the project will now enter maintenance mode.

I discuss what open-source means in the realm of AI and LLMs. There are efforts to devise open-source LLMs for mental health guidance. An AI Insider scoop.

While companies like Google and OpenAI grab all the headlines, open-source Chinese AI models are getting faster, cheaper, and just as effective.