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Microsoft is taking advantage of a controversy created by Google last month to push its own new competing open source technology.

Today, the Linux Foundation launched yet another open source group — this one relating to the Internet of Things (IoT) and edge computing. The new group is EdgeX Foundry, and its goal is to ...

The headless package is available on GitHub, promoting transparency across the open-source community. Here's all you need to ...

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Adobe Acrobat was once the gold standard for PDF viewing and editing, but it's grown bloated, invasive, and expensive. Okular offers a refreshing alternative that's fast, free, privacy-friendly, and ...

XyphroLabs's UsbGpib is an open-source hardware, inexpensive, and portable USB to GPIB adapter aiming to provide "access to ...