#open-source

#open-source

Around 70 members of the team behind the open source database have been shown the door as part of Oracle's latest round of redundancies, according to one high-level source in the MySQL community. Michael "Monty" Widenius, who co-authored the original MySQL in the 1990s, posted that he was "Heartbroken to hear about the widespread layoffs at MySQL last week, and while I'm not surprised that Oracle is going in this direction with MySQL, it still saddens me that it's come to this."

After years of unofficial copies of Microsoft's 6502 BASIC floating around on the internet, the software giant has released the code under an open-source license. 6502 BASIC was one of Microsoft's first pieces of software, adapted in 1976 by Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates and early employee Ric Weiland to run on the 6502 CPU that powered the Apple II, Atari 2600, Nintendo Entertainment System, and Commodore 8-bit series.

"Solo.io is a cloud connectivity company. Its main cloud products are Gloo Gateway, a cloud-native API gateway built on Envoy, and Gloo Mesh, which aims to simplify Istio service mesh management for Kubernetes. And, of course, there are the inevitable AI-related products. When we spoke to Levine, Solo.io had just announced an MCP gateway for kgateway (described by the company as "the ecosystem's most mature and widely deployed cloud-native API gateway"). Most recently, the company announced that it had donated agentgateway to the Linux Foundation."

Under the MIT license, developers get maximum freedom in using DocumentDB. They can choose between PostgreSQL interfaces for stronger JSON support or MongoDB compatibility for existing expertise. "We are committed to 100% compatibility with MongoDB drivers," Microsoft emphasizes. This developer-first mentality is also reflected in the simple implementation. It takes less than a minute to get DocumentDB up and running. Contributing to the project takes even less time, which keeps the barrier to entry low.

LF Networking has announced Essedum Release 1.0, a modular open source platform designed to accelerate the integration of AI into network applications. The platform supports data connections, pipeline management, and model implementation for both on-premise and cloud environments. Essedum 1.0 includes several core features. Connections provide communication links between software systems to enable data exchange. Datasets support the import and management of data from various sources, including storage buckets, MySQL databases, and REST APIs.

These changes improve PyPI's overall account security posture, making it harder for attackers to exploit expired domain names to gain unauthorized access to accounts.

Mu's core maintainers have decided to retire the project due to reduced time and resources, with many alternatives available in the beginner coding environment.

Wassette is a new open source tool that allows developers to assemble lightweight Model Context Protocol servers using WebAssembly components, enhancing AI-driven functionalities.

We have 5 major American companies vigorously competing on frontier models. This brings out the best in everyone and helps America win the AI race.

The UK state is likely on the hook for nigh on £9 billion over five years in Microsoft licenses. This alarming amount indicates significant financial concerns in digital governance.

Gemini CLI is an open-source AI assistant from Google, designed for terminal use, enabling developers to interact with the Gemini 2.5 Pro language model seamlessly in their command line workflows.

Teufel Audio challenges the disposable Bluetooth speaker trend with the MYND, a device emphasizing repairability, sustainability, and open-source accessibility for end-users.

Mem0 operates as a memory layer that sits between AI applications and language models, capturing and storing relevant information from user interactions. This intelligent memory system enables AI applications to provide personalized, context-aware responses without requiring users to repeatedly establish context.

Sun Day offers an open-source approach, with its codebase published on GitHub, allowing developers to inspect or remix it, aligning with Dorsey's embrace of open-source tools.

Gemini CLI is a mostly free, open-source, command-line AI workflow tool that connects to your tools, understands your code, and accelerates your workflows.

"The real-mode test suite contains 326 instruction forms, containing nearly 1.5 million instruction executions with over 32 million cycle states captured."

Red Hat AI Inference Server is intended to meet the demand for high-performing, responsive inference at scale while keeping resource demands low, providing a common inference layer that supports any model, running on any accelerator in any environment.