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Linux kernel developers are moving to scrap the rule that contributors label AI-assisted patches with an "Assisted-by" tag. Sasha Levin posted a patch on Friday, October 9, 2026...

Laid-Off DevOps Engineer Says Anthropic’s Fable Was Cheaper, Not Better

A DevOps engineer who writes as Cendyne says Anthropic's Fable models cost them their job, though not because the AI did the work better. "As the last engineer, Fable was cheape...

Nothing Phone (3) Gets Stable Android 17 Update, With Rest of Lineup to Follow by January

Nothing began rolling out the stable release of Nothing OS 5.0, its Android 17-based software, to the Nothing Phone (3) on Monday, Oct. 12. The Phone (3) is the company's first...

Developer Behind Free Adobe Clones Releases AI-Built Open-Source Takes on Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Updated Oct. 21, 2026, 1:15 a.m. ET: Adds current GitHub star counts and WordCraft's own readiness estimate from its project page. Brandon Thomas, the software...

Samsung Phones as Coding Workstations: Termux, DeX and the Limits of Pocket Compute

A Samsung Galaxy phone docked to a monitor can handle a good share of everyday coding work, but heat and Android's limits on apps still keep it from replacing a laptop for heavy...

UT Austin Study Finds Desalinated Oilfield Water Could Cool Texas Data Centers

Oilfield wastewater from Texas' Permian Basin could help cool AI data centers, whose elec...

LineageOS 24 Brings Android 17 Early, With Fresh Apps and Browser-Based Flashing

Updated Oct. 21, 2026, 3:03 a.m. ET: Adds that official LineageOS 24 builds are now listed for all five Pixel 10 models, including the 10 Pro XL, 10 Pr...

Why VS Code Lets You Write Invalid JSON—and Why That Choice Still Matters

Visual Studio Code accepts comments and trailing commas in its own settings files, even though strict JSON forbids both, and the behavior is deliberate. MakeUseOf's Yasir Mahmoo...

Motorola’s Signature 27 Brings Flagship Specs to the U.S., but Its Update Record Gives Reviewers Pause

Updated Oct. 21, 2026, 3:08 a.m. ET: Adds the fine print in Motorola's published support terms, which promise "up to" seven OS updates and a bi-monthly security patch schedu...

Apple Plans Big iPhone Duo In-Store Demo Push as Supply Stays Tight

Updated Oct. 21, 2026, 3:22 a.m. ET: Adds Apple's Oct. 16 statement on pre-order demand, delivery dates slipping into 2027 and the two-per-customer U.S. order limit....

AI Decompilers Flood Browsers With Playable Halo, GTA Vice City and Simpsons Ports

Updated Oct. 21, 2026, 1:45 p.m. ET: Adds Activision's DMCA takedown of two AI-built Call of Duty browser ports and Microsoft's Oct. 13 launch of Xbox Labs. Activision hit d...

Developers Turn Apple’s $2,000 Foldable Into a Virtual Walkman and Accordion

Apple's iPhone Duo, its first foldable iPhone, starts at $1,999 and reaches stores on Friday, Oct. 23. Independent developers have already built dozens of prototypes that use it...

Android Auto Bug Leaves Foldable Phone Owners Stuck Opening Devices to Call

Owners of clamshell foldables such as the Motorola Razr Ultra can't place outgoing calls through Android Auto while the phone is closed, according to user reports first collecte...

CalibRaw Brings Free, Lightroom-Style RAW Editing to Linux, Android, Windows and Mac

CalibRaw, a free, open-source RAW photo editor, is drawing attention from photographers looking for a Lightroom-style workflow without Adobe's subscription. The app runs on Linu...

Ubuntu 26.10 Brings Rust-Powered OpenPGP Alternative as Canonical Accelerates Memory-Safe Shift

Updated Oct. 21, 2026, 3:38 a.m. ET: Adds that Ubuntu 26.10 was released Oct. 15. Ubuntu 26.10, codenamed Stonking Stingray, ships with Sequoia PGP, a Rust-based...

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