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Knockoff: Local, Open-Source Extension Filters Fake Amazon Brands
technology22 hours ago

Knockoff: Local, Open-Source Extension Filters Fake Amazon Brands

A new browser extension called Knockoff helps Amazon shoppers avoid fake, mass-produced brands by flagging or hiding suspect listings. It runs locally in Firefox, Chrome, and other Chromium-based browsers, requires no account, and is open-source with code on GitHub. Users can adjust badges and report misclassifications to improve accuracy over time. While effective in filtering out many knockoffs, it may also mislabel legitimate brands and does not assess product quality, so buyers should still scrutinize listings themselves.

via CNET|
#amazon#browser-extension#fake-brands
Knockoff: Free on-device filter to hide knockoff brands on Amazon
technology2 days ago

Knockoff: Free on-device filter to hide knockoff brands on Amazon

Amazon’s shopping feed is cluttered by sponsored ads and low-quality, white-label brands. Knockoff, a free open-source browser extension for Chrome and Firefox, filters listings on-device by cross-referencing a ~5,000-brand database and applying linguistic heuristics, allowing you to dim, label, or hide pseudo-brand items and even scrub ad carousels, with three filtering levels and no user accounts or trackers.

via Android Authority|
#amazon#brand-filtering#browser-extension
BleachBit: The open-source cleaner giving Windows 11 users precise, ads-free control
technology2 days ago

BleachBit: The open-source cleaner giving Windows 11 users precise, ads-free control

Windows 11 includes built-in cleanup tools, but BleachBit offers deeper, user-controlled cleaning of temporary files, caches, logs, browser data, and privacy-related data. The free, open-source tool avoids ads or bundled extras, explains options before removing them, and includes a Preview feature to estimate space reclaimed. It also supports secure file shredding and wiping free space, with both portable and command-line options. The article recommends using BleachBit alongside Windows 11’s built-in tools for thorough cleanup, cautions against risky actions (like registry cleaners), and emphasizes understanding what will be deleted (cookies, session data, etc.).

via Windows Central|
#bleachbit#cleanup#open-source
Open-Source GLM-5.2 Triggers AI Security Alarm
technology3 days ago

Open-Source GLM-5.2 Triggers AI Security Alarm

As Anthropic tightens rollout of Mythos 5 and Fable 5 under U.S. security concerns, Beijing-based Z.ai releases GLM-5.2 as an open-weight model that anyone can download and run locally, potentially bypassing vendor safeguards. Researchers say GLM-5.2 can identify software vulnerabilities and assist cyber tasks, while reports of jailbreaks and forums trading exploits highlight the heightened risk of open-source AI enabling misuse.

via Futurism|
#ai#cybersecurity#machine-learning
Cheaper Chinese AI rivals close the gap and draw U.S. firms toward open stacks
technology4 days ago

Cheaper Chinese AI rivals close the gap and draw U.S. firms toward open stacks

Chinese open-source/open-weight AI models from DeepSeek, Z.ai, and others are narrowing the performance gap with leading U.S. rivals while offering dramatically lower costs, prompting U.S. firms to route more tokens via platforms like OpenRouter and shift workloads away from OpenAI/Anthropic. Lindy moved 100% of Claude traffic to DeepSeek, and GLM 5.2 has seen rapid adoption, highlighting a trend where cheaper Chinese models are becoming viable for many workloads—often 60%–90% cheaper—even as frontier performance remains a few months behind the top U.S. systems, a dynamic occurring amid tighter U.S. AI regulation.

via CNBC|
#ai#china-tech#cost-savings
technology4 days ago

AMD Ryzen AI Halo: A Tiny, Open-Source AI Powerhouse for Local Workloads

Phoronix reviews the AMD Ryzen AI Halo, a compact mini PC built around the Ryzen AI Max+ Strix Halo platform, with 128GB unified memory and support for up to 200B-parameter LLMs. It runs Windows 11 or a Debian-based Ryzen AI Developer Platform Linux stack, ships with 2TB Gen5 NVMe, HDMI 2.1b, 10Gb Ethernet, WiFi 7, and a Radeon 8060S GPU in a 150×150×45 mm, ~1.2 kg chassis at 120W, and emphasizes fully open-source software with strong Linux support; a Gorgon Halo variant is planned for the future.

via Phoronix|
#ai#amd#linux
LineageOS Pushes Back on Google's Sideloading Verification Rules
news5 days ago

LineageOS Pushes Back on Google's Sideloading Verification Rules

LineageOS says Google's upcoming developer verification system for sideloading won't affect its ROM since it doesn't ship with Google Mobile Services or go through Google's certification; however, stock Android devices will require apps to be registered to a verified developer and use Google's advanced sideloading flow (or ADB) starting September 30, 2026, with a global rollout in 2027. The project notes it would disable the feature if Google moves the verification into Play Services.

via Android Authority|
#android#google#lineageos
Flipper Zero firmware enters a community-powered maintenance phase
technology5 days ago

Flipper Zero firmware enters a community-powered maintenance phase

Flipper Devices will continue maintaining the Flipper Zero firmware with a smaller internal team and a heavier reliance on community contributions, while shifting focus to new devices like Flipper One (open Linux) and the Busy Bar. Full-time feature development is over, though official firmware remains supported. A new workflow uses weekly GitHub Discussions reviews, community‑driven pull requests with stricter checks, mandatory integration and regression testing, and oversight of AI-generated or low-level changes. With direct social‑media messaging disabled due to high user volume, requests are voted on in Discussions to influence the roadmap.

via BleepingComputer|
#community#firmware#flipper-zero
technology5 days ago

ReactOS Demonstrates Half-Life 2 Run, Marking a Milestone for Open-Source Windows

ReactOS, the open-source reimplementation of Windows, has progressed from running Half-Life to now running Half-Life 2 in nightly builds, using a GTX 960 with the NVIDIA 368.61 legacy driver and Creative Audigy drivers, signaling a milestone in Windows-like compatibility for the project; the developers also shared that ReactOS has taken its first Windows NT6 system call as a step toward Vista-era compatibility.

via Phoronix|
#gaming#half-life-2#open-source
technology7 days ago

LLVM: The Open-Source Engine Powering Today’s Tech Stack

Funded starting in 2000 by the NSF, LLVM grew from an academic project into a foundational open-source compiler infrastructure that underpins Apple’s shift to Clang, Google/Meta data centers, ARM/Intel toolchains, and major platforms from PlayStation to WebAssembly. Its modular IR and pass pipeline enable persistent, offline, and JIT optimizations across languages with SSA form, supporting whole-program compilation and runtime profiling. This flexibility has accelerated software across mobile, cloud, desktop, gaming, HPC, and AI, while fueling education and research and spawning derivative projects like MLIR and related toolchains.

via Communications of the ACM|
#clang#compiler-infrastructure#llvm
Palantir Sees Government AI Pivot to Open-Source, Frames Itself as Gatekeeper
technology7 days ago

Palantir Sees Government AI Pivot to Open-Source, Frames Itself as Gatekeeper

Palantir CEO Alex Karp says some U.S. government customers have shifted to open-source AI, arguing that enterprises want Palantir as a trusted intermediary between buyers and big AI firms like OpenAI and Anthropic to govern data and costs; he also accused those firms of stealing data and overcharging, pitching Palantir’s platform as an essential 'application layer' to protect government and business users.

via The Information|
#ai#enterprise#government
SpudCell: the Open-Source Synthetic Cell That Feeds, Grows and Divides
science10 days ago

SpudCell: the Open-Source Synthetic Cell That Feeds, Grows and Divides

Scientists at the University of Minnesota created SpudCell, a manmade, liposome-encased system that can feed, grow, reproduce and compete for nutrients using a 36-gene gene set derived from a virus and E. coli; though not fully alive, it shows key life‑like traits and can evolve in mixed cultures. Researchers aim to add ribosomes and longer-term self-replication, and they've launched Biotic—a nonprofit to foster open collaboration while addressing biosafety.

via The New York Times|
#minimal-genome#open-source#ribosome