This transition highlights a critical pivot: the value of autonomous tech is no longer in the vehicle itself, but in the reliability of the software governing it and its ability to adapt to existing infrastructure.

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.

Fedi plans to open-source its entire software stack on Jan. 3, fulfilling a commitment it made at launch in 2024.

Open source enters 2026 as core enterprise infrastructure, with growing pressure around sustainability, governance, funding, and licensing shaping its future.

Researchers have long disagreed over what constitutes open-source AI. An influential group has offered up an answer. Open-source AI is everywhere right now. The problem is, no one agrees on what it actually is. Now we may finally have an answer. The Open ...

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.

We trace the rise of free open source software—code that can be freely modified and shared—from philosophical outlier to modern powerhouse Underlying every piece of software you use is source code that issues the commands and handles the data that ...

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