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I replaced every Microsoft app on Windows with open-source tools, and here's how it went

Windows desktop has always felt like a curated showroom for Microsoft’s latest services. After all, the company’s defaults ...

This week in AI updates: Google’s UCP standard, a redesigned Slackbot, and more (January 16, 2026)

Google has announced a new open-source standard for agentic commerce called the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP).

Z.ai's open source GLM-Image beats Google's Nano Banana Pro at complex text rendering, but not aesthetics

Furthermore, Nano Banana Pro still edged out GLM-Image in terms of pure aesthetics — using the OneIG benchmark, Nano Banana 2 ...

Chainguard adds 10 new projects to EmeritOSS program for prolonging the life of open source tools

Chainguard is adding 10 new open source projects to EmeritOSS, its program for supporting mature open source projects.
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10 free Windows apps that improved my productivity (and I'd easily pay money for)

If Windows is your preferred operating system, consider these open-source apps. There are numerous open-source apps available for almost any task. These are all free to install and use on Windows.