...to secure Java container images that incorporate Azul’s build of OpenJDK.

Latest figures from StatCounter show that Linux achieved a 5.03% share of the Desktop Operating System market in June 2025, something that is being viewed as a pivotal moment for open-source software enthusiasts and industry observers alike.

Agentic AI and MPC are coming to the database. We examine two options that will allow you to diagnose and tweak PostgreSQL, the modern way.

Is Google planning on merging ChromeOS with Android? Last week it looked like the long-standing rumor had been casually confirmed by a Google spokesperson. This week, we're back to a position of 'as you were'. 

Robots that enthusiasts could build for under $500, and that are smart enough to walk off the 3D printer that formed them, have been demonstrated by a team at the University of Edinburgh. 

In this week's top featured article Harry Fairhead shows how to work with IoT devices using the Raspberry Pi 5 and Gpio5. What's Gpio5? It is a new open source library written by Harry specifically to let the Pi 5 work directly with GPIO hardware. It is  based on the Pico SDK for the RP1 microprocessor, the chip that also powers the Pi 5. 

At the moment Coursera Plus has a special offer for new subscribers. If you love learning new skills or keeping your existing skills up to date, it's worth your immediate attention.

Blender Studio has released a free-to-play game on Steam that is designed not just to be fun to play, but as an example of what you can create in the games arena using just open source software.

GitHub Copilot Adventures is a repository that, through fun and educational play, teaches how to use Copilot effectively.

Google has updated Firebase Studio with new Agent modes, foundational support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), and Gemini CLI integration. 

Empirical research into whether access to AI-powered tools, primarily Cursor, reduces or lengthens the time taken to deal with routine software development tasks produced an unexpected result. Using AI tools increased task-completion time by 19%.

The July Tiobe index is out and it isn't particularly interesting until you notice that it confirms the standard model of programming -  code is written in Python and C and everything else is just noise.

Amazon has made major changes to AWS accounts that came into effect today. If you are new to AWS do the benefits of signing up to a Free plan outweigh the disadvantages and risks?

Codacy has released Guardrails, a new solution for securing AI-generated code directly in the IDE to prevent vulnerabilities in code completions from reaching Git.

Geany, the lightweight IDE, has been updated to add new themes and support for more file types and platform-native file selection dialogs. 

Akka has launched a new Akka Agentic Platform that can be used to build, operate, and evaluate any type of agentic AI system. The platform provides orchestration, memory, toolkits for agents, and streaming capabilities. 

Knee-related conditions such as osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis significantly impact mobility and also increase susceptibility to injuries, creating a cycle that leads to chronic pain, reduced function, and long-term disability. Now researchers have come up with an AI-powered wearable to analyse complex dynamic motion signals of the knee joint for accurate torque monitoring.

This extended version of the newsletter emailed to subscribers every Wednesday lists the week's news items, Book Review and additions to Book Watch and the week's two feature articles. This week Mike James explains how to use masks to work with bit patterns in Python and we look at the fascinating story behind the spreadsheet and how Mitch Kapor founded Lotus Development Corporation.