Let’s explore the best alternatives to Discord

With many users feeling uneasy about Discord's new age-verification requirement, here are some alternatives that could be ...

Mastodon, a decentralized alternative to X, plans to target creators with new features

Mastodon is looking to grow its open source, decentralized social network with new features aimed at creators.
WPBF

Father-and-son surgeons bring alternative to open-heart surgery to Palm Beach County

ONE LOCAL MAN SAYS THE INNOVATIVE APPROACH WAS A REAL GAME CHANGER. AT 76 YEARS OLD, STAYING ACTIVE ISN’T JUST A GOAL FOR JOHN ZELL’S, IT’S HIS WAY OF LIFE. WHETHER HE’S OUT ON THE GOLF COURSE OR ONE ...
Tennessean

Open Enrollment Rescue: Millions Eligible for Alternatives to Closed ACA Plans

ACA enrollment is over, but HCSMs provide vital year-round safety nets. Christian Care Health offers netWell™ as a top solution for families needing options. For those who find themselves on the wrong ...
Wired

The Best Alternative Operating Systems to Get Google Off Your Phone

Want Google out of your life? It's pretty easy to find alternative search, email, and photo storage providers, but it's much harder to come up with a mobile operating system that's free of Google. The ...
MIT Technology Review

What’s next for Chinese open-source AI

Chinese open models are spreading fast, from Hugging Face to Silicon Valley. Here’s why that matters. MIT Technology Review’s What’s Next series looks across industries, trends, and technologies to ...
Android Police

Why I'm divorcing Big Tech and moving all my data to open source alternatives

Dhruv Bhutani has been writing about consumer technology since 2008, offering deep insights into the Android smartphone landscape through features and opinion pieces. He joined Android Police in 2023, ...
Engadget

X's 'open source' algorithm isn't a win for transparency, researchers say

The X logo appears on a smartphone screen. (Photo by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (NurPhoto via Getty Images) When X's engineering team published the code that powers the platform's ...
Nature

Open-source AI tool beats giant LLMs in literature reviews — and gets citations right

Researchers have published the recipe for an artificial-intelligence model that reviews the scientific literature better than some major large language models (LLMs) are able to, and gets the ...
CoinDesk

Bitcoin miners get an open-source alternative as Tether launches MiningOS

Tether has released an open-source operating system for bitcoin mining, pitching it as a way to make running mining infrastructure simpler while reducing reliance on closed, vendor-controlled software ...
Bitcoin Magazine

Tether Launches Open-Source Bitcoin Mining Operating System

Tether has unveiled MiningOS (MOS) as part of a broader push to reduce the industry’s reliance on proprietary, vendor-controlled software. Tether has open-sourced a new operating system for bitcoin ...