Tag: open source

Creator of Free Adobe Suite Strikes Again, Reverse Engineers Microsoft Office

image via Futurism
image via Futurism

“We were shocked by how well they actually worked internally, so decided to open source them,” ArtCraft co-founder Michael Caffrey told Futurism. “Adobe has been notoriously scummy in the past, and when using it we were shocked that this wasn’t an alternative, it was better.” Now, ArtCraft developer Brandon Thomas has thrown down the gauntlet once more by announcing open-source clones of Microsoft’s widely used Office suite, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/creator-free-adobe-suite-microsoft-office

Cursor capitalizes on GitHub frustration, launches rival hosting platform

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image via techcrunch.com

For as long as anyone can remember, GitHub has been the de facto code host preferred by a majority of developers. However, in recent times, the platform has struggled with widely reported outages and performance degradation and, as it drops the ball, Cursor is waiting to pick it up.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/18/cursor-capitalizes-on-github-frustration-launches-rival-hosting-platform/

Cloudflare made a WordPress for AI agents

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image via theverge.com

Cloudflare, the cloud provider that connects millions of sites to the internet, wants to “fix” another digital giant: WordPress. It announced a new open-source system, called EmDash, that’s supposed to address the “core problems that WordPress cannot solve” — and they want to do it by allowing AI agents to take control of your website.

https://www.theverge.com/tech/909730/cloudflare-emdash-wordpress-community

Ai Pin returns from the dead, no thanks to printer maker HP

image via 9to5mac.com
image via 9to5mac.com

Ai Pin is dead, long live the OpenPin. Same great hardware with none of the hubris. Check out the open-source project at openpin.org if you have a bricked Ai Pin just collecting dust — or if you’re now more interested in owning one than ever like us.

https://9to5mac.com/2025/04/23/ai-pin-returns-from-the-dead-no-thanks-to-printer-maker-hp/