I tried a Claude Code alternative that's local, open source, and completely free - how it works

I was curious if Block's Goose agent, paired with Ollama and the Qwen3-coder model, could really replace Claude Code. Here's how I got started.
InfoQ

Swift Cross-Platform Framework Skip Now Fully Open Source

After three years of development, the team behind Skip, a solution designed to create iOS and Android apps from a single ...
MacRumors

Apple Introduces New 'Creator Studio' Bundle of Apps for $129 Per Year

Apple today introduced a new Apple Creator Studio bundle that offers access to six creative apps, as well as exclusive AI features and content, as part of a single subscription. In the U.S., pricing ...
BGR

5 Essential Open-Source Apps Every Android User Should Try

The Android operating system is a staple in the mobile smartphone space. Android 16 recently received a huge redesign, and the OS as a whole has a higher market share than Apple's iOS. One of the best ...
Android Police

Google’s new Android source code release schedule is bad news for custom ROMs

Rajesh started following the latest happenings in the world of Android around the release of the Nexus One and Samsung Galaxy S. After flashing custom ROMs and kernels on his beloved Galaxy S, he ...
Droid Life

Google Switches to Publishing Android Source Code Twice Per Year

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. Google updated its Android Source pages today with a change for when it publishes source code to AOSP. In ...
InfoWorld

Visual Studio Code adds multi-agent orchestration

With Visual Studio Code 1.107, developers can use GitHub Copilot and custom agents together and delegate work across local, background, and cloud agents. Just-released Visual Studio Code 1.107, the ...
Computerworld

Android 16 Upgrade Report Card: Upgrade winter

Google's latest major Android release landed in an unusual season, but the chill around its arrival feels eerily familiar. 2025’s been a weird year when it comes to Android upgrades. For ages now, ...
Bleeping Computer

New DroidLock malware locks Android devices and demands a ransom

A newly discovered Android malware dubbed DroidLock can lock victims’ screens for ransom and access text messages, call logs, contacts, audio recordings, or even erase data. DroidLLock allows its ...
Digital Trends

Android 16 QPR2 reportedly improves your Pixel phone’s performance alongside new features

Why is this important? Android 16 QPR2 adds a host of new features to Pixel phones, including auto-themed icons, dark-theme enhancements, lock-screen widgets, 90:10 split-screen, on-device AI ...
9to5google

Android’s QR code scanner redesign is rolling back out

Back in July, Google widely introduced a redesign of the Android QR code scanner, but then rolled it back. The updated interface is now starting to reappear. This is the QR code scanner available from ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Microsoft Reaches Second Milestone in Open-Source AI Editing for VS Code

Microsoft reached a second milestone in its plan to make Visual Studio Code an open-source AI editor, continuing the transition it first outlined earlier this year. The latest update open sources the ...