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4 Microsoft Copilot Linux alternatives that are just as good (if not better)

I tested 20+ Linux desktop AI companions—several match or beat Copilot depending on use case. Newelle, LM Studio, PyGPT, and Jan.ai stand out for supporting local models, offline use, and more ...

Manufact raises $6.3M as MCP becomes the ‘USB-C for AI’ powering ChatGPT and Claude apps

Manufact, a Y Combinator startup, raised $6.3 million to build open-source tools and cloud infrastructure for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), the fast-growing standard backed by Anthropic and OpenAI ...
Microsoft

Contagious Interview: Malware delivered through fake developer job interviews

The Contagious Interview campaign weaponizes job recruitment to target developers. Threat actors pose as recruiters from crypto and AI companies and deliver backdoors such as OtterCookie and ...
InfoWorld

First look: Electrobun for TypeScript-powered desktop apps

Powered by the TypesScript-native runtime Bun, Electrobun improves Electron with a smaller application footprint and built-in ...
ZDNet

I tried Zenclora, a super-fast Linux distro with zero bloat - and one truly special feature

Zenclora is a high-performing, beautiful OS. Based on Debian, this distro uses a tweaked GNOME DE. You can download and install Zenclora for free. Typically, when I ...