Tom Fenton tackles seven free and open-source AI tools bring local chat, coding, voice, design and research capabilities to personal computers and self-hosted environments.

I installed over 100 Claude Code plugins so you don't have to. Here's the signal from the noise.

You don’t need a computer science degree or mastery of the terminal command line to run AI locally anymore. Grab a free, polished desktop app like LM Studio or Jan.ai (available for macOS, Windows, ...

Project Valhalla’s value classes are heading to JDK 28, a 197,000-line change that rewrites how Java handles object identity. Oracle software engineer Lois Foltan has confirmed that Java Enhancement ...

Bitcoin Script is the programming language that controls every transaction on the Bitcoin network. It is a simple, stack-based language that defines the exact conditions under which bitcoin can be ...

The mid-budget romantic comedy continues its resurgence at SXSW, where Love Language made its world premiere Monday. In the Joey Power-helmed film, Chloë Grace Moretz stars as recently dumped writer ...

JavaScript is the foundation of the modern web. From simple button clicks to complex web applications, almost everything interactive you see online runs on JavaScript. Whether you are a beginner ...

Newer languages might soak up all the glory, but these die-hard languages have their place. Here are eight languages developers still use daily, and what they’re good for. The computer revolution has ...

A new campaign dubbed 'GhostPoster' is hiding JavaScript code in the image logo of malicious Firefox extensions with more than 50,000 downloads, to monitor browser activity and plant a backdoor. The ...

Why it matters: JavaScript was officially unveiled in 1995 and now powers the overwhelming majority of the modern web, as well as countless server and desktop projects. The language is one of the core ...

Marking its 30th anniversary on Thursday, the world’s most popular programming language faces a bitter ongoing custody battle rather than a celebration. Creators and community leaders are stepping up ...

Thirty years ago today, Netscape Communications and Sun Microsystems issued a joint press release announcing JavaScript, an object scripting language designed for creating interactive web applications ...