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Jan 27, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Build a 24/7 Open‑Source AI Assistant with Clawdbot – Full Install & Setup Guide

This guide walks you through the system requirements, step‑by‑step installation on macOS/Linux and Windows, onboarding configuration, gateway deployment, cloud‑VPS setup, core use‑cases, skill extensions, security best practices, cost analysis, and troubleshooting for the open‑source AI agent Clawdbot.

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Build a 24/7 Open‑Source AI Assistant with Clawdbot – Full Install & Setup Guide
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Jan 26, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

What’s New in PyTorch 2.10? Deep Dive into GPU and CUDA Enhancements

PyTorch 2.10 introduces extensive upgrades for AMD ROCm, Intel XPU, and NVIDIA CUDA, adds new Torch XPU APIs, expands Python 3.14 support, and brings performance‑focused improvements such as fused kernels and enhanced quantization, all available via the official GitHub release.

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What’s New in PyTorch 2.10? Deep Dive into GPU and CUDA Enhancements
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Jan 24, 2026 · Databases

Is MySQL at a Crossroads? Community Weighs Forking Options Amid Oracle Uncertainty

Amid growing concerns over Oracle's waning interest and recent layoffs in the MySQL core team, developers gathered in San Francisco to debate the database's future, weighing continued Oracle stewardship against creating open‑source forks such as hard‑forks like MariaDB or tracking forks like Percona's server.

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Is MySQL at a Crossroads? Community Weighs Forking Options Amid Oracle Uncertainty
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Jan 23, 2026 · Information Security

How Malicious tasks.json Can Auto‑Run Code in VS Code and How to Protect Yourself

Security researchers uncovered a vulnerability where malicious code hidden in a VS Code tasks.json file can execute automatically when a folder is opened, prompting a discussion of VS Code's safeguards, the attack's capabilities, and practical steps developers can take to mitigate the risk.

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How Malicious tasks.json Can Auto‑Run Code in VS Code and How to Protect Yourself
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Jan 22, 2026 · Frontend Development

Electron 40.0.0 Unveiled: Core Stack Overhaul, New Features & Migration Guide

Electron 40.0.0, released on January 13, 2026, brings a comprehensive core stack upgrade—including Chromium 144, Node.js 24.11.1, and V8 14.4—adds new features like WebSocket authentication and HDR rendering, outlines breaking API changes, and provides a step‑by‑step migration guide for developers.

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Electron 40.0.0 Unveiled: Core Stack Overhaul, New Features & Migration Guide
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Jan 21, 2026 · Frontend Development

What’s New in jQuery 4.0? Major Changes, Size Cut, and Trusted Types Support

jQuery 4.0, the first major release in a decade, drops IE 10 support, switches to ES modules, removes obsolete APIs, shrinks the library by over 3 KB, adds Trusted Types protection, and sparks mixed opinions about the future relevance of the once‑ubiquitous JavaScript library.

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What’s New in jQuery 4.0? Major Changes, Size Cut, and Trusted Types Support
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Jan 18, 2026 · Fundamentals

What Java Features Are Coming in 2026? A Look at Loom, Valhalla, Panama and More

Oracle’s 2026 Java roadmap highlights preview releases for value types, code reflection, AOT compilation, and structured concurrency, detailing progress on Project Loom, Valhalla, Panama, Amber, and Babylon, while noting timelines, goals, and the uncertainty of exact release dates.

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What Java Features Are Coming in 2026? A Look at Loom, Valhalla, Panama and More
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Jan 17, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Can AI Agents Really Build a Functional Web Browser? Inside Cursor’s GPT‑5.2 Experiment

The article examines Cursor’s claim that hundreds of GPT‑5.2 agents autonomously built a full‑stack web browser, detailing the massive code output, the publicly shared repository, persistent compilation failures, and what the results reveal about the limits of large‑scale AI‑driven software development.

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Can AI Agents Really Build a Functional Web Browser? Inside Cursor’s GPT‑5.2 Experiment
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Jan 16, 2026 · Information Security

Do AI Coding Agents Introduce Critical Security Flaws? Insights from a Vibe Study

A Tenzai research team evaluated five popular AI coding agents on three Vibe‑generated applications, uncovering comparable bug counts but severe vulnerabilities in Claude, Devin, and Codex outputs, highlighting systemic authorization flaws and the risks of low‑code AI development.

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Do AI Coding Agents Introduce Critical Security Flaws? Insights from a Vibe Study
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Jan 16, 2026 · Backend Development

What’s New in PHP 8.5? Pipe Operators, PFA, and Upcoming Features Explained

The article reviews PHP 8.5’s late‑2025 release, highlighting enhanced pipe operators, partial function application (PFA), object‑cloning syntax, closure improvements, richer fatal‑error stack traces, and upcoming RFCs such as pattern matching, while also covering related runtimes like FrankenPHP, the Mago toolchain, TrueAsync, and the PHPverse conference.

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What’s New in PHP 8.5? Pipe Operators, PFA, and Upcoming Features Explained