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Meet ThinkRail, An Open Source IDE for AI Coding Agents, combining a code editor, terminals, Git changes, agent chats and project documentation. firethering.com/thinkrail-ai... #developertools #devtools #AI #aitools #IDE #jetbrains #windows #macOS #linux #opensource

firethering.comThinkRail: An Open Source IDE for AI Coding Agents - FiretheringThinkRail, an open source AI coding IDE from JetBrains InnovationHub that lets you manage multiple AI coding agents, Git worktrees, and coding tasks in one workspace.
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A Canadian developer Anthony Sistilli built a DIY camera that identifies police vehicles and logs their sightings. After two officers visited his home to ask about the project. firethering.com/developer-bu... #surveillance #developers #camera #security #privacy #cybersecurity

firethering.comA Guy Built a Camera to Track Police Cars. Then the Police Came to His Door.Canadian developer Anthony Sistilli built an AI camera to track police cars. After officers visited his home, his experiment raised questions about license plate surveillance and privacy.
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A Florida woman used Claude like a personal diary before one conversation was flagged and reported to police. Here's what the case reveals about privacy in AI chats. firethering.com/ai-chat-priv... #claude #ai #technews #technology #privacy #news

firethering.comFlorida Woman Used Claude as a Personal Diary. Then Anthropic Reported Her Threats to Police.Are AI chats private? A Florida woman's Claude diary case shows what can happen when an AI conversation triggers safety systems and human review.
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Meet openGym, it lets you plan weekly routines, follow guided workouts, record sets and reps, track body weight, and see your progress over time. There is also a standalone Android app. It can work without an account or server. firethering.com/opengym-work... #opensource #gym #android #app #foss

firethering.comopenGym: Open Source Workout Tracker With Android App - FiretheringoenGym is an open source workout tracker you can self-host or run on Android, with workout plans, progress tracking, body weight, passkeys, and sync.
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Meet Frappe Books, an open source accounting application that runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux, with tools for invoicing, payments, double-entry accounting, inventory, point of sale, and financial reports. firethering.com/frappe-books... #opensource #macos #linux #windows #business

firethering.comFrappe Books: Open Source Accounting Software Without the Subscription - FiretheringFrappe Books is free, open source accounting software for Windows, macOS and Linux, with invoicing, inventory, POS, financial reports and offline support.
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OpenAI says the agents posted 53 images as links that weren’t publicly listed and that the activity happened before the company introduced additional security procedures following its Hugging Face incident. #OpenAI #AIAgents #ArtificialIntelligence #TechNews #Tech #AI firethering.com/openai-agent...

firethering.comOpenAI Is Still Discovering What Its AI Agents Did Months AgoOpenAI’s agents posted 53 user provided images online. Here’s what happened and what the incident reveals about the growing challenge of AI agent oversight.
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Find the moments without watching everything. AutoClip takes over the tedious part by analyzing the content, finding potential highlights, and turning them into ready-to-edit clips. firethering.com/autoclip-ai-... #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #OpenSource #Youtube #Bilibili

firethering.comAutoClip: AI Video Clipper That Finds the Best Moments in Long Videos - FiretheringAutoClip uses AI to find highlights in long videos, create short clips, generate titles and prepare content for platforms like YouTube Shorts & Bilibili.
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Do you have an old iPhone, iPad or Mac sitting around? You can actually put it to good use as a second display. OpenDisplay lets you turn an iPhone, iPad or another Mac into a proper second monitor for your Mac. firethering.com/open-display... #macOS #monitor #opensource #Utilities #iphone #iOS

firethering.comOpenDisplay: Turn Your iPhone or iPad Into a Second Monitor for Your Mac - FiretheringHave an old iPhone, iPad or Mac sitting around? OpenDisplay turns it into a proper second display for your Mac, letting you extend your desktop instead of simply mirroring your screen.
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says the AI race needs to slow down. Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Bill Gates and others agree. But can anyone actually slow it down? firethering.com/ai-race-slow... #AI #SamAltman #Anthropic #DarioAmodie #OpenAI #Artificialintelligence #AISafety #News #TechNews #Trending

firethering.comAI Leaders Finally Want to Slow the AI Race. Can They Actually Do It?Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says frontier AI needs to be paced, and Sam Altman agrees. But can companies and countries actually slow the AI race?
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U.S. agencies reportedly want AI companies to secretly downgrade users suspected of copying models, reducing reasoning, changing answers, or switching them to weaker systems. The risk? legitimate users could be quietly punished too. #AI #OpenAI #Anthropic #Gemini #AIAgents #TechNews

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A dark web service called Nexus recently advertised more than 153 million U.S. and Canadian driver’s license scans, along with millions of other identity documents. #cybersecurity #privacy #technews firethering.com/nexus-data-b...

firethering.com153 Million Driver’s Licenses Hit the Dark Web. But Who Was Collecting Them?The FBI is investigating the Nexus data breach after 153M driver’s license scans appeared on the dark web, raising concerns about third-party ID verification.
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A Bluetooth glitch exposed AliExpress using silent Web Audio fingerprinting to measure browsers and devices without users hearing a thing. #security #privacy #technews #AI #developers #tracking firethering.com/aliexpress-w...

firethering.comA Bluetooth Glitch Just Exposed How AliExpress Fingerprints Visitors’ Browsers Through AudioA Bluetooth glitch exposed AliExpress using silent Web Audio fingerprinting to measure browsers and devices without users hearing a thing.
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You know that page you read three months ago and somehow can’t find again? Hister is built for exactly that problem. It turns the web pages you visit and the files you keep into your own searchable index, so you can search the actual content. firethering.com/hister-priva... #opensource #searchengine

firethering.comHister: Your Own Private Search Engine for Web Pages and Files - FiretheringYou know that page you read three months ago and somehow can’t find again? Hister is built for exactly that problem. It turns the web pages you visit and the files you keep into your own searchable in...
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Want to run an AI model locally, but still use it with the tools you already have? Atomic Chat makes that possible. It lets you run open-weight LLMs from Hugging Face on your own computer locally. firethering.com/atomic-chat-... #Artificialintelligence #opensource #AI

firethering.comAtomic Chat: Run Open-Weight LLMs Locally on Windows, macOS & Linux - FiretheringWant to run an AI model locally, but still use it with the tools you already have? Atomic Chat makes that possible. It lets you run open-weight LLMs from Hugging Face on your own computer, then expose...
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Sam Altman says OpenAI is about to have its best 12 months yet. We look at what went wrong, what is changing and the high-stakes bet behind that optimism. #Samaltman #tech #OpenAI #AI #chatgpt #news #tech-news #artificialIntelligence firethering.com/sam-altman-o...

firethering.com“Mostly My Fault”: Inside Sam Altman’s High-Stakes Gamble to Save OpenAI’s DominanceSam Altman says OpenAI is about to have its best 12 months yet. But behind that optimism is a much bigger bet on cheaper AI, developers, infrastructure and an increasingly competitive market.
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To Escape Google, You Had to Buy a Pixel. Motorola Is About to Change That. firethering.com/grapheneos-m... #grapheneos #opensource #tech #motorola #smartphones #android #pixel #google

firethering.comTo Escape Google, You Had to Buy a Pixel. Motorola Is About to Change That.For years, there was a strange contradiction at the heart of one of Android’s most privacy-focused alternatives: if you wanted to get away from Google’s software, you generally had to buy a Google pho...
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Most people assume Google #Chrome is the only best option available. No doubt it is, but it comes with a serious trade-off in privacy. It includes tracking systems that help show you more relevant ads. However, there are #alternatives that respect your privacy. firethering.com/best-chrome-...

firethering.com6 Best Chrome Alternatives That Actually Respect Your Privacy - FiretheringYour browser knows more about you than you probably realize. Every search, website, click, and login passes through the software you use to access the internet. And while most browsers promise some le...
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A Connecticut man appears to have tried to use prompt injection to influence an AI system that he believed might be involved in handling his court case. firethering.com/a-man-tried-... #AI #Tech #promptinjection #news

firethering.comA Man Tried to Hack a Court AI That Didn’t Exist - FiretheringA Connecticut man appears to have tried to use prompt injection to influence an AI system that he believed might be involved in handling his court case. He hid instructions inside his legal filings, f...
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It hasn’t even been a week since Anthropic started putting invisible watermarks into Claude’s text. Now there’s an open-source tool built to remove them. firethering.com/claude-water... #Claude #AI #antrhopic #opensource #tech #news

firethering.comAnthropic Added Invisible Watermarks to Claude. Someone Already Built a Tool to Remove Them. - FiretheringIt hasn't even been a week since Anthropic started putting invisible watermarks into Claude's text. Now there's an open-source tool built to remove them. The project, watermarks-remover, has already e...
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The Biggest AI Companies Are All Building Their Own Chips. That’s Not a Coincidence. #antrhopic #tech #Artificialintelligence #opeai #ai #chips #nvidia #google #meta firethering.com/ai-companies...

firethering.comThe Biggest AI Companies Are All Building Their Own Chips. That's Not a Coincidence. - FiretheringAnthropic confirmed this week it's hiring a custom silicon team to design chips for running Claude. The announcement was quiet a job listing, a spokesperson confirmation, no big launch event. Easy to ...
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Kimi K3 is the largest open model ever built. The largest one anyone has shipped and early results have it beating Claude and GPT on tasks those two have spent the last year treating as their own territory. firethering.com/kimi-k3-may-... #Artificialintelligence #tech #opensource #openai #claude #ai

firethering.comKimi K3 May Be the Biggest Open-Weight AI Release of 2026. - FiretheringThere's a new open-weight model out there right now that almost nobody can actually download. That should sound like a contradiction. Open-weight is supposed to mean anyone can grab the file and run i...
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Looking for Some Cool AI Assistants, that are not only open source but can actually be your local ai partner ? Here are 5 incredible and underrated #OpenSource AI Assistants that runs locally on your system. firethering.com/best-open-so... #AI #Assistant

firethering.com5 Best Open Source AI Assistants You Can Run Locally - FiretheringSomewhere between "just use ChatGPT" and "compile this from source," there's a category of AI tools that don't get talked about enough. Apps you download once, run on your own hardware, and never pay ...
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OpenAI Paid $6.5 Billion to Build an iPhone Rival. Apple Says It Was Built on Stolen Secrets. #openai #apple #trending #iphone #chatgpt #lawsuit firethering.com/apple-sues-o...

firethering.comOpenAI Paid $6.5 Billion to Build an iPhone Rival. Apple Says It Was Built on Stolen Secrets. - FiretheringLast year, OpenAI acquired io, Jony Ive's hardware startup, for $6.5 billion. The deal was widely read as OpenAI's clearest signal yet that it was serious about building a physical device, something t...