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.
IEEE

A Progressive Approach to Joint Source-Channel Coding for Image Super-Resolution Task in Semantic Communications

Abstract: The image super-resolution (SR) task in semantic communication can directly apply the delivered information to the downstream SR task, eliminating complex processing at the receiver and ...
IEEE

Deep Joint Source Channel Coding for Privacy-Aware End-to-End Image Transmission

Abstract: Deep neural network (DNN)-based joint source and channel coding is proposed for privacy-aware end-to-end image transmission against multiple eavesdroppers. Both scenarios of colluding and ...
Android Authority

Breaking: Google will now only release Android source code twice a year

The operating system that powers every Android phone and tablet on the market is based on AOSP, short for the Android Open Source Project. Google develops and releases AOSP under the permissive Apache ...
Geeky Gadgets

Build Faster with Auto Claude, Open Source AI That Plans, Codes & Syncs with GitHub

What if you could automate the most tedious parts of coding while maintaining full control over your projects? André Mikalsen breaks down how Auto Claude, a free and open source AI coding assistant, ...
Bleeping Computer

Docker Hardened Images now open source and available for free

More than a 1,000 Docker Hardened Images (DHI) are now freely available and open source for software builders, under the Apache 2.0 license. Docker is a popular platform that enables developers to ...
SecurityWeek

Docker Makes 1,000 Hardened Images Free and Open Source

Millions of developers can now use the secure, production-ready images made by Docker. In May, the company announced the release of Docker Hardened Images (DHI), a catalog of hardened images designed ...
Wall Street Journal

Meta Is Developing a New AI Image and Video Model Code-Named ‘Mango’

AI tools like Google’s Veo 3 and Runway can now create strikingly realistic video. WSJ’s Joanna Stern and Jarrard Cole put them to the test in a film made almost entirely with AI. Watch the film and ...
TechCrunch

OpenAI continues on its ‘code red’ warpath with new image generation model

OpenAI is rolling out a new version of ChatGPT Images that promises better instruction-following, more precise editing, and up to 4x faster image generation speeds. The new model, dubbed GPT Image 1.5 ...
Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code 1.107 (November 2025 Update) Expands Multi-Agent Orchestration, Model Management

The latest monthly update to Visual Studio Code, version 1.107 (the November 2025 release), continues Microsoft's focus on AI-assisted workflows with expanded multi-agent orchestration across local, ...
CBS News

Hegseth's use of Franklin the Turtle in meme on boat strikes condemned by book series publisher

The Canadian publishing house behind the "Franklin" children's books appeared to condemn Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Monday, after the top military official posted a cartoon image of the ...
SecurityWeek

Thousands of Secrets Leaked on Code Formatting Platforms

JSONFormatter and CodeBeautify users exposed credentials, authentication keys, configuration information, private keys, and other secrets. Users of code formatting platforms are exposing thousands of ...