The Linux kernel 6.18 RC1 has been released for public testing, featuring enhancements in Btrfs, LoongArch KVM, FreeBSD’s Bhyve hypervisor, and AMD's Secure AVIC, with the final release expected by late 2025.

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The Free Software Foundation launched the Librephone project to replace proprietary Android components with open-source alternatives, aiming for complete software freedom.

Reo.Dev has raised $4 million in seed funding, led by Heavybit, to enhance its AI-powered go-to-market platform for developer-first companies and expand its U.S. presence.

Anthropic's AI model, Claude Sonnet 4.5, exhibits self-awareness by recognizing test scenarios, complicating safety evaluations and raising concerns about potential strategic behavior, similar to observations in OpenAI models.

Google expands its AI vibe-coding app Opal to 15 more countries, enhancing global access to no-code web app creation with improved debugging and performance.

A Kubernetes crash caused a major Azure outage, impacting Teams and Minecraft in EMEA, with Microsoft working to restore services.

Microsoft announces Azure Kubernetes Service Automatic, a fully-managed Kubernetes offering that reduces operational overhead and integrates security and reliability features by default.

GitHub enabled a post-quantum secure SSH key exchange algorithm on September 17, 2025, to protect against future quantum decryption threats.

Microsoft unveils the open-source Agent Framework to streamline AI agent development, integrating Semantic Kernel and AutoGen for enhanced accessibility and stability.

Alpine Linux 3.23 will transition to a /usr-merged file system layout, centralizing executables and libraries to reduce maintenance and improve containerization.