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.
XDA Developers on MSN

The Raspberry Pi Pico can do something the full Pi can't, and nobody talks about it

The tiny Pico has some niche advantages over full-fledged Raspberry Pi boards ...
IEEE

CODE-SMASH: Source-Code Vulnerability Detection Using Siamese and Multi-Level Neural Architecture

Abstract: The rapid evolution of software development, propelled by competitive demands and the continuous integration of new features, frequently leads to inadvertent security oversights. Traditional ...