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.
TechCrunch

Anthropic’s new Cowork tool offers Claude Code without the code

On Monday, Anthropic announced a new tool called Cowork, designed as a more accessible version of Claude Code. Built into the Claude Desktop app, the new tool lets users designate a specific folder ...
Reuters

Vultr to invest $1 billion in Ohio AI cluster using AMD chips

Dec 2 (Reuters) - Cloud infrastructure company Vultr said on Tuesday it would invest more than $1 billion to launch a new artificial intelligence cluster powered by Advanced Micro Devices' (AMD.O), ...
AOL

Study ties PA cancer cluster to herbicide use — see Bucks County data

A Penn State University study has identified a skin cancer cluster in Central Pennsylvania linked to herbicides. Although Bucks County did not fall within the zone of Pennsylvania counties with the ...
Government Technology

Texas Contemplates Ethics Code for Government Use of AI

The Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) has proposed a new statewide Code of Ethics for the use of artificial intelligence systems in government. The code, published in the Nov. 7 issue of ...
Futurism

Malware Is Now Using AI to Rewrite Its Own Code to Avoid Detection

Researchers at Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) have discovered that hackers are creating malware that can harness the power of large language models (LLMs) to rewrite itself on the fly. An ...
GitHub

MATLAB Simulation – Dynamic System Modeling and Analysis

MATLAB Programming is a high-level language and interactive environment used by millions of engineers and scientists worldwide. It enables numerical computation, visualization, and programming in a ...
VentureBeat

Meet Aardvark, OpenAI’s security agent for code analysis and patching

An aardvark works in an office typing at a desktop PC while happy human workers mill about in the background. Credit: VentureBeat made with ChatGPT Positioned as a scalable defense tool for modern ...
CSOonline

Source code and vulnerability info stolen from F5 Networks

IT and security leaders should install latest patches from the application delivery and security vendor after suspected nation-state hack. CSOs with equipment from F5 Networks in their environment ...
Frontiers

Cluster analysis of motor coordination and health-related fitness in preschool children: population classification and variable contribution based on principal component analysis

Background: The preschool period is critical for children’s motor development and neural maturation. Fundamental motor skill development during this stage directly influences the nervous system’s ...
marktechpost

Run MATLAB-Style Code Inside Python by Connecting Octave with the oct2py Library

In this tutorial, we explore how we can seamlessly run MATLAB-style code inside Python by connecting Octave with the oct2py library. We set up the environment on Google Colab, exchange data between ...