Google's CodeMender agent fixed 72 open source flaws in six months #Google #OpenSource #CodeMender #TechNews #SoftwareDevelopment

Google's CodeMender agent fixed 72 open source flaws in six months

Roughly 10% of Alphabet staff wrote open source code in 2025, and 20,000 outside accounts committed to its projects. Ad tech runs on standards Google seeded.

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This is one of my favorite blog posts my coworkers in OSPO do: how does Google show up in open source?

Google Open Source@opensource.google · 2d ago

How are open source practices adapting to an AI-first world? In 2025, Google partnered on emerging standards like the A2A protocol, launched CodeMender, and supported 1,280 GSoC contributors. Read our 2025 Open Source Retrospective! What open source projects shaped your work? goo.gle/opensource-2...

📣📣This is TMRW, 8/4 Come hang out and see what's happening in the PDX side of the atmosphere!!

ATProto PDX@pdx.atproto.camp · 2w ago

📣📣📣 Next meetup is 8/4 6PM at @codetv.dev studio! @johnandersen777.bsky.social is going to kick us off with a conversation about social.computer, an app that allows ATProto accounts to request and provide compute resources + time for demos and discussions! RSVP here:

How are open source practices adapting to an AI-first world? In 2025, Google partnered on emerging standards like the A2A protocol, launched CodeMender, and supported 1,280 GSoC contributors. Read our 2025 Open Source Retrospective! What open source projects shaped your work? goo.gle/opensource-2...

Adapting open source practices to an AI-first world: A retrospective on 2025

Google's 2025 open source retrospective on AI agent standards, CodeMender security initiatives, and community contributions.

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Open source runs on a small pool of maintainers—etcd & ingress-nginx showed what happens when it shrinks. @cncf.io's Merge Forward brings underrepresented groups into cloud native through 8 monthly community groups to build a more resilient supply chain. Learn more: ocgroups.dev/cncf/group/m...

modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk v1.7.0 is out! Maintained in collaboration with Google, the Go SDK now supports the latest MCP (stateless) protocol (2026-07-28): • Stateless execution • server/discover RPC • MRTR & OAuth session support github.com/modelcontext...

Post-mortems strengthen collective defense. Hugging Face's technical breakdown of an agent intrusion highlights a major win for open source: proprietary API models refused to parse exploit logs, locally hosted open-weights models (GLM-5.2) solved the forensic puzzle. Read details: bit.ly/4g1n7HF

Anatomy of a Frontier Lab Agent Intrusion: A Technical Timeline of the July 2026 Incident

We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.

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The new Model Context Protocol spec (2026-07-28) is live! 🎉 We're honored to have co-led the Transport WG to introduce a stateless core to MCP. Learning from scaling Google Cloud’s database MCP tools, this update brings greater reliability to everyone. 📖: bit.ly/4c8fbC1 🎙️: bit.ly/4pIejJY

Stateless: The Future of MCP Transports - Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF)

The operational scale of MCP is significant: Google Cloud maintains the reliability for its MCP servers supporting AlloyDB, Spanner, Cloud SQL, Bigtable, and F…

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Google contributors share how they're helping advance Apache Iceberg by improving the technologies behind modern data lakehouses. Their perspectives highlight how collaboration through The Apache Way continues to strengthen the broader open source ecosystem. Read more: buff.ly/Jg7g1Ul

Sponsor Success at Apache: Google and Apache Iceberg - The ASF Blog

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is home to more than 350 open source projects and initiatives, all powered by a vibrant, global community of contributors. Among these projects, Apache Iceberg…

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We’re proud to support FOSSY 2026! Join us in Vancouver, BC, from August 6-9 for four days of community building, technical tracks, and workshops. Let's build a more open future together. Register: 2026.fossy.ca/dashboard/ #FOSSY2026 #OpenSource #FOSS

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FOSSY 2026 August 6th - 9th 2026 Vancouver, Canada Timezone: PDT - UTC-7

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Read about Google's journey with Apache Iceberg and how our open source collaboration with the Apache Software Foundation drives innovation! 🚀 #ApacheIceberg #OpenSource news.apache.org/foundation/e...

Sponsor Success at Apache: Google and Apache Iceberg - The ASF Blog

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is home to more than 350 open source projects and initiatives, all powered by a vibrant, global community of contributors. Among these projects, Apache Iceberg has...

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We need more talent in the open social web. We need fresh talent in the open social web. Both technical and non-technical roles.

Reminder meetup tomorrow Tuesday, July 28 3960 High Street Denver, CO 80205 6:00 - 7:30pm Atproto Colorado

Colorado Atproto Meetup

Meeting of the Colorado Atproto group. Overview of selected AT Protocol topics followed by a general discussion. Pizza and drinks served. Come join us!

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Want to build your own AI agent for the browser? 🤖 Learn how to get started with DevTools Agents in Chrome to inspect, debug, and understand agent interactions right in your DevTools! 🛠️✨ Guide: developer.chrome.com/docs/devtool... #ChromeDevTools #WebDev #AIAgents

Curious about running AI directly in the browser? 🤔 Learn how to build a Chrome Extension powered by Transformers.js! A great tutorial on bringing local ML to your web apps. 🚀 Check it out here: huggingface.co/blog/transfo... #WebML #ChromeExtension #TransformersJS

How to Use Transformers.js in a Chrome Extension

We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.

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Want to run Gemma locally in your browser? 🤯 Check out this awesome Chrome extension built by Nico Martin using WebGPU and Transformers.js! A great example of what's possible with local AI. 🚀 github.com/nico-martin/... #Gemma #WebGPU #ChromeExtension

Testing Chrome extension updates just got easier! 🛠️ The Extension Update Testing Tool lets you simulate and verify extension update flows locally before publishing. 🚀 Check it out on GitHub: github.com/GoogleChrome... #WebDev #ChromeDev

GitHub - GoogleChromeLabs/extension-update-testing-tool: Tool for testing the update flow for Chrome Extensions during development, including permission grants.

Tool for testing the update flow for Chrome Extensions during development, including permission grants. - GoogleChromeLabs/extension-update-testing-tool

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Proud to announce we are sponsoring #DebConf26! We are thrilled to support the incredible @debian community as they gather in Santa Fe, Argentina, starting July 20, to collaborate, innovate, and shape the future of Free & Open Source software. Learn more at debconf26.debconf.org

The open social web relies on community infrastructure to thrive. 🌐 We're reading up on the future of federated networks and the AT protocol. Which decentralized platform are you finding the most valuable right now? goo.gle/twios-16

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Explore this week's top open source news, upcoming community events, and essential reads on AI workflows and the open web.

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GitLab Expands Collaboration with Google to Deliver a Fully Managed DevSecOps Platform with the Latest Gemini and Gemma Models

GitLab Expands Collaboration with Google to Deliver a Fully Managed DevSecOps Platform with the Latest Gemini and Gemma Models - BeyondLink

GitLab and Google Cloud go-to-market teams are working with certified managed service providers, including Beyond and Digital Future, to help enterprises move

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We'll be back at Newspeak House's beautiful covered terrace on 30 July for our second annual summer drinks social. No talks or presentations, just lovely drinks and chats with people in the community. RSVP here! luma.com/42emvbsy

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Curious about how Bluesky is different from other social network websites? Interested in building cool stuff using atproto, the underlying technology powering…

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This week we meet! Atproto Barcelona Casual Meetup is happening July 16, 8 PM at Alice’s Secret Garden (near Urquinaona). RSVP here: atmo.rsvp/p/atproto.ba... Spread the word: tag anyone who might be interested! #ATProtocol #Barcelona #Meetup

Atproto.Barcelona: Casual Meetup @ Alice’s Secret Garden

## When Thursday, July 16, 2026, 8:00 PM (no hard end time, likely ~2 hours). ## Where **Alice’s Secret Garden** *Address*: Carrer de Pau Claris 90, 08010 Barcelona, Spain *Note*: The location may ch...

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Check out this AMA thread to learn more about ATproto and the Atmosphere.

dan@danabra.mov · 3w ago

i want to do a little ✨ ama about atproto ✨ in this thread. no question is too simple if you’ve been curious about atproto but don’t know much (anything?) about it, ask any question and i’ll try to explain it in my own words. (+ would love to hear from friends who aren’t very active on bsky)

🤝 The health of a project is measured not by its code, but by its contributors, which is why we loved connecting with the PostgreSQL community at recent global events. How do you like to get involved in your favorite open source projects? goo.gle/postgresql-c...

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Learn about Google Cloud's active technical contributions and leadership across global PostgreSQL events and communities in 2026.

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ICYMI: AI is driving strong technical hiring in Europe, but full-stack readiness gaps limit impact. LF Research's 2026 State of Tech Talent Europe report: +27% net hiring effect projected for 2026. Orgs are 3.7x more likely to upskill than hire externally. www.linuxfoundation.org/research/tec...

With Canada Day & July 4th behind us and Bastille Day ahead, freedom is in the air! 🗽 Perfect time to champion the 4 Freedoms of Open Source: run, study, redistribute, and modify. Keep the web open! 🌐✨ #OpenSource #FOSS

Come join us at the first @atproto.com casual meetup in Barcelona!! Thursday 16th of July! RSVP here: atmo.rsvp/p/atproto.ba...

Atproto.Barcelona: Casual Meetup @ Alice’s Secret Garden

## When Thursday, July 16, 2026, 8:00 PM (no hard end time, likely ~2 hours). ## Where **Alice’s Secret Garden** *Address*: Carrer de Pau Claris 90, 08010 Barcelona, Spain *Note*: The location may ch...

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🚀 Building and advocating for open source together - partner with the European Open Source Academy (EOSA)! 👉 Interested in joining as a Subscriber or Knowledge Partner? Explore the Partnership Page: europeanopensource.academy/news/europea...

We know that many people would like to contribute to an open source project but aren't sure how. Take a look at this guide from @nodejs.org

Node.js@nodejs.org · last mo.

New to open source, or wondering how to get your first Node.js contribution landed and released? Check out our new first-time contributors guide, with practical tips and answers to FAQs about working with our volunteer-driven model. https://bit.ly/4avNtP2

Excited for Open Source Days from the Academy Software Foundation! Join DCS General Manager Gary Keller for his lightning talk: "The State of Lens Metadata in VFX." He'll introduce an open industry survey tracking where lens metadata breaks down between set and VFX. Check it out: bit.ly/4v8hNqe