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OpenHW Foundation Gains Momentum, Expands Membership

Thursday, August 28, 2025 - 02:04 by Natalia Loungou

Since joining the Eclipse Foundation in December, the OpenHW Foundation has significantly advanced its mission to develop, verify, and deliver high quality, open source RISC-V processor cores and related IP for commercial and industrial applications – and we’ve got some exciting announcements to share in the coming months.

How AI and MCP Supercharge GitHub Workflows in Theia IDE

Tuesday, August 26, 2025 - 07:42 by Jonas Helming

Want to supercharge your GitHub workflows with AI? This demo shows how the Theia IDE and MCP integration can automate bug analysis, provide neutral input on discussions, and keep your documentation in sync—right inside your dev environment.

 

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Eclipse SDV Newsletter: Ready to join Eclipse SDV’s growth in APAC and beyond?

Tuesday, August 26, 2025 - 05:54 by Diana Kupfer

The Eclipse SDV community is entering a new phase of real‑world adoption with growing industry support, highlighted by a major European OEM memorandum, expanding APAC meetups, the upcoming Eclipse S‑CORE 0.5 release, and the launch of the open‑source OpenSOVD diagnostics project – all signaling maturation from vision to production‑ready platform.
 

Meet the Eclipse SDV Committers: Michael Engel from Eclipse BlueChi

Thursday, August 21, 2025 - 06:09 by Diana Kupfer

In this edition of our Meet the SDV Committers series, Michael Engel talks about his path into automotive software, the transformative role of open source, and his contributions to advancing the software-defined vehicle ecosystem.

GPT-5 vs Sonnet-4: Side-by-Side on Real Coding Tasks

Tuesday, August 19, 2025 - 07:46 by Jonas Helming

GPT-5 or Sonnet-4: Which AI handles real coding better? Watch them go head-to-head in the Theia IDE on real-world tasks—from instruction following to complex bug fixing—and see which model fits your workflow.

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Thabang Mashologu on Open Regulatory Compliance (ORC) Momentum and the Launch of the OCCTET Project - VMblog QA

Monday, August 18, 2025 - 08:02 by Shanda Giacomoni

The open source community is mobilizing in unprecedented fashion as the European Union's Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) approaches its September 2026 reporting deadline, with penalties reaching up to €15 million or 2.5% of global turnover for non-compliance. The Eclipse Foundation's Open Regulatory Compliance (ORC) Working Group has more than doubled its membership to over 50 organizations in just months, attracting technology giants Microsoft and Red Hat as strategic members alongside GitHub, Google, Nokia, and Mercedes-Benz.

Cyber Resilience Act: Eclipse Foundation initiative helps with compliance

Thursday, August 14, 2025 - 14:11 by Shanda Giacomoni

(original article in German)

OCCTET isn't the Eclipse Foundation's only CRA-related initiative. The Open Regulatory Compliance Working Group (ORC Working Group) is also now offering initial resources to support CRA implementation and compliance. The Working Group has also expanded its membership: Microsoft and Red Hat are now on board as strategic members, along with Google, exkide, and Open Source Matters.

Oniro's mid-year update

Thursday, August 14, 2025 - 06:18 by Ignacio Ahedo

The first half of 2025 has been a period of foundational strengthening for the Oniro Working Group. We're not just building an operating system kit; we're crafting the tools that will redefine how devices interact, empowering developers to create new experiences. 

Code & Compliance Community Day 2025: What to Expect in Brussels

Wednesday, August 13, 2025 - 09:22 by Shanda Giacomoni

Here’s a preview of the topics and sessions shaping Code & Compliance Community Day 2025, taking place October 22–23, 2025 in Brussels. This event brings together open source maintainers, compliance leads, manufacturers, and institutional stakeholders to reflect on the Cyber Resilience Act’s (CRA) first year and help shape what comes next.

TheiaCon 2025 CFP: Bring Your Deep Dives on Eclipse Theia, Theia IDE & Theia AI

Monday, August 11, 2025 - 05:30 by Natalia Loungou

TheiaCon 2025 is where this vision comes to life: through technical talks, live demos, and shared lessons from those building the next generation of tools.
The Call for Proposals (CFP) is now open, and we’re looking for talks that bring real engineering stories: architectures that work, lessons learned from the field, performance data, and code others can build on.

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The Cyber Resilience Act: A Five Alarm Fire

Wednesday, August 6, 2025 - 10:50 by Shanda Giacomoni

The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is facing mounting criticism from industry stakeholders, with some describing the situation as a “five‑alarm fire.” Concerns centre on the law’s classification of certain digital products — particularly those tied to security and safety — as “critical,” a designation that could impose disproportionate compliance burdens on manufacturers and service providers. Many of the unresolved questions raised by the CRA are being addressed within the ORC's FAQ.

Be Part of the Future of Open Source Java: Register for the Adoptium Summit 2025

Wednesday, August 6, 2025 - 06:27 by Natalia Loungou

The Adoptium Summit, a free half-day virtual event happening on 1 October 2025, will bring together developers, users, and ecosystem stakeholders from around the world to explore the latest innovations in Java and showcase practical real-world use cases powered by Adoptium technologies.

JAVAPRO "30 Years of Java"

Tuesday, August 5, 2025 - 05:19 by Natalia Loungou

Carmen Delgado, in collaboration with Tanja Obradovic, Thomas Froment and Diana Kupfer, explores how open collaboration and vendor-neutral governance are keeping Java relevant.

Agent-to-Agent Delegation in the AI-powered Theia IDE / Theia AI

Tuesday, August 5, 2025 - 03:42 by Jonas Helming

AI workflows in Theia IDE just leveled up—agents can now delegate tasks to each other, like testing an app and automatically logging bugs in GitHub. Check out how agent-to-agent delegation makes multi-agent automation seamless and scalable.

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