27 October 2026
Opera presented WebAI, a proposed web standard that lets websites and browser extensions use AI models running locally on the user's computer, without a cloud service or API key. The preview supports models such as Google's Gemma and Apple's on-device model. Data that stays on the device is the simplest protection of privacy.
22 October 2026
The Agentic AI Foundation, part of the Linux Foundation, added Agent Skills (Anthropic), Open Responses (OpenAI), OpenEnv (Hugging Face) and OpenSandbox (Alibaba). It now hosts ten open projects for AI agents, including the Model Context Protocol. Shared open standards keep agents from depending on a single company.
20 October 2026
The TON Tech Network Foundation (tontech.org, 2018 to 2025) set out to help communities and companies build open, decentralised networks around The Open Network, and to bring people together through the Blockchain Hub Switzerland: conferences, workshops, pitch meetings and support for start-ups. That work has reached its goals. Its ideas, open decentralised infrastructure, the protection of personal data and democratic, transparent governance, continue in the Decipial Foundation, which has pursued them since 2015. The domain tontech.org is not renewed and does not redirect anywhere. Thank you to everyone who took part.
8 October 2026
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) asked crypto service providers in the EU to wind down services involving stablecoins that do not comply with the MiCA regulation, by 8 January 2027. Switzerland is not part of MiCA: Swiss providers need a separate authorisation to serve clients in the EU.
6 October 2026
The Glamsterdam upgrade went live on the Sepolia test network on 6 October. On 22 October the Ethereum Foundation postponed the next test on the Hoodi network, planned for 26 October, without setting a new date. Careful testing before an upgrade protects everyone who relies on a network.