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5 Open-Source Alternatives to Adobe Acrobat for Editing Your PDFs

Why pay for Adobe Acrobat or risk your data with online editors when excellent open-source PDF tools offer powerful, private alternatives? These PDF editors give you complete control over your ...
PC Magazine

The Best PDF Editor for 2025

The Portable Document Format (or PDF) is what most people use to share information because it can show text, images, and even sound and video on any platform. Most PDFs are for reading only, but that ...
TechCrunch

Microsoft open sources a command-line text editor and more at Build

At its Build 2025 conference, Microsoft open sourced a number of apps and tools, including a new command-line text editor for Windows called Edit. Open source software may not earn the company direct ...
Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code Goes Transparent as Open-Source AI Editor

According to Microsoft, the decision to open source GitHub Copilot Chat stems from a growing demand for transparency in how AI-assisted developer tools work -- particularly around prompt engineering, ...
PC World

Instead of paying recurring fees for Adobe Acrobat, own your PDF editing tools for life for $30

TL;DR: Get a SwiftDoo PDF Pro lifetime license for Windows at $29.97 (reg. $129)—you’ll gain access to tools like PDF editing, signing tools, and so much more. Subscriptions have taken over everything ...
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GitHub Copilot Chat extension goes open source in VS Code

Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code (VS Code) team has reached a key milestone in its vision to transform VS Code into an open‑source AI editor. On 30 June 2025, the team announced that the GitHub Copilot ...