(more Linux and FOSS news in previous posts of thread)

Brave Search API unveils Place Search endpoint for detailed map queries:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/2/brave-search-api-unveils-place-search-endpoint-for-detailed-map-queries/

Intel Formally Ends Four Of Their Go Language Open-Source Projects:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Stops-Go-Projects

Wireshark 4.6.4 Updates Protocol and Capture File Support, Fixes More Bugs:
https://9to5linux.com/wireshark-4-6-4-updates-protocol-and-capture-file-support-fixes-more-bugs

Portainer 2.39 LTS brings Fleet Governance Policies, alerting, and shared Git credentials:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/2/portainer-2-39-lts-brings-fleet-governance-policies-alerting-and-shared-git-credentials/

Deno 2.7 brings stable Temporal API, Windows on ARM support & better Node.js compatibility:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/2/deno-2-7-brings-stable-temporal-api-windows-on-arm-support-and-better-node-js-compatibility/

GNU Octave 11 Open-Source Scientific Programming Language Officially Released:
https://9to5linux.com/gnu-octave-11-open-source-scientific-programming-language-officially-released

GNU Gawk 5.4 Released With New MinRX Regex Matcher, Faster Reading Of Files:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Gawk-5.4-Released

AOMedia Open Audio Codec "OAC" Aims To Be The Successor To Opus:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AOMedia-OAC-Open-Audio-Codec

FosseryWeb page-builders progress report:
FosseryWeb Min support implemented, and the first cheatsheet generated using the tool is now online on the beta versions of the two sites, so the tool finally made it into production! Also ironed out quite a few bugs and unhandled edge cases yesterday.
https://fosseryweb.codeberg.page/@beta/cheatsheets/java/lists.html
https://fosseryweb-min.codeberg.page/@beta/cheatsheets/java/lists.html

FreeBSD's Rust Kernel Support Could Be Stable Enough To Try This Year:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Q4-2025-Status-Report

FreeBSD 14.4-RC1 Adds Emacs, Vim & More To DVD Images:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-14.4-RC1-Released

Genode OS 26.02 Halfway Done Migrating From GitHub To Codeberg:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Genode-OS-26.02
(Yay, Codeberg keeps winning!)

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Brave Search API unveils Place Search endpoint for detailed map queries

Brave Search API launches Place Search, enabling apps to run detailed map queries across 200 million locations with improved speed and a new Explore Mode.

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