Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Benetech, like many nonprofit organizations building open source software for social good, often relies upon the contributions of experienced software developers to help its solutions grow and scale. We envision a thriving community committed to leveraging technology for good and bridging sectors for lasting, transformative impact.

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2023

With Together, Prakash, Zhang, Re and Liang are seeking to create open source generative AI models and services that, in their words, “help organizations incorporate AI into their production applications.” The number of open source models both from community groups and large labs grows by the day , practically.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The nonpartisan think tank Brookings this week published a piece decrying the bloc’s regulation of open source AI, arguing it would create legal liability for general-purpose AI systems while simultaneously undermining their development. “In the end, the [E.U.’s] “In the end, the [E.U.’s]

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 28, 2012

In addition, we hope to supply the Examiner additional information that may be relevant in reviewing this and similar applications in the future. The subject application is against the public interest. The subject application is against the public interest. The application is against the public interest.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2022

In 2020, Chinese startup Zilliz — which builds cloud-native software to process data for AI applications and unstructured data analytics, and is the creator of Milvus , the popular open source vector database for similarity searches — raised $43 million to scale its business and prep the company to make a move into the U.S.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 25, 2009

And, even more specifically, I’m interested in how to leverage CiviCRM and mobile devices for a range of interesting applications. Globally, what you can basically depend on is SMS. Use J2ME to write applications for mobile phones, and send the data via SMS to a central database. I learned a ton.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2023

AirOps , an early-stage startup, is in the right place at the right time, helping companies take advantage of these new capabilities to build AI-enabled applications on top of large language models. The company is currently helping customers build applications on top of three LLMs: GPT-4, GPT-3 and Claude.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The vulnerability is found in log4j, an open-source logging library used by apps and services across the internet. Logging is a process where applications keep a running list of activities they have performed which can later be reviewed in case of error. Neither Valve nor Apple immediately responded to a request for comment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2005

Noy Shoung also predicts that by 2006 more computer users in Cambodia will be using Open Source software versus Microsoft. NIDA is a partner with Khmer Open Source Project , an Open Source Localization project to customize Khmer-Language versions for software applications and operating system , a Linux SuSE 9.3

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Jean-Paul Smets is the CEO of Rapid.Space , a hyper open cloud provider offering virtual private servers (VPS), content delivery networks (CDN) and global IPv6 (SDN). you’ll have to comply with different regulations that could ultimately prevent you from deploying your applications successfully. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

WordPress, the open source software behind the company, is now estimated to power roughly 42% of all websites on the internet. The company has 1,700 employees in a distributed, asynchronous, global workforce, and has raised nearly $1 billion, according to Crunchbase, most recently at a $7.5 billion valuation.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2023

The global FPGA market size could reach $14 billion by 2028, according to one estimate, up from $6 billion in 2021. Launched in 2021, the goal with Rapid Silicon is to promote, adopt and implement open source tech to address the low- to mid-range FPGA market, according to CEO and co-founder Naveed Sherwani.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2021

APIs provide a way for developers to connect their applications to other internal and external applications. Developers relied — and many continue to do so — on open-source CLI tools such as curl and HTTPie. But it’s a space that until the past decade not many firms have attempted to streamline.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The round also includes significant participation from existing investors Amadeus Capital Partners and Global Brain, with follow-on investment from other existing shareholders. Seldon has been able to build an impressive open-source community and add immediate productivity value to some of the world’s leading companies.”

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2021

Vercel , the company behind the popular open-source Next.js Existing investors Accel, CRV, Geodesic Capital, Greenoaks Capital and GV also participated in this round, together with new investors 8VC, Flex Capital, GGV, Latacora, Salesforce Ventures and Tiger Global. Given the open-source nature of the Next.js

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Gyrus

JANUARY 9, 2025

GyrusAim LMS offers a predictable cost structure, minimizing hidden expenses often associated with open-source platforms like Moodle. While open-source solutions like Moodle are popular in academic settings, they fail to address the complexities of military training. Why GyrusAim LMS Is the Right Choice 1.

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The Verge

MARCH 21, 2022

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine draws on, consequences are being felt by many parts of the technology sector, including open-source software development. Since open-source libraries are fundamental to software development, a general loss of trust in their integrity could have knock-on effects for users in Russia and elsewhere.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

While at Metamarkets, the company built a database, based on the open source Apache Druid project. Most BI tools are thin applications with no data engine of their own, and only as fast as the database they sit atop. The company also recently released a second product called Rill Developer, which is open source.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

OctoML , a Seattle-based startup that helps enterprises optimize and deploy their machine learning models, today announced that it has raised an $85 million Series C round led by Tiger Global Management. TVM is currently in use by the likes of Amazon, Microsoft and Facebook. OctoML also plans to build out its partner ecosystem.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

The Work AI suite also includes a Glean Actions tool, which enables the AI assistant to directly take action on an employees behalf within a companys connected applications. Actions could involve reading data from an application and executing a specific task, creating Jira tickets, publishing new content, or searching for code.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2013

On Monday, April 16, TechSoup took its Digital Storytelling global with a full-day tweet chat spanning 10 time zones. A lot of helpful and insightful digital storytelling advice was shared; below are some of the highlights: India: NASSCOM Foundation, TechSoup Global partner, led the way with How to Create High Impact Stories.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

We use free and open source software whenever possible, but we're pragmatic and work with what our human rights monitoring and advocacy partners need, so our environment is a pretty eclectic mix. Tell us how you would strengthen our team, and the global cause of human rights.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2021

Every application is a palimpsest of technologies, each layer forming a base that enables the next layer to function. Making global data always available immediately and accurately might sound like a simple use case, but in reality it’s quite the herculean task.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

million seed round led by boldstart ventures , with Insight Partners, Tiger Global, TeachAviv and a number of strategic angel investors also participating. “Jit ensures that modern engineering teams can build secure cloud-based applications by design, all while simplifying continuous security. . ” Image Credits: Jit.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

A free, open source software application that allows users anywhere in the world to securely gather and organize information about human rights violations, Martus enables human rights defenders on the front lines of fighting abuse to stay safe and protects the identities of those who would face violence and repression for telling their stories.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2022

Uniswap is an open source permissionless protocol that developers can use and embed into their platforms so crypto users can swap tokens, while Uniswap Labs is a business that builds products on top of the protocol. The firm reported that it expects the number of global crypto owners to reach 1 billion users by the end of this year.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The round, which brings Vercel’s total funding to $131 million, was led by GGV Capital, with participation from existing investors Accel, Bedrock Capital, CRV, Geodesic Capital, Greenoaks Capital, GV, 8VC, Flex Capital, Latacora, Salesforce Ventures and Tiger Global, as well as new investor SV Angel.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2013

In the spirit of TechSoup's new look , we've compiled a list of resources and products from around our global network on website design, planning, and management. Available through TechSoup, Microsoft Expression Studio 4 Ultimate is a family of tools for designers building web and Windows client applications and rich media content.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Nix, the open-source tool for creating reproducible builds and deployments, is becoming increasingly popular among developers, but it’s not always the easiest service to work with. Since that worked out, the two then officially launched the company last October.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

The latest investment was led by Altimeter Capital with participation from new investors Greenoaks and Lone Pine along with existing investors Benchmark, Bond, FirstMark, GV, Index Ventures and Tiger Global. The round doubled the company’s previous valuation and increased the amount raised to $355 million.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2022

That’s why entrepreneurs, infused with venture capital, are racing to make crypto applications more secure. ” Other startups are also using MPC to enable distributed signing of crypto transactions, but Wang pointed to the fact that Safeheron is open-sourced, which gives its clients more transparency into its source codes.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more. Those not in Haiti can also use the application as it aggregates news and actions to take.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Hasura , the company behind the popular open source Hasura GraphQL Engine that can turn virtually any database into a GraphQL API, today announced that it has raised a $100 million Series C funding round led by Greenoaks. And all I really want to do is modernize my application screen so that somebody can see their billing history.’

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2022

Traceable AI , a startup offering services designed to protect APIs from cyberattacks, today announced that it raised $60 million in a Series B round led by IVP with participation from BIG Labs, Unusual Ventures, Tiger Global Management, and several undisclosed angel investors. ” Traceable AI’s monitoring dashboard.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

It prioritizes building transmission lines for data owned by nonprofit programmatic needs and not shareholder economy software development exclusively while inviting a community of software platform and application dialogue. Collaboration is how nonprofits, globally, best thrive, serve shared missions, and create a more significant impact.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

Ethan Batraski is a partner at Venrock and focuses on data infrastructure, open source and developer tools. Today, thanks to the cloud, microservices, distributed applications, global scale, real-time data and deep learning, new database architectures have emerged to solve for new performance requirements. Ethan Batraski.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

On International Human Rights Day, we pay tribute to all human rights defenders, celebrate the recent victories of the human rights community, and recognize the challenges that still lie ahead in the global struggle to advance justice, accountability and an end to impunity. 2011 has been an amazing year for human rights defenders.

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