InfoWorld

MARCH 14, 2024

Frank Crane wasn’t talking about open source when he famously said, “You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don’t trust enough.” Every study I see suggests that between 90% and 98% of the world’s software is open source. To read this article in full, please click here

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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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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

But there is another piece to this, and that’s authorization. This is related to what you can do once you are inside the application, and Oso , an early stage startup, has created an open source library for developers to make it easier to build authorization in their applications. Today, the company announced an $8.2

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The Verge

OCTOBER 24, 2020

The Italian Data Protection Authority has started an investigation into the widespread use of bots that generate fake nude images on messaging app Telegram. According to Sensity, however, the software has been reverse-engineered and is widely available on open source repositories and torrenting websites.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2022

A new open source startup is setting out to help software development teams glean deeper insights from their codebases, using SQL to query all the data sources they use in the software building process. ” Being open source, of course, is also a big part of MergeStat’s flexibility promise.

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Google Research AI blog

JULY 11, 2023

To alleviate these challenges, in “ ArchGym: An Open-Source Gymnasium for Machine Learning Assisted Architecture Design ”, accepted at ISCA 2023 , we introduced ArchGym, which includes a variety of computer architecture simulators and ML algorithms. Below we outline some of the open challenges in ML-assisted architecture design.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Build.security, a Tel Aviv and Sunnyvale-based startup that aims to make it easier for developers to bake authorization policy management right into their applications, today announced a $6 million seed funding round led by cybersecurity-centric firm YL Ventures. Image Credits: build.security.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 28, 2013

It is our hope that Benetech’s Bookshare library, the authorized entity which we believe has the world’s largest accessible online collection with its 198,000 titles, becomes a major source of books for all people who are blind or otherwise print disabled. Together, we can provide equal access to humankind’s knowledge.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 31, 2010

Women and Open Source and Identity. Creating a Culture of Collaboration and Innovation. Female Ferocity. ROI of Social Networking. Speak Up: Pitching and Public Speaking Mojo. Building the Ultimate User Experience. They are also hosting after Parties in DC, NYC and SF so come on out!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 20, 2022

It is defined as open-source software that doesn’t require the support of a trusted intermediary and it has no governing body. About the Author. Creating a 3D avatar or a Snapchat lens that raises awareness for the nonprofit’s cause stem from technology that AR and the Metaverse were built on.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Platforms break open! Open has 3 components, APIs, Database Connectors, and Extensions. Bottom line: Kintera takes some important steps to open up their application. You make your own conclusions.

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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). Even worse, in the EU, you face the GDPR and have national regulatory authorities warning you how using U.S.-based Adopting fully open APIs. Jean-Paul Smets.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2021

Aserto , a new startup from a couple of tech industry vets who want to build an Authorization as a Service solution, announced a $5.1 As the two founders considered what to do next last year, they felt that authorization would be a natural extension of their work in identity, and an area where there were few good solutions for developers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

I'm trying to embrace two ideas here - the idea of open source thinking and wikitation. Allison Fine 's book, Momentum, has a whole chapter on what she calls " Open Source Thinking ," and how it is key to successfully using these new tools. Open source thinking is sharing and remixing.

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The MatrixFiles

MARCH 8, 2023

These RFPs have giant lists of requirements related to how content will be authored, formatted and published. Some CMS systems have friendlier drag and drop authoring systems, while others require a bit or a lot of knowledge of CSS (cascading style sheets). Often, one focus of the RFP is the technology that will power the new website.

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The MatrixFiles

MARCH 8, 2023

These RFPs have giant lists of requirements related to how content will be authored, formatted and published. Some CMS systems have friendlier drag and drop authoring systems, while others require a bit or a lot of knowledge of CSS (cascading style sheets). Often, one focus of the RFP is the technology that will power the new website.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Community blogs with many authors and identified, authenticated users. Also, I have to say, as much as I have respect for other Open Source CMS platforms, IMHO, 98% of websites can be served by either of these platforms. Sites with deep integrations to CRM platforms and web services.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 19, 2014

My comments were based on the recent HuffPo op-ed authored by Enrique Piracés and me, entitled Human Rights and the Duty to Protect Sensitive Data. I delivered the exhortation above from the TED main stage tonight to my fellow technologists, about our responsibility to secure sensitive information. Think about it.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 28, 2012

For example, there are many just in the area of open source foundations: nonprofit organizations structured as social enterprises writing open source software for the benefit of society, with many examples in each of the five claimed areas. The application is against the public interest.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2022

His areas of interest include open source software security, malware analysis, data breaches, and scam investigations. If combating attacks and hijackings of legitimate software on open source registries like npm weren’t challenging enough, app makers are increasingly experiencing the consequences of software self-sabotage.

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TechSpot

OCTOBER 14, 2024

According to some code changes spotted by Android Authority's Mishaal Rahman in the Android Open Source Project, the folks at Google have been quietly baking Linux support into Android's infrastructure. Read Entire Article

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TechNode

JUNE 4, 2024

Two authors behind a Stanford University AI project have apologized to the Chinese team behind open-source AI model MiniCPM-Llama3-V 2.5 Details: We sincerely apologize to the authors of MiniCPM for our failure to verify the originality of Llama3-V, Aksh and Siddharth wrote on X today.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

The DockerSlim open source project developed several years ago from a desire to remove some of that complexity for developers. Slim.ai , a new startup that wants to build a commercial product on top of the open source project, announced a $6.6 Culture and diversity to me are two sides of the same coin,” he said.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2021

A core element of the company’s technology approach is the Open Policy Agent (OPA) open-source project, which is part of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation ( CNCF ), which is also home to Kubernetes. Part of OPA is the Rego query language, which is used to structure security and authorization configuration policies.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

T]his is such an old well-known app that I think anyone informed would guess it can’t be this app: it’s open source, for one. The sudden attention surprised the original app’s co-creator, Sean Owen, who tells The Verge that he’s not worried about his reputation — simply because of how ridiculous he thinks the claims are. “[T]his

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The goals of the DEI Open Source Commons team center around leveling the playing field for everyone in tech by increasing diversity and inclusion at Salesforce community events, in addition to creating and modeling a toolkit that groups can use towards their own diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. “I What’s next?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 28, 2005

It will tell you what networks are around, and whether they are open or not, and what’s their strength. The busses around here are called PVTA – for Pioneer Valley Transit Authority. I had her laptop open, and I saw a "Ford_F350" network come, and go. A wifi hotspot on a bus?? Yeah, really, really!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 1, 2011

4 We prefer open to proprietary (internal and external). Benetech seeks to be open internally and externally. While respecting individual privacy and our other values, we foster a collaborative work environment through open communication. 5 We think we can do more together (internally and externally).

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The Verge

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The group’s for-profit motive has made it controversial in the modding and emulation communities, reports Ars Technica , because those communities tend to focus on open-source efforts and shy away from selling products that could draw the attention of both console makers and federal authorities.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

As the author of a custom CMS (it did have the advantage that it was released as open source, but it never caught on, so it still counts as custom) I know what it is like to put my heart and soul (and time) into a CMS, and want my clients to get what they want. But, that was then, and this is now. How do we know our options?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 1, 2007

I had a brief conversation by email with Cory Doctorow , a science fiction author who is also a copyleft activist, who releases everything he writes with a CC license. There’s been some interesting activity in the realm of women in open source. That feels good. I need to figure out a good network configuration. Be Helpful.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 30, 2009

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

Closed – can’t upload open document formats Can only buy books from Amazon I’m still not clear about what happens when you buy your 201st book – do you have to throw out one? Allows me to upload any open document format (.odt, It supports the open formats, and any book that is not DRMed is sharable.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

It is not because you aren’t interested (although many of you might not be), but because Sage is one of those archaic academic publishers who had decided to lock down its authors and their content behind heavy iron walls. I agree with her that open journals are the future. Open-access is right. Be Helpful.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

One open source intelligence (OSINT) expert said he saw signs of the Russian invasion early last Thursday after spotting unusual “traffic jams” at the Ukrainian border on Google Maps. “I Usually, this data has to be combined with other sources to provide reliable info. And we saw it in a traffic app.”.

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Towards Data Science

AUGUST 31, 2023

In this post, I will talk about how a spatial index gets implemented, what its benefits and limitations are, and take a look at Uber’s open source H3 indexing library for some cool spatial data science applications. This system as well as a lot of its functionality is open-source and available on GitHub for analysis.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Capsule founder Nadim Kobeissi, a cryptography researcher who previously authored the open-source E2E-encrypted desktop chat app Cryptocat, says they’re on track to put out an MVP this month — once they’ve made a few tweaks to the infrastructure. “The prototype is ready,” he tells TechCrunch.

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