TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Now, another new company has entered the community-led growth fray with a slightly different approach to the existing players, one focused on developer communities and with open source at its core. The open source factor. Transitioning to an open source platform may hold other benefits, too.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 28, 2014

Gerardo helped Benetech dramatically increase our capacity to benefit larger populations by scaling our services, revamping our innovation process, and establishing a thriving network of industry partners and volunteers. a11y accessibility Bookshare engineering executive Gerardo GoRead innovation open source Read2Go'

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Futurism

APRIL 11, 2025

Since then, in a flurry of personal attacks and disparaging comments, the mercurial Musk has taken it out on the firm, accusing it of failing to uphold its open-source roots. This week, OpenAI countersued Musk, accusing him of a pattern of harassment, including "press attacks, malicious campaigns.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

They created an open source library, called CipherCore, which they are launching today. This new tool allows researchers to protect data without cryptographic expertise by simply pointing to the data source by writing some code. “We

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The EU — those guys who ensured we ended up with cookie banners on every damn website you’ve ever visited — are back at it with a new initiative that could have some major-league unintended consequences on open source software, Kyle reports. But one metric may rule them all: customer churn.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Merrell draws on his experience as a developer to weigh the costs, benefits and challenges associated with resuscitating and refactoring old software. The Team Slide is the most important slide in a startup pitch deck Which open source startups rocketed in 2022? ” Which open source startups rocketed in 2022? .

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

We realized that our humanitarian free and open source software (HFOSS) partners had important roadmap projects with tremendous potential, but in many cases lacked the resources to design, prototype and develop them.

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Google Research AI blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Except for InstructGPT , which leverages a collection of proprietary data, Flan 2022 is the first work to publicly demonstrate the strong benefits of mixing these prompting settings together during training. Flan-T5 outperforms T5 on single-task fine-tuning. All tasks are held-out during Flan finetuning.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Are you excited about technology benefiting the world? Developer Community Manager, Emma Irwin We are also delighted to have aboard Developer Community Manager Emma Irwin, who guides the SocialCoding4Good volunteers as they join and contribute to the growth and impact of our nonprofit software partners’ open source efforts.

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Google Research AI blog

JULY 11, 2023

Since then, these shared resources and infrastructure have benefited industry and academia and have enabled researchers to systematically build on each other's work, leading to significant advances in the field. To ensure steady progress, it is imperative to understand and tackle these challenges collectively.

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

Exploring Open Source LMS Solutions GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Learning Management Systems (LMS) have become a mainstay in education and corporate training. Open-source LMS systems offer all of the above in a package you can modify as per your requirements.

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

Exploring Open Source LMS Solutions GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Learning Management Systems (LMS) have become a mainstay in education and corporate training. Open-source LMS systems offer all of the above in a package you can modify as per your requirements.

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

Exploring Open Source LMS Solutions Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems Learning Management Systems (LMS) have become a mainstay in education and corporate training. Open-source LMS systems offer all of the above in a package you can modify as per your requirements.

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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. Benefits of Web3 for Nonprofits: Security for donor PII and funds. Transparency to keep donors updated on how funds are used. No middleman to take a percentage of donations.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 6, 2013

When you look at the barriers faced by those defending and advocating for human rights—from the danger of hostile governments and perpetrators, to victims who are naturally suspicious of any support, to the lack of funding necessary to carry on your work—you can see how overwhelming it can be. Why You Do Want this Job: All the above.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 27, 2012

Disclosures: I have clients that use both companies’ products, as well as products from their competitors, open source products, and homegrown solutions. It could also open the door to an open source project. Here my perspective. I don’t invest in these or other companies that I advise on.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 24, 2010

Truth is, it wasn’t really a choice for me – I’ve got using and contributing back to open source projects in my DNA somehow. Tags: Consulting Development Open Source CMS drupal opensource salesforce.

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Gyrus

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Open source LMS solutions: A great alternative to proprietary LMS systems. Learn more about the best options for 2023, their benefits, potential drawbacks, and more.

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TechNode

AUGUST 4, 2023

On Thursday, Alibabas cloud computing arm opened sources for its two AI models based on the companys large language model Tongyi Qianwen, becoming the first among Chinese tech giants to do so. This move is expected to further intensify global competition around open-source large models.

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NTEN

JUNE 8, 2021

NTEN is proud to be the new steward of The Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest , elevating and celebrating open source development for social impact work. The Pizzigati Prize honors the brief life of Tony Pizzigati, an early advocate of open source computing. Open Source for Social Impact.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 26, 2013

Here is an excerpt from my written testimony, as originally featured on Benetech''s Blog : Delivering my statement before the House Committee on the Judiciary, August 1, 2013 We build our work on strong foundations laid down by other people and companies, whether it’s the open source ecosystem of the Internet, or proprietary software or content.

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TechSpot

JULY 3, 2023

The group promotes the adoption of confidential computing technologies and security models, which according to VMware could very much benefit from an open source framework the. Read Entire Article

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

Released in 2003, WordPress is open-source software and free to use and fully-customizable using WordPress themes and plug-ins. However, there are benefits to using a social sharing app, such as Social Snap , on your website. On Mobile: 8) Use a social sharing app. 9) Prioritize website security.

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Engadget

MARCH 7, 2025

But most experts in the field agree that password managers are a generally secure and safe way to keep track of your personal data, and the benefits of strong, complex passwords outweigh the possible risks. That means youve probably seen the benefits of not having to memorize a large number of passwords or even type them out already.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 19, 2014

Encrypt all personally identifiable information with strong, open source crypto, and take a big step on the road towards doing no harm while bringing the benefits of technology to the world''s most vulnerable populations!' And, this responsibility extends to far more software developers today than we thought. Think about it.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 3, 2024

One of the most effective tools we’ve developed to achieve this is Gesso, an open-source front-end starter kit and design system, built entirely in-house by the Forum One team. Another key benefit is faster time-to-market.

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The Verge

MAY 28, 2020

AppGet is a free and open source package manager for Windows, which automates installing software on Windows PCs. I don’t think fragmenting the ecosystem will benefit anyone,” says Beigi. Brisbane-based software developer Paul Stovell warned earlier this year that Microsoft does its homework on open source alternatives.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

QuestDB , makers of the speedy open source time series database, announced a $12 million Series A today from 468 Capital, Uncorrelated Ventures and a list of industry angels, including Alexis Ohanian. Hourcard believes that as an open source and fully remote company, it should help to build a more diverse workforce.

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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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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

Ushahidi, an open source project originally deployed in Kenya to report post-election violence has since been downloaded and deployed for many other events and disasters, including Haiti, Chile, and Japan. The real-time web has also revolutionized the way we support local communities in disaster. Another great example is Epic Change.

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The Verge

JANUARY 8, 2022

Now, Google has launched an open-source API standard called Ripple that could theoretically bring the tech to additional devices outside Google — perhaps even a car, as Ford is one of the participants in the new standard. Ripple will unlock helpful innovation that benefits everyone.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Lukas Gentele is the CEO of Loft Labs , which builds open source developer tooling for Kubernetes. In a scenario of 100 developers, we calculated up to 78% savings by using open source virtual clusters. Another great benefit of virtual clusters is that they are isolated from other users on the cluster. Contributor.

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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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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2021

The two founders, CEO Martin Mao and CTO Rob Skillington, created the open-source M3 monitoring project while they were working at Uber, and left in 2019 to launch Chronosphere, a startup based on that project. Chronosphere launches with $11M Series A to build scalable, cloud-native monitoring tool.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Our strong cryptography technology, Martus —a free, open source, secure information management tool-makes it easier for groups working with vulnerable populations keep the sensitive information they collect confidential. As toolmakers, our ultimate impact is measured by what other people build with our tools.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 29, 2009

I use it to call people to action to benefit a nonprofit/charity: Example Tweet: #CharityTuesday :: Add a “Cause&# Twibbon to your Twitter Avatar: [link]. Event] Example Tweet: UNICEF is using RapidSMS in 23 countries, many more users who download the open source software.

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OpenAI

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Our mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence—AI systems that are generally smarter than humans— benefits all of humanity. We want the benefits of, access to, and governance of AGI to be widely and fairly shared. We want to successfully navigate massive risks.

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