As the big data space continues to explode, so has the variety of projects that help make the most of it. Most people are already familiar with Apache Hadoop, and many are leveraging Cascading.

What are open-source operating systems? Underpinning an operating system, for example Windows on your PC or Android on your phone, is many, many lines of code. Allowing anyone to inspect the source ...

Most people don’t realize it, but many of the devices and apps you use every day are built on top of open source software, maintained by one or two developers that aren’t paid for their time, who ...

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Software supply chain attacks are evolving as open source and AI-generated code introduce new third-party risks. Learn how ...

This is the second such study. The first, 2020's "Vulnerabilities in the Core,' a preliminary report and Census II of open-source software, focused on the lower level critical operating system ...

Generative AI tools have quickly become transformative to many businesses, with their power to create words, pictures, video, sounds and even computer code, augment human skills and automate routine ...

Frederick Kaufman has penned a provocative article for Slate’s Future Tense column in which he makes the case for open-source genetically modified foods. “It will help fight climate change,” he says, ...

Open source refers to a type of software whose source code, the human-readable instructions that make up the program, is made freely available for anyone to access, use, modify, and distribute. Unlike ...

Software freedom. User freedom. Why do we have to choose? Licensing hasn’t kept pace with the reality of software in the cloud and AI. Folks, we have an open source problem. And, no, it’s not the ...