Why the ‘spirit’ of open source means much more than a license
Arguments about what is and isn’t “open source” are often resolved by deferring to the Open Source Initiative (OSI): If a piece of software is available under a license rubber stamped as “open source” ...
NewPipe Is an Ad-Free, Privacy-Respecting YouTube App for Android
YouTube's Android app is cluttered, slow, and full of ads. Even worse: It tracks every video you watch. NewPipe is a free and open source Android alternative interface for YouTube that's fully private ...
Open source licenses: Everything you need to know
Ever wanted to know the difference between Apache 2.0 and MIT? Or permissive and copyleft open source licenses? Read on.
What is open data? How Common Crawl and LAION shape open source AI training
Open data initiatives like Common Crawl and LAION are essential for training generative AI systems. The LAION-5B dataset ...
Google's OpenTitan chip brings next-generation security to Chromebooks
Google’s OpenTitan chip, the first open-source root of trust, is now in production to secure Chromebooks and cloud services ...
Cult favorite Pebble is making a comeback with a new smartwatch
Shortly after Pebble OS went open source, the founder of Pebble announced that the cult favorite smartwatch is returning.
Meta AI chief and others praise DeepSeek's open-source R1 model
Meta's chief AI scientist and others have praised the new open-source reasoning model released by the Chinese AI startup ...
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The TAK Ecosystem: Military Coordination Goes Open Source
The TAK ecosystem includes ATAK for Android, iTAK for iOS ... Many of the currently available plugins are not open source and are only available through the TAK.gov website after agreeing to ...