Open source software has a mixed reputation for security, yet it drives commercial space enterprises such as SpaceX and Starlink—and increasingly, U.S. military space efforts. But Lauren Barrett ...

Open source code has exploded in popularity and become an essential building block for modern software (as it can dramatically increase the speed and efficiency of software builds). The accessibility ...

In the intricate landscape of software development, the question of whether open source software provides superior security compared to proprietary alternatives has sparked a longstanding debate. The ...

Open source software is ubiquitous. It has become an unequaled driver of technological innovation because organizations that use it don't have to reinvent the wheel for common software components.

Open-source software tools continue to increase in popularity because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and hardware costs, lower total-cost-of-ownership, lack ...

InfoWorld’s 2023 Bossie Awards recognize the year’s leading open source tools for software development, data management, analytics, AI, and machine learning. When the leaves fall, the sky turns gray, ...

A comprehensive new study has unearthed fresh details on the extensive and troubling use of memory-unsafe code in major open source software (OSS) projects. However, the chances that fresh insight on ...

Development is a creative process. Experience with hackathons and open-source solutions, for example, shows that input from many engineers accelerates progress and makes the final product better.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. today announced that it has acquired Nod.ai, a startup that develops open-source software for speeding up artificial intelligence models, for undisclosed financial terms.

If you’re a software developer today—or a cloud engineer, or a data scientist, or anyone who works with code—then open source software is like the air that you breathe. But open source wasn’t always ...