Earlier this year, the world came within a few weeks of a disastrous cyber security failure that would have enabled bad actors to penetrate the IT systems of millions of organisations worldwide. The ...

AI has an impact on the development of open source software in many areas. It offers opportunities, but also presents the community with new challenges. Code makes up a large proportion of the data ...

You'd think artificial intelligence (AI) is a boon for developers. After all, a recent Google survey found that 75% of programmers rely on AI. On the other hand, almost 40% report having "little or no ...

Stephen is an author at Android Police who covers how-to guides, features, and in-depth explainers on various topics. He joined the team in late 2021, bringing his strong technical background in ...

Open source software has a number of benefits over commercial products, not least the fact that it can be downloaded for free. This means anyone can analyse the code and, assuming they have the right ...

A recent study found that more than a third of 1,261 open source libraries had a known vulnerability and about a quarter of the downloads were tainted A study of how 31 popular open source code ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Let’s back up for a second: Are there advantages to using AI to write code? Certainly. We ...

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Yes, a tiny number of companies have relicensed their open source code. Let’s worry about actual problems, like security and megacompanies that contribute almost nothing. If you follow open source ...