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“Markets do not stand still”: The UK needs to up its game to fend off open source competition
While open source software has had a particularly strong impact in the UK, the country risks losing its prominent position in the global ecosystem, according to a new report from OpenUK. Governments in France and Germany have expanded their investment and support for open source software development and contributions, meaning the growth of AI projects and companies in France has…
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Nokia waves off IntelBroker breach claims, says leaked source code came from a third party application
Nokia has issued a statement claiming leaked source code data published on an underground hacking forum was stolen from a third-party server and poses no threat to Nokia or its customers. The Finnish telecommunications company downplayed the severity of the incident, claiming no company or customer data was implicated in the leak. The prominent threat actor IntelBroker listed a “large…
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Nokia says hackers leaked third-party app source code
Nokia’s investigation of recent claims of a data breach found that the source code leaked on a hacker forum belongs to a third party and company and customer data has not been impacted. The statement comes in response to threat actor IntelBroker earlier this week releasing data belonging to Nokia, allegedly stolen after breaching a third-party vendor’s server. The hacker tried to…
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Nokia investigates breach after hacker claims to steal source code
Nokia is investigating whether a third-party vendor was breached after a hacker claimed to be selling the company’s stolen source code. “Nokia is aware of reports that an unauthorized actor has alleged to have gained access to certain third-party contractor data and possibly data of Nokia,” the company told BleepingComputer. “Nokia takes this allegation seriously and we are investigating. To…
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IBM just launched powerful new open source AI models – here’s what you need to know
IBM has launched the latest versions of its Granite AI models, claiming they match or surpass everything else currently available on the market. The new models are open source, released under the Apache 2.0 license, and the Granite 3.0 8B and 2B language models in particular are being pitched as ‘workhorse’ models for tasks such as Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG),…
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New definition of open source AI is “flawed”, experts say
A new definition for ‘Open Source AI’ has been launched by the Open Source Initiative (OSI), though experts have told ITPro that the terms lack nuance and may be under the wrong management. The new definition has AI training data as its focus, clarifying that training data must be shared and disclosed. It also states that code must be complete…
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The latest on the WordPress fight over trademarks and open source
Over the past several weeks, WordPress cofounder Matt Mullenweg has made one thing exceedingly clear: he’s in charge of WordPress’ future. Mullenweg heads up WordPress.com and its parent company, Automattic. He owns the WordPress.org project, and he even leads the nonprofit foundation that controls the WordPress trademark. To the outside observer, these might appear to be independent organizations, all separately…
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Could ‘fair source’ software be the key to solving open source licensing disputes?
There’s a new software licensing structure in town, ‘fair source,’ and several startups have already signed up amid promises that the license will combine the best of both open and closed worlds. Application monitoring software firm Sentry is responsible for devising the license, which it noted in a separate blog post. The firm has been joined by a host of…
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Is a VMware exodus looming? Disgruntled customers are actively seeking alternative providers or exploring open source options in the wake of Broadcom’s acquisition
VMware customers are becoming increasingly frustrated with uncertainty and spiraling licensing costs, new research suggests, after its acquisition by IT giant Broadcom. Research from Civo found more than half (51.9%) of VMware customers were considering ditching services after Broadcom finalized its acquisition of the cloud computing and virtualization firm. After a series of drastic changes to its operating model including…
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Elastic returns to open source, but can it regain the community’s trust? Some industry players aren’t holding their breath
AI search company Elastic has announced a return to its open source beginnings with the addition of a new license for its Elasticsearch and Kibana products. Elastic has added the GNU affero general public license v3 (AGPL), an open source license approved by the Open Source Initiative (OSI). AGPL will now be available as an option for users to license…
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