In recent years, the private sector has been spurning proprietary software in favor of open source software and development approaches. For good reason: The open source avenue saves money and ...

Earlier this month, Armin Ronacher, a prominent open-source developer, was experimenting with a new code-generating tool from GitHub called Copilot when it began to produce a curiously familiar ...

There are a handful of leading commercial toolmakers to help IT detect and respond to system outages and application failures, commonly referred to as "incident management and response," including ...

GitHub Copilot, Microsoft's AI pair-programming service, has been out for less than a month now, but it's already wildly popular. In projects where it's enabled, GitHub states nearly 40% of code is ...

Free and open software have transformed the tech industry. But we still have a lot to work out to make them healthy, equitable enterprises. When Xerox donated a new laser printer to the MIT Artificial ...

Code pours from Feross Aboukhadijeh’s fingers. As a devotee of the open source software movement, he has written immensely popular web apps, peer-to-peer file exchanges, and more than 100 other pieces ...

If combating attacks and hijackings of legitimate software on open source registries like npm weren’t challenging enough, app makers are increasingly experiencing the consequences of software ...

Twitter's algorithm appeared to identify whether a tweet was authored by Elon Musk and labeled tweets as "Democrat," "Republican" or "power user." ...

Activepieces is an open-source automation platform that allows users to build automated workflows. No need to dive into any code, unlike AutoHotkey. What makes it stand out is not just its ...

Winamp, through its Belgian owner Llama Group, posted the source for its “Legacy Player Code” on September 24 so that developers could “contribute their expertise, ideas, and passion to help this ...

Volunteer-run projects like Log4J keep the internet running. The result is unsustainable burnout, and a national security risk when they go wrong. Right now, Volkan Yazici is working 22 hour days for ...

Aled Owen is a writer and filmmaker born in Carmarthen, Wales. He acted onstage from a young age and even won third place in 2012's Britain's Got Talent as part of Only Boys Aloud, a traditional Welsh ...