When you hear the term "open source," it's talking about any publicly accessible design that people are free to change and ...

For the longest time, open-source was nothing more than a buzzword rattling around the brains of technologists and fans of the Linux operating system. Flash forward a decade or so and open-source has ...

But how did OSS become so widespread? Was it pure cost efficiency, or does OSS really bring more innovation to organizations?

When it comes to open-source apps and code, the updates are just as (if not more) frequent, but the public can see it all. Simply visit a site like GitHub and browse some active projects, and you’ll ...

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 ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. The finance sector has an interesting relationship with open source. For many years, open ...

If a powerful technology poses significant risks to business and society, should it ever be freely available? Many argue that AI falls into this category. Some even warn of existential threats. Since ...

In the era of vibe coding, when even professionals are pawning off their programming work on AI tools, Microsoft is throwing it all the way back to the language that launched a billion devices. On ...

In light of recent cyberattacks and growing security concerns, GitHub is taking immediate and direct action to secure the open-source software supply chain.

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 ...