The Verge
JANUARY 26, 2021
Google is ending development on the virtual reality painting app Tilt Brush — one of the most well-known VR applications — and making it open source. Tilt Brush’s code can be accessed on GitHub now , but Google says some features had to be removed from the open-source release because of licensing restrictions.
Vox
FEBRUARY 12, 2021
In 2020, the amount of money people in the US lost to romance scams, which usually start online, surged 50 percent from the year before, jumping from just over $200 million in 2019 to more than $300 million, according to the Federal Trade Commission. I mean, they copied my picture into their driver’s licenses, into passports.
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The Verge
APRIL 21, 2021
They searched these pictures on the web using “an open source facial recognition tool, known to provide reliable results,” and this led to a public Instagram page apparently belonging to Randolph’s girlfriend which contained “numerous images” of the suspect. Image: FBI Affidavit via The Huffington Post.
Kitaboo
DECEMBER 28, 2023
Since the year 2020, EdTech usage in K12 institutions around the globe has increased by a whopping 99%. In fact, free, open-source software also comes under the purview of sustainable EdTech products. So besides aiding operational efficacy, these tools also abate costs like electricity bills, licensing costs, etc.
GeekWire
MARCH 4, 2024
Commercial customers pay a licensing fee, while academics access the Rosetta code for free — and build and improve on it. A deep learning tool from Google’s DeepMind to predict how proteins fold hit the field in 2020, followed by a similar tool from the IPD. Both won Science magazine’s 2021 Breakthrough of the Year award.
Kitaboo
JANUARY 8, 2020
Anyone can also use the Readium source code without a commercial license. It’s totally free and permissively licensed. You will no longer need to pay any license fees like you had to do earlier. Readium strived to provide a solid foundation for an open source ePUB3 reader built on web kit. The Future.
The Verge
AUGUST 3, 2020
It’s set for a limited debut on Adobe’s Photoshop software and Behance social network by the end of 2020, and Adobe hopes for wider adoption soon after. Adobe originally announced Twitter and The New York Times Company as partners, and the CAI specifications will be freely available under an open source license.
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