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Google Cloud to Offer Security-Vetted Open Source Software

Information Week

MAY 23, 2022

Google will offer Assured Open Source Software, the open source software it has vetted and uses internally, to enable enterprises to gain the benefits of OSS that has been verified as secure.

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Google Announces Meridian, A Marketing Mix Modeling Tool

Forrester IT

MARCH 12, 2024

Google unveiled Meridian, an open-source marketing mix modeling (MMM) tool aimed at tackling crucial measurement challenges. MMM gauges the impact of marketing and media investments on vital performance indicators like sales or revenue, while also forecasting the revenue potential of marketing endeavors.

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Google Cloud offers Assured Open Source Software for free

Tech Republic

APRIL 12, 2023

In the face of growing risks from open-source software dependencies, Google Cloud is releasing its Assured Open Source Software (Assured OSS) service for Java and Python ecosystems at no cost. The post Google Cloud offers Assured Open Source Software for free appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Google Cloud boosts open-source security, simplifies zero-trust rollouts

Network World

MAY 17, 2022

New Google Cloud security services aim to strengthen open-source security, simplify zero-trust adoption, and improve cloud governance.

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Meta Launches New Llama AI Model to Rival Google, OpenAI

IT Toolbox

JULY 24, 2024

open-source AI model. The post Meta Launches New Llama AI Model to Rival Google, OpenAI appeared first on Spiceworks Inc. Meta has announced the launch of its Llama 3.1 At 405 billion parameters, it is the company's biggest AI offering. Learn more about the product and what its launch means for AI users.

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What is SONiC and how can enterprises try the open-source NOS?

Network World

JULY 17, 2024

Interest in the open-source network operating system SONiC is rising as major networking vendors and start-ups look to offer resources to help enterprises give SONiC a try. The Linux-based NOS was created by Microsoft for its Azure data centers and then open-sourced by Microsoft in 2017. What is SONiC? Who created SONiC?

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CISA Report Finds Most Open-Source Projects Contain Memory-Unsafe Code

Tech Republic

JULY 1, 2024

Security analysts found that 52% of open-source projects are written in memory-unsafe languages like C and C++.

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Google introduces vulnerability scanner for open-source projects

TechSpot

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Google introduced OSV-Scanner this week, a free tool that lets developers making open-source software scan for known vulnerabilities in the dependencies they use. The scanner checks their projects against Google's Open Source Vulnerability (OSV) schema and the OSV.dev service.

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Google commits $1M to new Linux Foundation open source security rewards program

Venture Beast

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Google is sponsoring Secure Open Source (SOS) Rewards, a new open source security program hosted by the Linux Foundation. Read More.

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Google open-sources ClusterFuzzLite to secure the software supply chain

Venture Beast

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Google has launched a new open source "fuzzing" project called ClusterFuzzLite, based on its existing ClusterFuzz tool. Read More.

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Google stakes new Secure Open Source rewards program for developers with $1M seed money

Tech Republic Security

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The SOS program, run by the Linux Foundation, will reward developers with potentially more than $10,000 for enhancing the security of critical open source software.

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Google open-sources AI that can distinguish between voices with 92% accuracy

CTOvision

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Google is going open-source with it’s best-kept secret to users – AI technology.

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Google sponsors OSTIF security reviews of critical open source software

Venture Beast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Google is partnering with the Open Source Technology Improvement Fund to sponsor security reviews in critical open source software. Read More.

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Google open-sources LIT, a toolset for evaluating natural language models

Venture Beast

AUGUST 14, 2020

Google-affiliated researchers developed an open source framework -- Language Interpretability Tool (LIT) -- designed to explore and audit language models. Read More.

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Google extends open source vulnerabilities database to Python, Rust, Go, and DWF

Venture Beast

JUNE 24, 2021

Google has extended its Open Source Vulnerabilities database to incorporate vulnerability data from Go, Rust, Python, and DWF. Read More.

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Google open-sources MT5, a multilingual model trained on over 101 languages

Venture Beast

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Google open-sourced MT5, a model trained on over 100 languages that the company says achieves state-of-the-art benchmark results. Read More.

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OpenAI competitor Mistral brings open-source language models back to the forefront

TechSpot

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Mistral is a new AI company co-founded by former Google and Meta alumni valued at $260 million. The startup's focus is providing language model solutions released through open-source licenses, so that AI can become "useful" to anyone with no need to spend huge amounts of money or pay to access. Read Entire Article

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Musk crosses the rubicon: Grok goes open-source

Dataconomy

MARCH 11, 2024

This move comes shortly after Musk took legal action against OpenAI, criticizing the organization for moving away from its open-source beginnings, despite being supported by Microsoft. And @pmarca would you open source the manhattan project? Musk has consistently championed the open-source movement.

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AI development booms as open source startups fill the gap

Dataconomy

MARCH 26, 2024

Runa Capital’s ROSS Index highlights the growing market for AI and open-source technologies, tracking the rapid expansion of this sector. These efforts showcase the diverse, evolving nature of AI and open-source ventures. It reflects an increasingly vibrant ecosystem fueled by technological advancements.

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The Linux Foundation announces collective to enhance open source software security

Tech Republic Security

AUGUST 3, 2020

The newly formed Open Source Security Foundation includes titans in technology such as Google, Intel, Microsoft, IBM, and more.

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Open source security scanning platform Snyk raises $300M

Venture Beast

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Open source security scanning platform Snyk, used by developers at companies such as Google and Salesforce, has raised $300 million. Read More.

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Seattle-area startup Chainguard raises $61M to help companies secure open source software

GeekWire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Chainguard, which focuses on open source software, says its annual recurring revenue has tripled in the past six months. The company is led by CEO Dan Lorenc , a former Microsoft and Google engineer who is based in Rhode Island. Customers include Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Snowflake.

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Developers: This is Google's new idea for keeping your open-source projects secure

Tech Republic Security

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Scorecards provides an assessment of open-source packages, which developers can use to judge whether they are safe to introduce into their projects or systems.

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Google and the US government partner to make open source chips

TechSpot

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

A new agreement between the US Department of Commerce and Google could spark a surge of new chip designs and innovations. According to the DoC, the Google-NIST partnership answers one of the most pressing issues in the semiconductor industry: big corporations have ready access to new chips and designs, while.

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Google Chrome Patches Actively Exploited Critical Zero-Day Vulnerability

IT Toolbox

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The flaw results from an integer overflow flaw in the Skia open-source graphics library. The post Google Chrome Patches Actively Exploited Critical Zero-Day Vulnerability appeared first on Spiceworks.

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Google to provide a four-year support period for Linux kernel releases used in Android phones

TechSpot

JULY 9, 2024

Google recently updated official documentation on Android Common Kernels (ACK) with new support lifetime pledges and refreshed end-of-life (EOL) dates for currently supported kernels.

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How Scarf helps developers measure and commercialize open source software

Venture Beast

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Scarf helps open source developers understand and measure how users are interacting with their projects -- it's Google Analytics for OSS. Read More.

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Google is working to add ChromeOS support to Android devices

TechSpot

MAY 14, 2024

Google recently demonstrated to its business partners how the company's latest Android phones can run the cloud-focused ChromeOS system in a dedicated environment. The private demo showcased a special build of ChromeOS's open-source counterpart, known as "ferrochrome," and highlighted the ability of Pixel 8 devices to project the system onto.

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Google’s New Open Source Vulnerability Database

SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Google recently launched the 'OSV' (Open Source Vulnerabilities) database, as a " first step towards improving vulnerability triage for developers and consumers of open source software.". This will help consumers of open source software determine if they were impacted and make the appropriate security changes.

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Google just removed RISC-V architecture support from Android's kernel

TechSpot

MAY 2, 2024

Android Common Kernel (ACK) are the main branches of the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), which informs all third-party and Google's own Android implementations on mobile and wearable devices. Removing RISC-V. Read Entire Article

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Google-backed Scorecards bolsters open source security metrics with new checks

Venture Beast

JULY 1, 2021

Google and the OpenSSF have introduced a big update to its open source security Scorecards project, including a swathe of new checks. Read More.

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UPDATED: Facebook, Google and Others Partner to Make Open Source Easier

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Launch TODO program to address issues tech companies face when using open source Read More. Facebook Google Twitter'

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Google open-sources framework that reduces AI training costs by up to 80%

CTOvision

MARCH 24, 2020

Google researchers recently published a paper describing a framework — SEED RL — that scales AI model training to thousands of machines.

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Google announces the Open Usage Commons to help open source projects manage trademarks

Venture Beast

JULY 8, 2020

Google and partners launched the Open Usage Commons to extend the philosophy and definition of open source to project trademarks. Read More.

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Google is releasing an open source harassment filter for journalists

The Verge

MARCH 8, 2022

Google’s Jigsaw unit is releasing the code for an open source anti-harassment tool called Harassment Manager. It’s debuting as source code for developers to build on, then being launched as a functional application for Thomson Reuters Foundation journalists in June. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Appwrite, an open source backend-as-a-service provider, raises $27M

Venture Beast

APRIL 5, 2022

Appwrite, an open source backend-as-a-service and rival to Google's Firebase, has raised $27 million in a series A round of funding. Read More.

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After Log4j, Open-Source Software Is Now a National Security Issue

Gizmodo

JANUARY 13, 2022

For years, developers of free, open-source software have been telling anyone who will listen that their projects needs better financial assistance and more oversight. Now, after a number of disastrous incidents involving open-source code, the federal government and Silicon Valley may finally be listening. Read more.

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Uber open-sources Neuropod to unify AI frameworks and turn models into products

Venture Beast

JUNE 8, 2020

Uber open-sourced Neuropod, an abstraction layer designed to unify disparate AI frameworks like Google's TensorFlow and Facebook's PyTorch. Read More.

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Open-sourced Technology Levels the Playing Field Between Tech Giants and Startups

CTOvision

JULY 21, 2015

The contest between proprietary technology and open source has been ongoing for a decade.Today, some of the most premium technology is open-sourced and free. Even Google's highly prized Borg software is becoming open-sourced. Government push for open source software.

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Google invests in open source security by funding Linux kernel developers

Venture Beast

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Google announced today that it will underwrite the salaries for two developers to focus on Linux's fundamental security. Read More.

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A new unicorn in Seattle: Cybersecurity startup Chainguard raises $140M at $1.1B valuation

GeekWire

JULY 25, 2024

Chainguard focuses on helping companies keep their open source software secure and offers tools to manage container images , a core code component of cloud-based applications. “Our Chainguard Images platform provides a safe, trusted way to build software on top of containers through a fully-managed open source supply chain.”

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You can move your entire Google Photos library to iCloud with a few clicks using this new tool

TechSpot

JULY 11, 2024

The driving force behind this cross-platform compatibility is the Data Transfer Project (DTP), an open-source program launched in 2018 that's dedicated to making it easier to port your data between different online services. Read Entire Article

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OpenSFF’s Allstar aims to fix vulnerabilities in open source projects

Venture Beast

AUGUST 11, 2021

Allstar, a new tool released by the Open Source Security Foundation, aims to automatically fix vulnerabilities in open source projects. Read More.

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Google’s VR painting app is getting the axe, but it will live on as an open-source project

The Verge

JANUARY 26, 2021

Image: Google. 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 is just the latest in a series of discontinued Google VR projects.

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Google Cloud to Offer Security-Vetted Open Source Software

Google Announces Meridian, A Marketing Mix Modeling Tool

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Google Cloud offers Assured Open Source Software for free

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Google Cloud boosts open-source security, simplifies zero-trust rollouts

Meta Launches New Llama AI Model to Rival Google, OpenAI

What is SONiC and how can enterprises try the open-source NOS?

CISA Report Finds Most Open-Source Projects Contain Memory-Unsafe Code

Google introduces vulnerability scanner for open-source projects

Google commits $1M to new Linux Foundation open source security rewards program

Google open-sources ClusterFuzzLite to secure the software supply chain

Google stakes new Secure Open Source rewards program for developers with $1M seed money

Google open-sources AI that can distinguish between voices with 92% accuracy

Google sponsors OSTIF security reviews of critical open source software

Google open-sources LIT, a toolset for evaluating natural language models

Google extends open source vulnerabilities database to Python, Rust, Go, and DWF

Google open-sources MT5, a multilingual model trained on over 101 languages

OpenAI competitor Mistral brings open-source language models back to the forefront

Musk crosses the rubicon: Grok goes open-source

AI development booms as open source startups fill the gap

The Linux Foundation announces collective to enhance open source software security

Open source security scanning platform Snyk raises $300M

Seattle-area startup Chainguard raises $61M to help companies secure open source software

Developers: This is Google's new idea for keeping your open-source projects secure

Google and the US government partner to make open source chips

Google Chrome Patches Actively Exploited Critical Zero-Day Vulnerability

Google to provide a four-year support period for Linux kernel releases used in Android phones

How Scarf helps developers measure and commercialize open source software

Google is working to add ChromeOS support to Android devices

Google’s New Open Source Vulnerability Database

Google just removed RISC-V architecture support from Android's kernel

Google-backed Scorecards bolsters open source security metrics with new checks

UPDATED: Facebook, Google and Others Partner to Make Open Source Easier

Google open-sources framework that reduces AI training costs by up to 80%

Google announces the Open Usage Commons to help open source projects manage trademarks

Google is releasing an open source harassment filter for journalists

Appwrite, an open source backend-as-a-service provider, raises $27M

After Log4j, Open-Source Software Is Now a National Security Issue

Uber open-sources Neuropod to unify AI frameworks and turn models into products

Open-sourced Technology Levels the Playing Field Between Tech Giants and Startups

Google invests in open source security by funding Linux kernel developers

A new unicorn in Seattle: Cybersecurity startup Chainguard raises $140M at $1.1B valuation

You can move your entire Google Photos library to iCloud with a few clicks using this new tool

OpenSFF’s Allstar aims to fix vulnerabilities in open source projects

Google’s VR painting app is getting the axe, but it will live on as an open-source project

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