Red Hat swallows Neural Magic
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Wednesday, 13 November 2024 10:05

Red Hat swallows Neural Magic


Wants to enhance AI optimisation

Red Hat, the IBM-owned open-source software firm, is set to acquire Neural Magic, a Massachusetts-based startup known for optimising AI models to run more efficiently on standard processors and GPUs.

Open saucers have job security
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Monday, 15 May 2023 11:42

Open saucers have job security


No one wants to fire them

While tech companies are laying off staff claiming that they are cutting costs because of “economic headwinds” they do not seem that keen to let their open saucers go.

Open saucy database outfit in trouble
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Friday, 07 April 2023 10:15

Open saucy database outfit in trouble


MariaDB.com rumoured to be floundering

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell-on-earth rumour declaring that the open-source database company MariaDB.com is deep in trouble.

Open source might be a Ukraine war casualty
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Weaponised and bogged down

Open source and cloud technology might be collateral damage in the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Open source developer burns own libraries
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Tuesday, 11 January 2022 12:29

Open source developer burns own libraries


Protesting against not giving back to the community

Popular open-source libraries colors and faker were defaced by their creator as the open saucey equivalent of a suicide bombing.

French surrender to Open Source
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Monday, 15 November 2021 13:04

French surrender to Open Source


No more of your ‘orrible roast beef eating proprietary stuff

The French government's wants to use open source to make it a vector of digital sovereignty and a guarantee of "democratic confidence."

Nintendo shuts down open source project
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Tuesday, 25 August 2020 09:59

Nintendo shuts down open source project


Submit to the power of our mighty briefs

Nintendo has targeted the developer of an open-source Switch payload injector with a cease and desist notice and  the DragonInjector developer decided to call it a day.

Microsoft admits it was on the wrong side of history
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Ballmer was wrong about Open Source

Microsoft’s current president Brad Smith has accepted the company was on the wrong side of history when it called Open Sauce software cancer.

Open source gets Munich agreement
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Monday, 18 May 2020 11:11

Open source gets Munich agreement


We have in our hands a piece of paper which means Linux on the desktop in our time.

In an uncharacteristic notable U-turn, newly elected politicians in Munich have decided that its administration needs to use open-source software, instead of proprietary products like Microsoft Office.

Sorry Steve, Open Source beat you
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Monday, 30 December 2019 10:12

Sorry Steve, Open Source beat you


How Open Source conquered the world

CNBC Explores released a 14-minute documentary this month called "The Rise Of Open-Source Software" that open-source software "has essentially taken over the world".