Tag: source
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OSS Resistance: it's time companies treat open source maintenance as real work
Mike McQuaid has a message for open source maintainers at profitable companies: “Stop asking permission to fix what your employer already depends on.” Open source software underpins critical infrastructure across the global economy, powering everything from public services and financial systems to energy grids, defence technologies and international organisations such as the United Nations. Yet read more
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NetBird announces $10M Series A to expand open source VPN alternative
NetBird, an open-source network security platform built on product-led adoption, has closed a $10 million Series A round led by Pace Capital, with participation from Nauta Capital, InReach Ventures, and Antler. NetBird is a Berlin-based software company developing an open-source Zero Trust network security platform that enables secure and cost-effective private networking for organisations of read more
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From heat waste to heat source: Power Mining launches shipping-container data centres for city heating
Personal Bitcoin mining device manufacturer Power Mining has developed a portable data centre that will heat towns using residual heat from Bitcoin mining. Bitcoin mining consumes a significant amount of electricity globally eliciting significant greenhouse gas emissions and local air-pollution impacts. In response, the sector is advocating for ways to not only reduce the energy read more
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