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Five ways to reduce Kubernetes costs
By Ross Kelly last updated
Tutorials With cutting expenditure a business imperative, there are several ways enterprises can reduce Kubernetes costs

AI 'slop security reports' are driving open source maintainers mad
By Emma Woollacott published
News Low-quality, LLM-generated reports should be treated as if they are malicious, according to one expert

Open source malware surged by 156% in 2024
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Hackers are taking advantage of lax verification and surging demand to distribute and scale malware in record time

Warning issued over open source developer account security
By Solomon Klappholz published
News The security of individual developer accounts poses a serious threat to open source ecosystem, according to a new report from the Linux Foundation

The UK needs to up its game to fend off open source competition
By Emma Woollacott published
News Investment in the open source ecosystem needs to increase alongside broader government support

New definition of open source AI is “flawed”, experts say
By George Fitzmaurice published
News The terms compel open source AI projects to reveal information around training data – but there are a few key caveats

Redis license changes were the “only way to compete with Amazon and Google”
By Ross Kelly published
News Redis sparked controversy when it announced licensing changes in March this year – but the company believes the move was warranted

Elastic returns to open source, but can it regain the community’s trust?
By Solomon Klappholz last updated
Elastic has announced the addition of the OSI-approved AGPL open source license for its Elasticsearch and Kibana products
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