Linux Foundation launches Akrites to protect open source from AI

Linux Foundation launches Akrites to protect open source from AI

The Linux Foundation, together with a broad coalition of technology companies, financial institutions, and open-source organizations, is launching the Akrites initiative . According to the organizers, AI has accelerated the pace at which vulnerabilities in open-source software are discovered to such an extent that the existing process for reporting and fixing security flaws is no…

ASWF Open Source Days 2026: registration is now open by Jose Antunes

ASWF Open Source Days 2026: registration is now open by Jose Antunes

ASWF’s Open Source Days bring together software engineers, developers and anyone else who touches open source software, for two days of presentations, collaboration and networking.  Hosted annually by the Academy Software Foundation, Open Source Days is the leading event dedicated to open source software for visual effects, animation, and digital content creation. This year’s event…

LTM backs industry effort to strengthen open source software security

LTM backs industry effort to strengthen open source software security

LTM, the technology services arm of Larsen & Toubro Group, has joined Athena, a global industry coalition led by cybersecurity company Chainguard, aimed at protecting open source software from emerging AI-driven security threats. The coalition brings together technology providers, security firms and ecosystem stakeholders to address a growing challenge: advanced AI models are increasingly capable…

Google Search Traffic To Open Web Drops To 23%, Data Shows

Google Search Traffic To Open Web Drops To 23%, Data Shows

For every 1,000 U.S. Google searches, 232 clicks reach what SparkToro calls the open web, according to new data drawn from Similarweb’s clickstream panel. The report, published by SparkToro co-founder Rand Fishkin, found 68% of U.S. searches ended without any click from January through April. Its 2024 report, based on Datos data, separately reported 360…

IBM and Red Hat Pledge $5 Billion to Advance Open Source AI Technologies — ADTmag

IBM and Red Hat Pledge $5 Billion to Advance Open Source AI Technologies — ADTmag

IBM and Red Hat Pledge $5 Billion to Advance Open Source AI Technologies By ADTMag.com Editors June 2, 2026 IBM, a global hybrid cloud and AI consultancy, together with Red Hat, an open hybrid cloud technology leader, announced a $5 billion commitment aimed at accelerating development of open-source technologies for the artificial intelligence…

Why open source faces its biggest security threat in 2026

Why open source faces its biggest security threat in 2026

The CTO of the Open Source Security Foundation has a clear message: a major AI-driven cyberattack on open source infrastructure is coming. Christopher Robinson, known as CROB, made that prediction at the start of 2026. Speaking at KubeCon and CloudNativeCon, he stood by it, even though the big breach hasn’t happened yet. The conditions are…

Vitalik Buterin advocates for open source as Europe’s tech advantage

Vitalik Buterin advocates for open source as Europe’s tech advantage

Vitalik Buterin has been pushing the idea that open-source technology represents Europe’s best path to compete in tech and AI. Not through subsidies, not through protectionist regulation, but through code that anyone can inspect, modify, and deploy without asking permission from a corporate gatekeeper. The case for open source as strategy, not ideology Buterin’s argument…

MoonRay, DreamWorks Animation’s Open Source Production Renderer, Joins the Academy Software Foundation

MoonRay, DreamWorks Animation’s Open Source Production Renderer, Joins the Academy Software Foundation

MoonRay is an open source path-tracing renderer that has been used on every DreamWorks Animation feature film since 2019 including most recently The Wild Robot and The Bad Guys 2 At-a-Glance: The Academy Software Foundation welcomes MoonRay, developed by DreamWorks Animation, as its newest hosted project….