Stephen is an author at Android Police who covers how-to guides, features, and in-depth explainers on various topics. He joined the team in late 2021, bringing his strong technical background in ...

For the longest time, open-source was nothing more than a buzzword rattling around the brains of technologists and fans of the Linux operating system. Flash forward a decade or so and open-source has ...

Open-source solutions power modern enterprises, underlying everything from website builds to ready-made and custom applications. Small and large companies alike leverage open-source office suites, and ...

A department builds something new (all too often something that already exists) puts the code in a public GitHub repository, ...

"Today is a big day for Android, the Open Handset Alliance, and the open-source community," wrote Google software engineer David Bort on in a blog post on source.android.com. "All of the work that ...

Open-source software has always been seen as a game-changer. Free, flexible, and community-driven. But let’s be honest—how many people actually open the source code, review thousands of lines, and ...

The open source world has recently seen a few high-profile projects with unusual terms. They call themselves “open source” and “free for research and commercial use,” and some pundits (including Matt ...

Nvidia on Monday released new open-source software aimed at speeding up the development of self-driving cars using some of ...

Greater access to the code behind generative models is fueling innovation. But if top companies get spooked, they could close up shop. Last week a leaked memo reported to have been written by Luke ...

"Now that the code is open source, what does it mean for you? Explore the codebase and learn how agent mode is implemented, what context is sent to LLMs, and how we engineer our prompts. Everything, ...

Open-source software allows users and developers to modify its code. This software model leads to rapid innovations and improvements. Investors benefit from transparency and collaboration in ...

I published a version of this article on Medium eight years ago. This version is updated with new references and arguments. Over the last few years, I’ve been a part of lots of discussions — across ...