GitHub has put the final touches on its Arctic Code Vault with a nearly 1.5 tonne steel box covered in AI-generated etchings that aim to entice future generations to explore it. GitHub initially ...

The open source funding problem is very real, but a slew of initiatives have emerged of late, with startups, corporations, and venture capitalists launching various programs to support some of the ...

GitHub, owned by money-bags Microsoft, has called upon the European Union to create a publicly funded "Sovereign Tech Fund" (EU-STF) to boost the open source software ecosystem.… "Open source software ...

Nvidia’s ($NVDA) shares rose on Monday after the heavyweight chip designer rolled out “the world’s first industry-scale” open ...

A large GitHub survey of open-source projects has found open-source software development is almost completely dominated by men, and that most programmers neglect to write documentation. While people ...

GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke has announced his resignation. After nearly four years in the top job he's returning to his entrepreneurial roots to co-found a startup. Microsoft has chosen not to appoint a ...

Software developers that maintain and contribute to open-source projects will now be able to put out a virtual tip far on their GitHub accounts, thanks to a new feature called GitHub Sponsors that the ...

In October, Microsoft announced that it is shutting down its business social network, LinkedIn, in China. Having to comply with Chinese state restrictions has become increasingly challenging, it said.

GitHub is widely considered to be the center of the open source community, where programmers (and designers, and writers) contribute their expertise to free software projects that anybody can use.

Why it matters: What if companies and independent software developers could spot security flaws in their programs before releasing them to the public? GitHub now has a tool that can help them do just ...

GitHub chief operating officer Erica Brescia: knows the mechanics of open source, from the inside. Open source software has changed. The movement to develop software applications and all manner of IT ...