The Ultimate Guide to Open source
A curated Irish edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Open source.
What to know about Open source
Open source software represents a collaborative approach to software development, where code is made freely available for anyone to use, modify, and distribute. This transparency fosters innovation and allows developers from all over the world to contribute, improve, and adapt technology to meet evolving needs. The open source movement has become a cornerstone of modern IT infrastructure, driving advancements in cloud computing, containerisation, artificial intelligence, and more.
Our collection of recent stories under the 'Open source' tag offers insights into how open source technologies are influencing industries and enterprises globally. From major tech companies embracing open source frameworks and partnerships to government initiatives enhancing accessibility and security, these articles highlight the expansive role of open source in promoting flexibility, interoperability, and cost-effective solutions.
By exploring these stories, readers can learn about emerging trends such as Kubernetes and container adoption, AI integrations in hybrid clouds, evolving security practices for open source projects, and the dynamic partnerships shaping the future of cloud-native computing. Whether you're a developer, business leader, or technology enthusiast, delving into these narratives will deepen your understanding of how open source continues to drive innovation and transform the digital landscape.
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Featured News
Exclusive: Cloudera builds Hadoop-free future platform
Existing customers get six years of support as Cloudera shifts new AI and analytics workloads to a Hadoop-free platform due in November.
Grafana Labs launches six AI tools for telemetry & agents
Grafana Labs has launched six AI observability tools during its AI Week, including new capabilities for monitoring and investigating AI agents.
The Yahoo Boys: From prince inheritance emails to dating site scams
F-Secure's Laura Kankaala explains how the Yahoo Boys scam culture has evolved from advance-fee emails into sextortion and romance fraud.
Exclusive: Virtuozzo sees GPU clouds reshape AI infrastructure
AI demand is pushing cloud providers towards GPU-as-a-service models, with efficiency and utilisation emerging as key differentiators.
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Interviews
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Grafana Labs launches six AI tools for telemetry & agents
The Yahoo Boys: From prince inheritance emails to dating site scams
Exclusive: Virtuozzo sees GPU clouds reshape AI infrastructure
Humanoid robots, 0-day defence among Info-Tech trends for '27
Recent Open source News
Google Cloud launches AI coding plugin for developers
The new bundle lets AI coding assistants handle Google Cloud setup and commands with fewer custom integrations, while adding guardrails.
Alibaba Cloud, Cambricon join PyTorch Foundation board
Chinese AI groups gain formal sway over PyTorch's direction, as developers seek support across more chips and cloud environments.
Red Hat AI 3.5 adds safety tools for enterprise AI
Enterprises can now monitor and govern AI systems more closely as the new release adds benchmarking, compliance reporting and GPU controls.
Google warns of AI-powered cyberattacks in live ops
Defenders now have minutes, not hours, as attackers use agentic AI to automate credential theft, scanning and extortion across live operations.
Google warns cyber attackers are moving to agentic AI
Attackers are compressing intrusions into hours, leaving defenders less time to spot and stop credential-harvesting campaigns.
Tenable & OpenAI launch AI inspector for cyber agents
Businesses using agentic AI in security operations could face less deployment risk as Tenable and OpenAI add pre-release checks for community tools.
Google Cloud adds BigQuery streaming & Dataflow updates
Live analytics get a boost as BigQuery now handles stateful streaming queries, while Dataflow and Kafka gain easier pipeline and testing controls.
LibreOffice 26.8 boosts scripts & typography support
Users of right-to-left scripts will see better layout and editing, as the open-source suite adds broader text support and preserves more files.
Nvidia agrees USD $12.93 billion deal for Hugging Face
The deal puts a major open AI model hub under Nvidia's control, raising questions over whether its neutrality will survive intact.
Nvidia & Microsoft push local AI agents on Windows
Windows users with RTX GPUs can now run more AI agents locally, cutting setup friction and keeping sensitive work off the cloud.
JFrog launches AI-era security tools for software supply
As AI coding agents speed up development, JFrog is adding controls meant to keep governance, compliance and patching from lagging.
Equinix launches AI inference exchange with Nvidia
Enterprises could cut AI latency and simplify compliance as the new service places inference closer to data, apps and users.
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ClickHouse buys RunReveal to boost security analytics
Security teams could get faster investigations as ClickHouse folds RunReveal's platform expertise into its database business.
Google Cloud launches Data Agent Kit for Airflow pipelines
Data engineers may cut weeks of workflow setup as the open-source kit lets Airflow pipelines be built and monitored from an IDE.
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TrendAI tops CyberGym with 97% exploit-remediation rate
Enterprises could cut their exposure window as TrendAI's AESIR scored 97% on an independent benchmark against confirmed software flaws.
Atsign adds post-quantum crypto to SDKs for legacy data
Long-lived data could be exposed to harvest-now, decrypt-later attacks, as Atsign bakes NIST-approved quantum-safe algorithms into its SDK layer.
Apple unveils Mac Studio with M5 chips for AI workloads
New AI tools and faster media workflows are the focus as the updated desktop adds M5 Max and M5 Ultra chips plus Wi-Fi 7.
Google Cloud urges stronger cyber basics amid AI attacks
As attackers use AI to speed up phishing and malware, companies are being told that multi-factor authentication and patching matter more than ever.
ClickHouse joins alliance to boost AI security forensics
Security teams could gain clearer incident evidence as ClickHouse brings its trace data expertise to AI agent forensics alongside NVIDIA.
OpenSSL conference 2026 to focus on post-quantum security
Businesses could face years of costly upgrades as OpenSSL brings developers and policymakers together in Prague to plot post-quantum encryption.