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Where I get my podcasts

Accessing podcast audio files has become more difficult due to walled-garden digital platforms and lack of interoperability.
Huffduffer is a service that helps in finding, curating, and consuming podcasts, promoting both content creators and consumers.
Closed systems like Apple Podcasts and Spotify make it challenging to find and download mp3 files or access RSS feeds directly.
PodGrab is an open-source self-hosted service that allows easy downloading and management of podcasts, enabling custom workflows.

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Open Innovation is the Cornerstone of Your Startup’s Success

Open Innovation is the practice of transparently seeking out and incorporating external ideas while also taking care of the wider ecosystem. This culture can take care of your startup in return rather than merely copying what works.
Openness in this context can be divided into four categories: Open Innovation, Fully Open Business Model, Open R&D and Open Business Architecture.
There are a few different approaches to Open Innovation: opinion mining, crowdsourcing, IP marketplaces, external consulting and make more of it business model, open business, and reverse engineering.
When choosing which business model to adopt for Open Innovation, there are a few that are particularly well-suited, namely the co-creation/partnership business model, open business, and open source business model.
Any entrepreneur trying to add elements of Open Innovation into their company needs to be wary of a few things to ensure success, including focusing too much on IP, failing to leverage motivation, and only half-embracing new partners.
Open Innovation is key to startup success, as it turns what may seem like a solitary entrepreneurial journey into a cooperative venture with limitless possibilities.
Lesson 1: Open Innovation is part of a larger trend within the Open Business world. A few elements can guide corporate leaders to make the right decision for their business.
Lesson 2: Open Innovation can be used to audition potential talent, scout for specific answers, and generate additional revenues.
Lesson 3: The modern business landscape leverages the power of collective intelligence. Seven innovative methods for Open Innovation include opinion mining, crowdsourcing, and IP marketplaces, among others.
Lesson 4: When considering creating a business, there are a few business models particularly well-suited to Open Innovation: co-creation/partnership business model, open business, and open source business model.

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The state of open source in the Global South

The Eclipse Foundation recently conducted a report on open source in the Global South, the region of the world which the United Nations defines as “the developing and emerging industrial economies across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America and Oceania.”
77% of respondents said they used open source software, 37% contribute to open source projects, 27% maintain them, and 22% create new projects.
Developers in the Global South are having significant impact across a variety of industries, in existing businesses, in financial services, telecom, and healthcare, and increasingly, they’re creating new ventures.
The fastest growing developer communities are almost exclusively in the Global South.
Open source enables startups and businesses to leverage technology to create opportunity.
The impact of open source was being felt far beyond just software development and also having broader socioeconomic effects.
The positive impact of these developers is something that we were positively surprised by and they’re not just users of open source, but also shaping its future.
People in the Global South are able to relate to each other as community members due to open source.
The fact that with open source, someone sitting in Palo Alto, California now has the same access to technology as someone sitting in Johannesburg, South Africa, or Lagos, Nigeria.
The report pointed out that it’s also positive because open source solutions are being created that can impact gender-specific issues.

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Sonatype report: Open-source software reaches 6.6T requests and security risks escalate

Open-source software adoption is at a multitrillion-request scale, with ecosystems like JavaScript and Python leading the way.
JavaScript (npm) had 4.5 trillion requests, up 70% YoY, while Python (PyPI) had 530 billion requests, up 87% YoY.
The report identified a rise in security risks, with 512,847 malicious packages detected, up 156% YoY.
Organizations are failing to update vulnerable OSS components, and critical vulnerabilities are taking over 500 days to address.

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AutoArena: An Open-Source AI Tool that Automates Head-to-Head Evaluations Using LLM Judges to Rank GenAI Systems

Kolena AI has introduced AutoArena, an open-source AI tool that automates head-to-head evaluations of generative AI systems.
AutoArena enables efficient and objective evaluation of different generative AI models using LLM judges, accelerating decision-making and reducing costs.
The tool streamlines the evaluation process, providing consistent and replicable assessments, minimizing bias and subjective variations.
AutoArena's open-source nature fosters transparency, community-driven innovation, and helps build trustworthy AI systems.

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Real-time data for real-world AI with support for Apache Flink in BigQuery

Google Cloud introduces BigQuery Engine for Apache Flink, now in preview.
BigQuery Engine for Apache Flink allows easier migration to Google Cloud for streaming applications using open-source Apache Flink.
The serverless solution reduces operational burden for customers.
BigQuery Engine for Apache Flink enables real-time data integration with Google's AI/ML capabilities.

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Open-Source AI: Unleash It or Lock It Up – Who’s Really in Control?

Open-source AI comes with concerns about control and misuse, as anyone can tweak and use the technology.
There is a fear of open-source AI being used for malicious purposes, such as disinformation campaigns and cyberattacks.
Big tech companies have invested large sums of money in developing AI models, making them reluctant to give them away for free.
Companies prefer to lock down AI models behind paywalls to maintain profitability.

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Commercial and Open Source JMeter Plugins

Apache JMeter is an open source load testing tool developed by the Apache Foundation.
JMeter plugins extend the basic functionality of Apache JMeter with additional features and utilities.
These plugins allow the inclusion of load testing from other tools and integration with CI/CD processes.
The list includes both open source and commercial JMeter plugins, along with software testing frameworks built around Apache JMeter.

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Open source Lightdash gets Accel’s backing to bring AI to business intelligence

Lightdash has introduced a new product enabling companies to train AI analysts specific to individual teams use-cases, using its BI platform to query aggregate business data. It also announced $11m in funding led by Accel, taking total backing to just under $20m.
The Lightdash platform integrates disparate data sets to unlock insights, identify trends, and predict future outcomes; both technical and non-technical users can customise this reporting using the platform.
The latest feature allows anyone to ask natural language questions of the company’s data and receive curated insights relevant to their department. For example, the finance team will have an AI analyst that only has access to the data, metrics, and content that is relevant to them.
One of the stumbling blocks for enterprises fully embracing generative AI is the thorny issue of data security; businesses are cautious about giving access to confidential company data.
However, the Lightdash AI Analyst is powered by the same Lightdash API used in its standard product, meaning it is subject to the same security protocols that satisfied clients are already comfortable with.
Data permissions and governance are essential to blockers for larger companies when rolling out these tools, but with Lightdash’s AI analyst, customers get those production features out of the box.
Since the disclosed funding of $8.4m two years ago, the startup has launched a cloud service for its core product and has seen its revenues grow seven-fold in the past year, and has more than 5,000 teams running the open source product themselves.
Workday is among its customers, as well as Beauty Pie, Hypebeast and Morning Brew.
Today, Lightdash employs 13 staff worldwide. Using the latest fundraising, it is looking to expand its team and product.
Lightdash customers are able to select their preferred LLM provider, including the likes of OpenAI and Anthropic, while they can also use their own model, which should appease any lingering concerns about opening access to sensitive company data.

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The Global Shift to Open-Source Software: What the U.S. Government Can Learn

Across the globe, governments are embracing open-source software (OSS) as they recognize the benefits of transparency, security, cost efficiency, and technological sovereignty.
Governments in Europe have taken a leading role in adopting OSS.
Open-source software offers governments unparalleled freedom. Transparency is a cornerstone of OSS.
While the U.S. has been slower to adopt open-source software than its European counterparts, recent policy changes indicate a gradual shift.
The U.S. Department of Commerce has also taken steps toward promoting open-source adoption.
The Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) has launched the first Government Open-Source Program Office (OSPO).
First, OSS adoption should not be limited to cost-saving measures but should also be viewed as a strategic tool for technological sovereignty and innovation.
Governments need to play an active role in contributing to OSS projects, not just consuming them.
Finally, the U.S. should focus on building a robust open-source workforce. One of the biggest challenges to OSS adoption is the shortage of skilled IT professionals who are capable of managing, securing, and developing open-source solutions.
As open-source software continues to reshape government infrastructure across the world, the U.S. has an opportunity to learn from global leaders like Germany and France.

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Why Integrating 2FA with Your Authentication System is a Game-Changer for Security

Integrating 2FA (Two-Factor Authentication) with your authentication system provides a double-layer protection for your accounts.
The process of integrating 2FA involves picking a 2FA method, updating the authentication system, configuring and testing, user training, and continuous refinement.
VerifyVault is a robust and intuitive solution for implementing 2FA. It offers security features like offline access, encryption, auto-backups, and import/export functionality.
Download VerifyVault for a more secure online experience and contribute to advancing the use of 2FA.

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Rev Releases Reverb AI Models: Open Weight Speech Transcription and Diarization Model Beating the Current SoTA Models

Rev, a leading speech technology company, has introduced the Reverb ASR and Reverb Diarization models v1 and v2, setting new standards for accuracy and computational efficiency in the domain.
The Reverb ASR is an English model trained on 200,000 hours of human-transcribed speech data, achieving the state-of-the-art Word Error Rate (WER).
Meanwhile, Reverb Diarization v2 replaces SincNet features with WavLM, enhancing the diarization’s precision.
Regarding performance, the Reverb ASR and Diarization models outperform traditional solutions across several benchmark datasets.
On the Earnings21 dataset, Reverb ASR achieved a WER of 9.68, significantly lower than Whisper large-v3’s 14.26 and Canary-1B’s 14.40.
For diarization, Reverb Diarization v1 provided a 16.5% improvement in Word Diarization Error Rate (WDER) over PyAnnote3.0, and v2 achieved a 22.25% relative improvement.
Rev has established itself as a frontrunner in the speech technology industry with these advancements.
Their open-weight strategy allows the community to access these powerful models through platforms like Hugging Face, encouraging further innovation and collaboration.
By setting new benchmarks in ASR and speaker diarization, Rev’s research team has provided the industry with a more reliable, scalable, and adaptable solution for automated speech understanding and speaker attribution.
The continuous refinement of these models signifies Rev’s commitment to pushing the boundaries of speech technology and setting new standards for future advancements.

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Training Your Own Open-Source SORA

Researchers have developed a new model called Latte, which is an alternative to SORA, using Vision Transformer.
Latte is trained with videos and can generate videos by rearranging tiny parts of images.
The model shows promising results but requires more training data and improvements to outperform other models.
Gavin, the creator of Latte, will continue to share more AI models and technologies in the future.

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Compiler Explorer Provides Insights Into Low-Level Android App Optimization

Google engineers have added support for Java and Kotlin programming languages to Compiler Explorer, a Cloud-based tool used to explore compiler optimization.
By using Compiler Explorer, Android engineers can optimize app performance by understanding compiler behavior and experimenting with different coding patterns.
The tool helps estimate memory usage, identify more efficient instructions, and compare how Java and Kotlin compilers translate code.
Compiler Explorer also aids in understanding the benefits of app minification and fine-tuning Baseline Profiles for faster app launch.

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Top 10 Open Source DokuWiki Alternatives You Should Try

APIDog is a cost-effective alternative to Postman Enterprise, providing all paid features at a fraction of the cost.
Migration from Postman to APIDog is quick and easy, requiring just a few clicks.
APIDog offers a comprehensive and user-friendly GUI, including a Dark Mode option.
Other open-source alternatives to DokuWiki for collaborative documentation include MediaWiki, Tiki Wiki, Wiki.js, Confluence, Fandom, XWiki, TWiki, PmWiki, WikkaWiki, and BookStack.

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