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Web 3.0 is Future – But Why Will It Use Open-Source Coding And Decentralize Technology?

The Crazy Programmer

The current state of the internet is web 2.0 – one largely restricted in terms of creation and control. means, why it’ll be primarily open-source coded, and how it’ll impact anyone who uses the internet. is the third generation of the internet. Why Will It Use Open-Source Coding?

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Chainguard lands $5M to help companies secure their software supply chains

TechCrunch

Researchers discovered that Russian spies had months earlier burrowed deep into the networks of several U.S. federal networks. By breaking into SolarWinds’ network and pushing a tainted software update to its customers, the Russian spies delivered digital backdoors directly to the heart of the U.S. federal government.

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Software supply chain security is broader than SolarWinds and Log4J

TechCrunch

Previously he was staff software engineer and lead for Google’s Open Source Security Team (GOSST). Log4J epitomizes the garbage-in, garbage-out problem of open source software: If you’re grabbing no-warranties code from the internet, there are going to be bugs, and some of these bugs will be exploitable.

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NAME:WRECK: Nine DNS Vulnerabilities Found in Four Open Source TCP/IP Stacks

Tenable

The report details the discovery of nine Domain Name System (DNS) vulnerabilities across four widely used open-source TCP/IP stacks. This research also highlights the risks involved with using open-source TCP/IP stacks in operational technology (OT), internet of things (IoT) and IT, which can affect millions of devices.

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The AI continuum

CIO

Deep learning AI: A rising workhorse Deep learning AI uses the same neural network architecture as generative AI, but can’t understand context, write poems or create drawings. Great for: Extracting meaning from unstructured data like network traffic, video & speech. Model sizes: ~Millions to billions of parameters.

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Daily Crunch: Identity-as-a-service platform Okta says it ‘contained’ network breach in January

TechCrunch

Harness moves more deeply into open source dev tools : With more and more startups building with an open source stance, it’s not a huge shock that Harness – which is working to build “a more complete modern tooling platform for developers,” Ron Miller reports – bought ChaosNative, which builds open source developer tools.

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IoT search engine Censys secures $35M — and a new CEO

TechCrunch

Censys , a search engine for Internet of Things devices and internet assets, has secured $35 million in Series B funding and a new CEO. In addition, Censys has named Brad Brooks, former CEO of OneLogin , as its new CEO. “With this round, we go from startup stage to growth stage,” he says.