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Zilliz raises $43 million as investors rush to China’s open source software

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For years, founders and investors in China had little interest in open source software because it did not seem like the most viable business model. The three-year-old Chinese startup, which builds open source software for processing unstructured data, recently closed a Series B round of $43 million.

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How W4 plans to monetize the Godot game engine using Red Hat’s open-source playbook

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A new company from the creators of the Godot game engine is setting out to grab a piece of the $200 billion global video game market — and to do so, it’s taking a cue from commercial open source software giant Red Hat. ” The open source factor. . ” The open source factor.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Get the Latest on Deepfake Threats, Open Source Risks, AI System Security and Ransomware Gangs

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Plus, open source security experts huddled at a conference this week – find out what they talked about. Attackers use these maliciously crafted videos, photos and audio to create societal unrest, carry out fraud and damage reputations of individuals and brands. Tasked with securing your org’s new AI systems? And much more!

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Daily Crunch: Major tech firms partner with Linux Foundation to support open map data development

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A gaggle of companies, including Meta, Microsoft, AWS and TomTom, have partnered with the Linux Foundation to form the Overture Maps Foundation to do a few things: develop interoperable open map data and knock Google’s map dominance down a few pegs. In non-book news, there’s a bushel of stories from TechCrunch for ya! Paul has more.

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Daily Crunch: YouTube rolls out support for dubbing videos in more than 40 languages

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“Towns” hall crier : Taylor writes about Houseparty founder Ben Rubin’s new open source group chat app called Towns. : Samsung wants you to have that crystal-clear smartphone communication in places where there is no cellular network connectivity, so it developed its own satellite-based solution, Ivan writes. Sarah has more.

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What’s Free at Linux Academy — May 2019

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By adding free cloud training to our Community Membership, students have the opportunity to develop their Linux and Cloud skills further. Each month, we will kick off our community content with a live study group allowing members of the Linux Academy community to come together and share their insights in order to learn from one another.

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Free Courses at Linux Academy – November 2019

Linux Academy

To continually support your mission to learn and grow, we are always adding new, free courses and resources for developing Linux and Cloud skills. Members of the Linux Academy community come together and share their insights and questions. Microsoft SQL Server on Linux Quick Start. How to Get a Linux Job. AWS Concepts.

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