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Courting global talent: How can Web3 startups attract the best developers in the world?

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One of the interesting developments right now is the intersection between artificial intelligence (AI) and Web3. From the creation of AI agents integrated into Web3 decentralised applications to the impact of generative AI on Web3 gaming, Web3 is once again at the forefront of technological innovation. However, if Web3 companies want to capitalise on these…

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xAI launches Grok-3 with new reasoning model

2 minutes of reading / AI, Google, open source, Tech / By

In streaming on X, Elon Musk’s xAI announced its new Grok-3 AI model, which has “more than 10 times” the computer power of its predecessor. According to a test conducted by the company, the new Grok-3 outperforms all the players, including DeepSeek’s V3, OpenAI’s GPT-4o, and Google’s Gemini.In addition, xAI added to Grok-3 the magical…

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Why geopolitics risks global open source collaborations

6 minutes of reading / cloud-native, compliance, edge computing, Git, GitHub, Huawei, Kubernetes, Microsoft, open source, Tech / By

Following the removal last week of Russian Linux kernel maintainers to comply with US policies, Linus Torvalds – the developer of the original Linux kernel – spoke about his concerns that there were lots of Russian trolls who could potentially infiltrate the Linux kernel. The decision to block the maintainers followed a compromise of the…

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Interview: James Fleming, CIO, Francis Crick Institute

8 minutes of reading / AI, Cloud, Computer, data science, Dell, IBM, internet of things, Lenovo, machine learning, open source, Tech / By

Every digital leader likes to think their work helps boost a greater cause. For James Fleming, CIO at the Francis Crick Institute, that value-adding element is a core element of his job. “I go to sleep at night thinking that I’m helping cure cancer with computers,” he says, reflecting on his everyday roles and responsibilities.…

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Forrester: Rethink your software asset management practices

5 minutes of reading / AI, API, automation, chatbot, Cloud, compliance, digital transformation, machine learning, open source, quantum computing, risk management, Tech / By

Software asset management (SAM) has evolved from simple back-office record-keeping to more complex licence and contract management that integrates innovative technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and generative AI (GenAI). Successful SAM implementations save on licence costs, improve compliance and reduce true-ups. They also improve software utilisation, enabling firms to derive more…

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Podcast: Storage functionality in Kubernetes 1.31

7 minutes of reading / Amazon, business continuity, cloud-native, compliance, disaster recovery, Kubernetes, open source, Tech / By

In this podcast, we look at storage features expected in Kubernetes 1.31 with Sergey Pronin, group products manager at Percona, which develops open source products for SQL and NoSQL databases. Pronin talks about storage functionality expected in this week’s 1.31 release, but also what he sees as some of the gaps in terms of storage…

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Meta’s Zuckerberg looks ahead to AI-generated adverts

3 minutes of reading / AI, Facebook, Meta, open source, Tech / By

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, has reported second-quarter revenue of $39.1bn, a 22% increase on its first quarter. The company reported that the cost of revenue had increased by 23%, driven primarily by higher infrastructure costs and costs associated with inventory in its augmented headsets division, Reality Labs. In his prepared…

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UK competition watchdog scrutinises Alphabet and Anthropic tie-up

3 minutes of reading / AI, Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, open source, Tech / By

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is looking into whether Alphabet’s partnership with Anthropic is anti-competitive. There appears to be an arms race going on in the tech sector for artificial intelligence (AI) talent and capabilities, which is leading the UK regulator to consider whether partnerships between major tech firms and AI startups are healthy…

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Innovations to power secure-by-design development

3 minutes of reading / agile, Atlassian, Bitbucket, Git, GitHub, open source, social media, Tech / By

Security leaders and software developers will benefit from deeper visibility into their organisations’ software development security posture as they work, bolstering moves towards the nirvana of so-called secure-by-design code, with the introduction of an industry-first solution from sector specialist Secure Code Warrior (SCW). SCW Trust Agent comes hot on the heels of the introduction of…

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Riding the cloud database wave

6 minutes of reading / agile, AI, Alibaba, Amazon, automation, AWS, Azure, Cloud, Database, Google, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Netflix, open source, Oracle, Salesforce, Tech, Workday / By

It would seem that the adoption of cloud databases – those delivered via a cloud consumption model – is ramping up. Referred to as dbPaaS (database platform as a service) by analyst Gartner, the market for cloud databases is dominated by public cloud providers. Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, Google, Oracle and Alibaba are among…

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