Technology
Open Source For You
Open Source: Emerging Tech in 2023!
Here's a brief overview of the emerging technologies and trends in the field of IT. What's interesting is that these are backed by some highly innovative open source software.
4 min |
February 2023
Open Source For You
Open Source Tools for the Modern Workplace
Organisations need a wide range of software tools in order to run efficiently, especially with a large section of their workforce working from home, fully or partially. Thankfully, there are quite a few open source tools they can rely on.
6 min |
February 2023
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Platforms and Toolkits for Blockchain Development: A Quick Look
The blockchain is today being used in a range of applications and fields, including e-governance, logistics and financial transactions. There are quite a few platforms and toolkits that are available today that can be used for developing a blockchain.
4 min |
February 2023
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Is Metaverse just a Poorly built Video Game or a Great Marketing Tool?
What do INTERPOL, Flipkart, Union Bank of India, and Virat Kohli have in common? They all entered the metaverse in the past quarter.
10+ min |
February 2023
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Generative Al and its Interactions with the World of FOSS
Here's a primer on generative Al, thoughts on how you can empower yourself with this tech, and an insight into how Stable Diffusion has achieved success as an open source effort.
6 min |
February 2023
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The Metaverse is Here to Stay
The metaverse is no longer an unfamiliar term. The technology behind it is evolving each day and promises to engulf our lives in the years to come. We take a look at its history, evolution, applications and risks, as well as the top 12 metaverse platforms today.
10+ min |
February 2023
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"Non-free programs are a threat to everyone's freedom"
Richard Matthew Stallman (aka RMS) can be best described as a genius or a maverick. He graduated from Harvard in physics while working at the Artificial Intelligence Lab in Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1984, he started developing the GNU operating system; then in 1985 he founded the Free Software Foundation and invented the concept of copyleft—a legal mechanism to protect the modification and redistribution rights of free software. How have things progressed? How happy is he with the current state of affairs? Given the increased awareness and use of free software, we had (wrongly) assumed that he would be happy with the progress. He not only reiterated the weakness in defence of freedom but also outlined the threat humanity faces when “progress” (in the purely practical sense) is promoted at the neglect of freedom. Let’s see what he has to say.
10+ min |
February 2023
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Make Your Business Global with Stablecoins and Lazerpay
This article explains the basics of Stablecoin cryptocurrency and how it can be integrated into your business model to make it global.
5 min |
October 2022
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How Blockchains can Transform Enterprises
Blockchains have been around for some time now, but have not been used to their full potential yet. Let's take a look at the different types of blockchains, how they help enterprises, and their benefits and drawbacks.
8 min |
October 2022
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How a Blockchain Differs from a Database
Blockchain is a relatively new technology and essentially means a ‘chain of blocks’. This article outlines the basic differences between a blockchain and a database.
1 min |
October 2022
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Make Your Business Global with Stablecoins and Lazerpay
This article explains the basics of Stablecoin cryptocurrency and how it can be integrated into your business model to make it global.
5 min |
October 2022
Open Source For You
How Blockchains can Transform Enterprises
Blockchains have been around for some time now, but have not been used to their full potential yet. Let’s take a look at the different types of blockchains, how they help enterprises, and their benefits and drawbacks.
8 min |
October 2022
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Microservices Patterns
Breaking a complex monolith system into a set of collaborating microservices pays rich dividends in terms of auto-scaling, time-to-market and adopting modern technologies, etc, to name a few. So far, we have seen how a monolith like UMS (user management system) can be decomposed and deployed in a polyglot environment. In this twelfth and last part of the series, we take a look at the patterns that are central to the success of microservices architecture. We conclude with the final design of the UMS.
9 min |
October 2022
Open Source For You
Microservices Patterns
Breaking a complex monolith system into a set of collaborating microservices pays rich dividends in terms of auto-scaling, time-to-market and adopting modern technologies, etc, to name a few. So far, we have seen how a monolith like UMS (user management system) can be decomposed and deployed in a polyglot environment. In this twelfth and last part of the series, we take a look at the patterns that are central to the success of microservices architecture. We conclude with the final design of the UMS.
7 min |
October 2022
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A Guide to a Career in Embedded Systems
Embedded systems serve as a bridge between traditional hardware and software. With artificial intelligence (AI), edge computing, and other advancements, embedded systems are experiencing meteoric growth in many vast and interdisciplinary subfields. So, the term embedded systems means different thing to different people in the industry. This article will help gain some important perspectives about this field and understand the nitty-gritty involved.
5 min |
October 2022
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How we can Innovate Better
Real innovation is becoming scarce day by day. It is being replaced by fund-raising celebrations. There is no dearth of problems or issues to be tackled; instead, most startups spend a large portion of funds on rebranding, marketing, and serving unsustainable claims.
4 min |
October 2022
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CRM Tools: Make the Right Choice
This list of best open source CRM tools with diverse USPs is designed to help you choose the most suitable one for your business.
4 min |
October 2022
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15 Things to Remember While Selecting an IoT Platform
How does one compare the IoT platforms available in the market and select the right one? Let us take a look at some of the platforms available in the market and their features, and see the selection guide presented in this article.
6 min |
October 2022
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“QNU Labs and India will be the go-to place for quantum cybersecurity”
We live in a digital world that’s heavily dependent on the internet, and yet, many of our cybersecurity methods are pretty juvenile. QNu Labs, pronounced as Q-New, is India’s only quantum-tech cybersecurity company, and it is trying to lead the quantum mission for India. Sunil Gupta, co-founder & CEO of QNu Labs, explains the need to reimagine cybersecurity in an interaction with EFY
4 min |
October 2022
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SkyWater receives US$ 15 million from the DOD
As part of the previously announced US$ 27 million commitment, SkyWater Technology has announced that it has received US$ 15 million from the US Department of Defense (DOD) to support open source design for its 90nm process offering.
1 min |
September 2022
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IBM Research launches DS4SD, an open source toolbox for scientific research
In an effort to accelerate the pace of scientific discovery, IBM Research has for the first time made a portion of the IBM Deep Search experience available through an open source framework.
1 min |
September 2022
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Cirq is now the common language for Google engineers to create quantum programs
After more than four years of development, the Google open source quantum programming framework Cirq has gained stability and established itself as the common language used by Google engineers to create quantum programs on Google’s own quantum processors.
1 min |
September 2022
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Foundry gives a Bitcoin grant to Stratum V2 protocol developer
Foundry Digital LLC (or Foundry), a service provider for organisations in the digital asset mining and staking industry, has made public a grant of 1 Bitcoin (BTC) to 4ss0, a pseudonymous developer working on Stratum V2, an open source protocol that outlines how Bitcoin miners, proxies, and mining pools communicate in order to contribute Hashrate to the Bitcoin network.
1 min |
September 2022
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The Why, What and Who of Open Access
Read on to find out why open access makes sense for India, despite the roadblocks here.
9 min |
September 2022
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Make the METAVERSE Work For You
The metaverse is in the making—an exciting new universe that melds real and virtual worlds, opening up totally unexplored opportunities. Although it has its origins in gaming, it is going to be a gamechanger in fields ranging from education and fitness to marketing and healthcare. Here is a look at some of the impactful applications of the metaverse.
10+ min |
September 2022
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How Google Cloud is Integrating AI and ML into its Services
This article provides an overview of the native AIML services offered by Google Cloud.
8 min |
September 2022
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The Need for Ensemble Methods in Machine Learning
Ensemble methods train multiple models (base models) to solve the same problem and combine them for better performance. This offsets the individual variances and biases of the models. They can be used collectively for improved decision making. Let’s find out how.
5 min |
September 2022
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MetaKey: Physically Securing the Virtual World
This article discusses MetaKey, a unique solution for identity management and authentication in the Metaverse.
4 min |
September 2022
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Private Key Compromised!!! I Should Have Handled it Better...
This article focuses on a solution to ensure secure communication between the network endpoints, even if the server’s private key is compromised.
7 min |
September 2022
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How to Build a Great Application
This article covers the key considerations and the best development methods to build a successful application. It gives an overview of the app development strategy and a design guide for building a great app.
3 min |