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ISSUE #23 - August 18th

Aviyel is on a mission to enlighten people about the importance of using open source software and to develop relationships between diverse groups in the open source community.

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This startup is setting a DALL-E 2-like AI free, consequences be damned

Stable Diffusion, a DALL-E 2-like image generation system, will be released to the public soon. Stable Diffusion lets users generate fake images of public figures, unlike DALL-E 2. There is minimal filtering aside for illegal content. Learn more about this AI and see some examples of images generated by Stable Diffusion.

Localization basics S01E01: What are t9n, l10n, i18n, g11n? New secret language?

In this article, you will learn about the major types of software localization: t9n, l10n, i18n, g11n. You will also learn how to translate a software application into different languages and how to localize it for users in different countries around the world.

Responsible use of machine learning to verify identities at scale

The power of machine learning is most effective when it is used in conjunction with human expertise and with data transparency so businesses can make decisions that help them build customer loyalty and grow.

The Zoom installer let a researcher hack his way to root access on macOS?

An exploit in the macOS version of Zoom allows attackers to gain access to the entire OS. Reported in December 2021, the company issued a patch to fix the problem, but it contained a bug that meant the vulnerability was still exploitable. The security and privacy PR lead commented that the company is working diligently to address this issue.

Ecommerce fraud prevention: a $20 billion problem

Learn more about machine learning and its applications in this article, which will give you an brief overview of how it is being used to fight hackers and customers who abuse chargeback requests.

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The Roman Empire was the first civilization to reach one million inhabitants and a center of technological, legal and economic progress. The most powerful civilization on earth, it collapsed and left behind a wake of unending influence. Will this happen to us?

Autodesk has made its RV media review and playback software freely available as open source technology. In addition, DNeg's xStudio and Sony Pictures Imageworks’ itview will shape the Open Review Initiative, the Academy Software Foundation's newest sandbox project to build a unified, open source toolset for playback, review and approval.

In this video, AngeTheGreat will be covering the theory of physics engine design and rigid body constraint solvers.

Master modern web development by building a responsive React JS application consisting of a stunning hero section, high-quality assets, business stats, reusable feature sections, testimonials and more!

Imagine an AI where, all in the same model you could Translate languages, Write code, solve crossword puzzles, Be a chatbot and do a whole bunch of other crazy things. In this video, you will learn about the BLOOM large language model. A free and totally open source 176B parameter large language model.

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Create an internal tool in 5 minutes with the Appsmith platform

In this article, you will learn how to set up an application using Appsmith’s platform and use actions like importing data into your application so that you can start working without having to write a single line of code!

Create cool generative art!

Generative art—also called algorithmic art—is an art technique that allows anyone to make new artwork by using computer programs. You can choose an algorithm and interactively make your own unique digital artwork.

Build a Basic Real-Time Competition App With Golang

In this article, you will learn how to implement a real-time competition app with Golang from absolute scratch.

GitHub Moves to Guard Open Source Against Supply Chain Attacks

The popular Microsoft-owned code repository plans to roll out code signing, which will help beef up the security of open source projects.

Android 13 changelog: A deep dive by Mishaal Rahman

Early this year, Google released its Android 13 update for Pixel phones. The update will be available for devices from other manufacturers later this year. The update includes features such as the ability to customize app icons and support for spatial audio. More details about the new features are available in the article.

#NEWS

Group of security companies launches open source project to ease data sharing

Security is not a problem that companies can solve on their own. It takes a community working together to battle this kind of issues. At the Black Hat USA conference, AWS, Splunk and Symantec announced an open source cybersecurity project called Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework(OCSF). Learn more in-depth about this in this article.

WeWork co-founder lines up $350 million A16Z investment for a new billion-dollar real estate venture

Adam Neumann, former CEO of WeWork and co-founder of the shared office startup, is working on a new rental real estate business that received funding from Andreessen Horowitz.

Hedge Fund Elliott Sold Twitter Stock Before Elon Musk’s Takeover Negotiations

Elliott Management, the hedge fund that pushed for big changes at Twitter two years ago, sold its shares in the company during the second quarter, soon after Elon Musk announced plans to buy the social media company, regulatory filings show. Learn more in-depth about their involvement in the matter.

Scientists build a magnet in China that is a million times stronger than Earth's magnetic core

The 45.22-tesla magnet sits just shy of the record for the world's most powerful magnet. It could help unlock new innovations including nuclear fusion.

Researchers launch open source photo realistic simulator for autonomous driving

MIT researchers have built a data-driven simulation engine called “VISTA 2.0” that enables automobiles to learn to drive in the real world and recover from near-crash situations. The software is being open sourced to the public.

#OPPORTUNITIES

Twitter Student Ambassadors Program

Twitter's Student Ambassadors Program is a program set up to support the heart and soul of our global community. If you're interested in starting a student group for your school, head over to this program and fill out the short form to receive an application.

Outreachy | Internships Supporting Diversity in Tech

Outreachy is a paid, remote internship program. Outreachy's goal is to support newcomers to Free and Open Source Softwa're while allowing them to make their first contributions. Intern applications are open until August 29, 2022 at 4pm UTC.

Product Design Intern (2023)

You will embark on real projects as a Product Design intern at Figma, managing them from inception to completion. You'll collaborate and work fluidly with the other members of the design team as well as other departments. You'll have the chance to make significant contributions to the business and the product.

#OSSSpotlight

Tremor: An open source high-performance event processing engine

Tremor is a real-time event processing engine built for users that have a high message volume to deal with and want to build pipelines to process, route, or limit this event stream. Tremor supports vast number of connectors to interact with: TCP, UDP, HTTP, Websockets, Kafka, Elasticsearch, S3 and many more.

Flowbite: The open source library of interactive UI components built with Tailwind CSS

Flowbite is an open source collection of UI components built with the utility classes from Tailwind CSS that you can use as a starting point when coding user interfaces and websites.

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