Practical Technology

Essentially, all software is built using open source. By Synopsys’ count, 96% of all codebases contain open-source software. Lately, though, there’s been a very disturbing trend. A company will make its program using open source, make millions from…Read More

Any internet-connected device can be hacked — it’s that simple. But when it comes to smart TVs, your device comes pre-hacked. Smart TV vendors, streaming services, and device manufacturers collect personal data. With TVs, this process happens even…Read More

Opinion The United States National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has almost completely stopped adding analysis to Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) listed in the National Vulnerability Database. That means big headaches for…Read More

Enterprise open source software provider Red Hat announced the latest release of Red Hat’s Kubernetes distro, OpenShift, at KubeCon+CloudNativeCon Europe, being held this week in Paris. When I was a kid, I tried, and failed more often than not, to…Read More

At KubeCon Europe in Paris this week, SUSE updated both its Rancher container management and edge computing platforms with more security and automation. Rancher, SUSE‘s popular complete software stack for running and managing multiple Kubernetes…Read More

Chainguard’s secure Developer Images will now be available via Docker Hub as part of the Docker Verified Publisher program. I like Docker for managing containers, and I like Chainguard for its secure container images, so I’m really pleased that the…Read More