Broadcom released an open source software development kit (SDK) based on its Tomahawk Ethernet switch silicon. The first version of the kit, called SDKLT, will allow developers to customize their use ...

Docling uses state-of-the-art models for layout analysis and table structure recognition to transform unstructured documents into formats readily consumable by modern AI systems. The rapid ...

Getting developing world data with Android and Open Data Kit, Ars Technica “In the developed world, getting real-time data can be a simple matter: simply carry whatever sensor is required, get the ...

The “Open Data for Policymakers” e-learning course is designed to provide a general overview of Open Data principles and best practices for public policymakers, with focus on the development and ...

The Overture Maps Foundation, a project to standardize map data, was founded in December 2022 by Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and TomTom, and is hosted by the Linux Foundation. I talked to Marc Prioleau ...

More conservation organizations are seeing the need to involve local communities in monitoring wildlife and other conservation activities for informed decision making, thanks to advances in technology ...

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In the beginning, data was closed. Although we have been ‘transporting’ data between different locations, systems and resources since the time of the first databases and personal computers in the ...

Despite a lack of consensus on what open data means, organizations and open source projects are tackling it as we move into the future of computing. If “open source” was the rallying cry of the past ...

The “Open Data for Data Users” e-learning course is designed to provide a broad overview of Open Data from a user standpoint, and empower anyone to take full advantage of Open Data. Open Data is a ...