In the face of growing risks from open-source software dependencies, Google Cloud is releasing its Assured Open Source Software (Assured OSS) service for Java and Python ecosystems at no cost. Image: ...

These Scorecards are based on a set of automated pass/fail checks to provide a quick review of many open-source software projects. The Scorecards project is an automated security tool that produces a ...

Google has created a new "Open Source Maintenance Crew" who will help upstream maintainers of critical open-source projects to handle bugs and patching processes. The new team is part of Google's ...

Google plans to pay out cash rewards for information on vulnerabilities discovered in any of its open source projects as part of an ongoing effort to improve the security of open source code. The new ...

Google has called on the US government to take a more proactive role in identifying and protecting open-source projects that are critical to internet security. In a blog post the company published ...

The Open Invention Network, an organization created to help take the pressure of patent litigation off Linux developers, has added Google to the ranks of its contributors. The move is a major ...

Google has introduced a new vulnerability rewards program to pay researchers who find security flaws in its open-source software or in the building blocks that its software is built on. It’ll pay ...

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Google has become one of the latest investors in Moving Tech, the parent firm of Indian open source ridesharing app Namma Yatri that is quickly capturing market share from Uber and Ola with its ...

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