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.

An explanation of open data, why it's important and how you can do it yourself.

We previously announced the next hackathon for Latin America: Developing Latin America 2012. But it's likely that some readers are not sure what a hackathon is or above all, what it's for. Here we try ...

Open data has gained public attention because of its role in training AI image generation models like Stable Diffusion, but its importance extends to research beyond AI. It gives researchers and ...

Open data is fueling innovation but raises critical questions The work of Common Crawl and LAION showcases how open data can democratize access to information, foster transparency, and accelerate ...

The vast majority of states and local governments now offer open data in one form or another. Looking through the data sets on perhaps the most popular open data host, we found out what they’re ...

What is open data, how is it used, how is it secured and above all, how can we ensure that privacy controls are in place to ensure compliance and governance levels are met on a 24x7 ongoing basis?

As significant as our (technology industry) embrace of open source has been, should we also focus more directly on the need for open data? With a rationale, motivation or goal like beating world ...

Open Banking (aka PSD2) forces the biggest UK banks to open up their precious data, which could mean big changes for the way we use money. Our need-to-know Open Banking guide explains what the ...