Penguin: The Open Source Approach to Accelerating Digital Transformation [PBI: Still Retarded]

The Open Source Approach to Accelerating Digital Transformation According to “Connecting Capabilities: the Asian Digital Transformation Index”, a report by The Economist Intelligence Unit, digital transformation continues to be a high priority for business leaders, as efforts in that space can lead to improved innovation, streamlined processes, cost savings, and the creation of new offerings …

Yoda: International Appeal – Stop 5G on Earth and in Space

International Threat Report & Appeal to Stop 5G Proliferation To the UN, WHO, EU, Council of Europe and governments of all nations, We the undersigned scientists, doctors, environmental organizations and citizens from ( ) countries, urgently call for a halt to the deployment of the 5G (fifth generation) wireless network, including 5G from space satellites. …

Penguin: Assessing the economic impact and business models of open source

Assessing the economic impact and business models of open source If you combine IBM’s acquisition with Microsoft’s buyout of GitHub last year, at the very least you could say that the open source game is changing. These events communicate an increasing interest from the enterprise space in open source technologies as bankable prospects, with big …

Robert Steele with Rob Kall: What Would an Open Source Secretary of Defense Look Like?

What Would an Open Source Secretary of Defense Look Like? by Rob Kall OpEdNews 25 December 2018 Interview with Robert David Steele Shortly after James Mattis resigned as Secretary of Defense, I noticed a post from Robert David Steele, whom I have interviewed in the past (Transcript 1, Transcript 2), who is himself a former …

Jean James: International Declaration on Information and Democracy: principles for the global information and communication space

This announcement not only  takes issue with government propaganda, but explicitly addresses the censorship and manipulation that have been characteristic of what some call #GoogleGestapo — the platforms that have been censoring and manipulating data and digitally assassinating tens of thousands of sources and millions of specific posts and videos. International Declaration on Information and …

Steven Aftergood: CRS: Space Forces Must Be Approved and Funded by Congress PBI: Existing Secret Space Forces are Unconstitutional

The Congressional Research Service says that, as a constitutional matter, it will be up to Congress to determine whether and how to reorganize the management of US national security assets in space, and whether to establish a new “space force,” as the Trump Administration has proposed. “The constitutional framework appears to contemplate that the role …