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Following a summit on open-source security hosted at the White House Thursday, Google has called for increasing government involvement in identifying and securing critical open-source software projects. In a blog post published shortly after the summit, Kent Walker, president for global affairs and chief legal officer at Google and Alphabet, said that collaboration between government and the private sector was needed for open-source funding and management. “We need a public-private… Source link

It’s hard to believe that decentralised finance – now central to the world of blockchain – only emerged two years ago. At the beginning of 2019, the TVL of lending platforms (mainly MakerDAO) was $270 million. This momentum continued in 2020 as well, to the point where Compound launched its governance token, COMP which kicked off the craze and initiated the first call for liquidity mining. By November 2021, the TVL of DeFi jumped 990x, reaching $269 billion. Some of the most significant… Source link

Google says it is ramping up its investments in health-focused initiatives even as it dissolves its single unified health division. From consumer-facing products like sleep tracking tech with its Nest Hub smart home devices and Fitbit wearables to clinical initiatives like its Care Studio EHR search tool and its health AI work, Google has intensified its focus on health tech and expanded its reach into the healthcare market. But those projects will now be split across Google’s myriad… Source link

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday held interest rates at near-zero but optimism over the progression of the U.S. economic recovery spurred more Fed officials to pencil in rate hikes by the end of 2023. The Fed also reiterated for now its commitment to its asset purchase program, which is absorbing about $120 billion a month in assets. “Progress on vaccinations will likely continue to reduce the effects of the public health crisis on the economy, but risks to the economic outlook remain,”… Source link

Pumping more money into affordable housing projects, Google and the nonprofit Housing Trust Silicon Valley on Thursday announced nearly $30 million in loans for three new, subsidized housing developments in the Bay Area. The loans will back two South Bay developments, in Mountain View and Santa Clara, and part of a sprawling San Francisco redevelopment. The funds will go toward the construction of a 100-unit apartment complex in Mountain View, a 150-unit building in Santa Clara, and 880… Source link

While the markets are in a good place, it’s important to be prepared for changes. ETF Trends’ CIO and Director of Research, Dave Nadig, joined in on Yahoo Finance’s “ETF Report,” with host Melody Hahm, to go over the ways investors can look to protect themselves on the downside while still participating in areas generating gains. Whether or not the popular themes are too expensive for investors, Nadig agrees that investors being cautious is a natural reaction. In 2020, there were so… Source link

Scorecards provides an assessment of open-source packages, which developers can use to judge whether they are safe to introduce into their projects or systems. This new system is intended to help developers assess the risk level of a software package. Image: iStock Introducing… Source link