Although undoubtedly controversial especially after its acquisition by Microsoft, Much of the world's open source (and some not so open) code is most likely stored on GitHub. Given how much of the ...

Earlier this month, the code management platform GitHub sealed away its archive of open source software in an Arctic vault so deep that they say it could survive a nuclear blast. It’s been almost a ...

Last year, GitHub revealed its plan to store all of its open source software in an Arctic vault as part of its Archive Program. Now the code-hosting platform is done making sure future generations can ...

Last year, GitHub announced it was partnering with a number of organizations, including the Long Now Foundation, the Internet Archive, the Software Heritage Foundation, Arctic World Archive, Microsoft ...

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The GitHub Arctic Vault program is part of the now Microsoft-owned code repository GitHub, where programmers can share code with others to check for bugs or for them to implement in their own programs ...

GitHub has put the final touches on its Arctic Code Vault with a nearly 1.5 tonne steel box covered in AI-generated etchings that aim to entice future generations to explore it. GitHub initially ...

Dear people of the future: we’re sorry for whatever horrible thing we did that caused the apocalypse (was it nukes? climate change? killer robots? idiots who wouldn’t wear masks during a pandemic?).

Earlier in July, a new initiative to preserve historical open source code began, with snapshots of the code that makes Facebook and Netflix among others archived for future prosperity. The open source ...

GitHub Inc., an open-source code repository and subsidiary of Microsoft Corp., today announced an expansion of the GitHub Archive Program by which the company sought to preserve open-source software ...

Then they traveled to Svalbard, found a decommissioned coal mine, and archived the code in deep storage underground – but not before they made a very cinematic video about it. For the combination of ...