Steven Vaughan-Nichols

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30+ year tech veteran with 10,000+ published stories covering AI, Linux, open source, and cybersecurity.

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Steven Vaughan-Nichols has been covering tensions in open source, from AI prompting companies to rethink licensing to security flaws and big investments. They've also reported on European digital sovereignty and Microsoft's push to expand Linux in the enterprise.

Recent articles

• 'Like handing out the blueprint to a bank vault': Why AI led one company to abandon open sourceZDNET · Apr 15, 2026
• Another European agency shifts off Big Tech, as digital sovereignty movement gains steamZDNET · Oct 31, 2025
• Open-source security is a mess - IBM and Red Hat bet $5 billion and 20,000 engineers can fix itZDNET · May 29, 2026
• Microsoft's new Azure Linux 4.0 is here, and it could replace Windows Server in the enterpriseZDNET · Jul 2, 2026

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