1981
Mozilla Awards $385k to Open Source Projects
For many years people with visual impairments and the legally blind have paid a steep price to access the Web on Windows-based computers. The market-leadin
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1982
Thanks HN: Glowforge will open-source its firmware
Meet Glowforge, the 3D laser printer that makes magical things at the push of a button.
1983
Running Costs of a SaaS app
A close look at the costs that go into running Cushion and the reasons why we use specific services.
1984
1985
The Dribbblisation of Design
Articles and Podcasts on Customer Service, AI and Automation, Product, and more.
1986
You Can't Buy Integration
The usual build-versus-buy rules for applications don't apply to integration
1987
1988
The EU's Link Tax Will Kill Open Access and Creative Commons News
All this month, the European Union's "trilogue" is meeting behind closed doors to hammer out the final wording of the new Copyright Directive, a once-noncontroversial regulation that became a hotly contested matter when, at the last minute, a set of extremist copyright proposals were added and...
1989
Skype 5 for Mac
A while back, when Skype's group videochat feature was still free, a friend of mine sent me a Skype message, asking me whether it was possible to do videochat with more than one person in Skype. "Sure," I replied, "you can do that, but you need to install the new Skype 5 beta." I sent her the link. A few minutes…
1990
Japan has changed in important and visible ways
The 2020s are not the 1990s.
1991
Success, and Farming vs. Mining
Let’s come up with an analogy and then torture it like we’re the Cheney administration: imagine you’ve just purchased a plot of land. What a...
1992
1993
Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2022 fourth quarter ended September 24, 2022.
1994
1995
Google responds to NY Times article by improving its algorithms
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
1996
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1998
Tempering Expectations for GPT-3 and OpenAI’s API
GPT-3 is indeed a large step forward for AI text-generation, but there are very many caveats with the popular demos and use cases.
1999
What Happened at the Satoshi Roundtable
Last weekend I attended the Satoshi Roundtable conference along with Charlie Lee and about 70 other members of the bitcoin community.
2000
2001
Chris Lattner to Lead SiFive Platform Engineering Team
My quest is to build beautiful things that help change the world, and I’ve been fortunate to spend the last 15 years in Silicon Valley, working with some of the major players shaping all sorts of technology. Today, I’m super excited to join SiFive - the company I believe is best positioned to transform the silicon…
2002
Apple security bounty upgraded
Apple’s Security Bounty program has paid nearly $20 million in rewards to security researchers in just two and a half years. Our new site makes it easier than ever for researchers to submit reports on the web, get real-time updates from Apple engineering, and earn recognition for helping to improve security for the…
2003
Why are tech companies making custom typefaces?
A look into the rising trend of technology companies creating or commissioning typefaces for their exclusive use.
2004
2005
Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results
The official source for news about Apple, from Apple. Read press releases, get updates, watch video and download images.
2006
OpenAI's plans according to Sam Altman removed at OpenAI's request
Last week I had the privilege to sit down with Sam Altman and 20 other developers to discuss OpenAI’s product plans. Sam was remarkably open. The discussion touched on practical developer issues as well as bigger-picture questions related to OpenAI’s mission and the societal impact of AI. Here are the key takeaways.
2007
Blackbird's Patent Troll Suit Against Cloudflare Gets Patent Invalidated
As we have talked about repeatedly in this blog, we at Cloudflare are not fans of the behavior of patent trolls. They prey upon innovative companies using overly-broad patents in an attempt to bleed settlements out of their targets.
2008
The ASF Resigns From the JCP Executive Committee
The Apache Software Foundation has resigned its seat on the Java SE/EE Executive Committee. Apache has served on the EC for the past 10 years, winning the JCP "Member of the Year" award 4 times, and recently was ratified for another term with support from 95% of the voting community. Further, the project communities…
2009
EFF Patent Project Gets Half-Million-Dollar Boost from Mark Cuban and 'Notch'
San Francisco - America's broken patent system needs major reform to protect innovators and the public. Today, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is announcing a major new boost to its patent work: a half-million dollars in funding from entrepreneur Mark Cuban and game developer Markus "Notch...
2010
Discord fined €800k for failing to comply with several obligations of the GDPR
This page is no longer available. Order to comply or sanctions issued by the CNIL may be made public. In this case, a time limit shall be specified in the decision. Once this time period has expired, the organisations that have been given formal notice or sanctioned are no longer identified in the public decision. For…