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Andrew S. Tanenbaum Receives ACM Software System Award
Professor emeritus' operating system influenced multiple generations of students and inspired Linux
Reining in America's $3.3T tax-exempt economy
For over a century, lawmakers have exempted politically favored organizations and industries from the tax code. As a result, the tax-exempt nonprofit economy now comprises 15 percent of GDP, roughly equal to the fifth-largest economy in the world.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Introducing Claude 3.5 Sonnet—our most intelligent model yet. Sonnet now outperforms competitor models and Claude 3 Opus on key evaluations, at twice the speed.
Proton is transitioning towards a non-profit structure
To ensure our mission always comes first, Proton is transitioning to a non-profit structure and formalizing our promise of people before profits.
Mozilla acquires privacy-focused ad tech company Anonym
Mozilla has acquired Anonym, a trailblazer in privacy-preserving digital advertising. This strategic acquisition enables Mozilla to help raise the bar for
Microsoft's Recall AI feature is now indefinitely delayed
Update Oct. 31, 2024: We are committed to delivering a secure and trusted experience with Recall. We recently shared updates to the security and privacy architecture for Recall in a
Vercel ends open-source sponsorship program giving projects 24hr notice
Power your open source project with Vercel platform credits, exclusive community support, and extra benefits.
OpenAI appoints Retired U.S. Army General Paul M. Nakasone to Board
Nakasone brings cybersecurity experience to growing Board of Directors; will join the Board’s Safety and Security Committee
ChromeOS will soon be developed on large portions of the Android stack
ChromeOS will soon be developed on large portions of the Android stack to bring Google AI, innovations, and features faster to users.Over the last 13 years, we’ve evolve…
Mistral AI raises $640M at $6B valuation
Today, we are excited to triple down on our partnership with Mistral AI by co-leading their €600M Series B round.
ARC Prize – a $1M+ competition towards open AGI progress
Announcing ARC Prize - a $1M+ competition towards open AGI progress
OpenAI and Apple Announce Partnership
OpenAI and Apple announce partnership to integrate ChatGPT into Apple experiences.
Why Triplebyte Failed
How a once-successful, well-liked company failed, as told from within.
The problem with lying is keeping track of all the lies
Or why clear consistency guarantees are how to stay sane when programming distributed systems.
Influencer cartels manipulate social media
Social media influencers account for a growing share of marketing budgets worldwide. This column examines a problem within this rapidly expanding advertising market – influencer cartels, in which groups of influencers collude to increase advertising revenue by inflating each other’s engagement numbers. Influencer…
Why YC went to DC
A few weeks ago, I went to DC to start engaging policymakers and be the voice of little tech. Here's why.
Unexpected anti-patterns for engineering leaders
Will Larson, a veteran engineering leader and the CTO at Carta, holds three conventional engineering management “anti-patterns” up to the light for a closer look.
What's Next for Kagi?
Two years ago, on June 1st, 2022, Kagi introduced a search engine that challenged the ad-supported version of the web. Kagi Search instead works for you, the user, and not an advertiser paying for your attention....
“Moveable Type” to end 17-year run in The New York Times’s lobby
“Moveable Type,” the public art installation in the New York Times’s lobby, is ending its 17-year run. The Times, which is replacing the exhibit as part of an update to its lobby…
Google Search's Internal Engineering Documentation Has Leaked
Learn what you always wish you knew about Google's algorithms.
Anonymous Source Shared Leaked Google Search API Documents
Update: We are diving deep into the Google API leak and what it means for marketers in our next episode of SparkToro Office Hours on June 27. Join Michael
xAI announces series B funding round of $6B
xAI is pleased to announce our series B funding round of $6 billion.