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It’s not enough to say that the Internet is built on interoperability. The Internet is interoperability. Billions of machines around the world use the same set of open protocols—like TCP/IP, HTTP, and TLS—to talk to one another. The first Internet-connected devices were only possible because phone...
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Abundance is fragile, it is accidental, and it is the most incredible thing on earth.
Free and open-source software underpins the digital world. Federal funding should prioritize its development and maintenance.
And so we face the ultimate irony: 'bailing-out-everything' destroys the entire rotten system. You've probably noticed things no longer ...
I’ve said it before and will adamantly say it again: it is *prima facie* wrong that one of the rules of the App Store is that an app is not allowed to explain the rules of the App Store.
Mass surveillance costs millions of Dollars. Yet, it does not improve security.
A website with The Big Lebowski quotes was blocked for no reason by Facebook. Looking for justice at a tech company that has automated the…
We are updating our hate speech policy to prohibit any content that denies or distorts the Holocaust.
The Nobel Peace Prize 2020 was awarded to World Food Programme (WFP) "for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict"
This post has been a long time in coming. I stopped reading HN over a month ago, so I’ve had some time to cool off. I’ve been struggling to put my thoughts into words, and so this pos…
We're proud to announce the launch of Global Privacy Control (GPC), a new standard to put privacy protection in the hands of consumers.
At a time when so many black Americans, Indigenous peoples, people of color, and white allies are protesting at systemic racism, we'd like to highlight a different story of marginalized people speaking truth to power on behalf of their most basic human rights. It's the story of how "big oil" is now using Harvey…
Researchers from the Princeton Environmental Institute find the continued spread of novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is driven by only a small percentage of those who become infected.
Industry guarantees cover only 1% of estimated costs. NEW YORK, October 1 – By failing to require that oil and gas companies provide sufficient financial assurance when drilling new wells, U.S....
[C]hildren with special abilities and skills need to be nourished and encouraged. They are a national treasure. Challenging programs for the “gifted” are sometimes decried as “eli…
To provide more control and transparency for selfie filters, we created a guide for respecting personal choices around face retouching.
I recently decided to get a wireless speaker for our Kitchen. Sonos seems like an obvious choice these days. The sound quality and aesthetics were very appealing. So I ordered a Sonos One SL speaker. In terms of sound quality and looks, I was very pleased. I’m not an audiophile but the sound quality seemed…
At least five bar owners in Grenoble, France have been arrested for providing WiFi at their businesses without keeping logs. The bar owners were arrested
The prevalence of dementia in places where more than one language is spoken is 50% lower than in regions where the population uses only one languageA study has shown that Alzheimer's patients with a higher degree of bilingualism receive a later diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment
For its first two decades, the consumer internet was American - American companies, products, attitudes and laws set the agenda. That’s not so true anymore - there are more smartphones in China than in the USA and Western Europe combined. Software creation and company creation is diffusing, and atti
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Although Wall Street would be ferociously opposed to policies that limit the unfettered flow of capital around the world, the right polices could sharply reduce the economic disruption wreaked on workers, producers, farmers, and the middle class.
