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The West forgot how to make things, now it’s forgetting how to code
The defense industry lost the ability to make weapons when crisis hit. The same pattern is eroding software engineering skills. The timelines are identical.
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Apple's Software Quality Crisis
Tim, I think we are not cooking
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We’re sorry, and we’re not rolling out the fees change
Patreon gives creators the tools they need to reliably reach their fans, strengthen their communities, and build sustainable businesses
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Mozilla Acquires Pocket
We are excited to announce that the Mozilla Corporation has completed the acquisition of Read It Later, Inc. the developers of Pocket. Mozilla is growing,
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How We Saved Dot Org
If you come at the nonprofit sector, you’d best not miss.Nonprofits and NGOs around the world were stunned last November when the Internet Society (ISOC) announced that it had agreed to sell the Public Interest Registry—the organization that manages the .ORG top-level domain (TLD)—to private equity...
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Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks for $7.5B
Today we announced we’re joining the Microsoft family...
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Apple acquires Pixelmator
Pixelmator Pro is a powerful, easy-to-use image editor that brings professional tools and powerful AI features to everyone across Mac and iPad.
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YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread election fraud
Updates to our work supporting the integrity of the 2020 U.S. election.
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Disclosure: Unlimited Chase Ultimate Rewards Points
Documenting the white-hat disclosure, Chase Support DM transcript, Tom Kelly email, and the resolution of the false banking narrative.
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I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams
Many ads in Apple News served by Taboola are clearly scams.
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A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Performance
Understand iPhone performance and its relation to your battery.
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Statement on the comments from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth
Anthropic's response to the Secretary of War and advice for customers
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Apple's requirements are about to hit creators and fans on Patreon
Apple requires that Patreon switch to their iOS in-app purchase system, or risk being removed from the App Store. Here’s what’s creators need to know.
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Microsoft acquires Github
Today, we announced an agreement to acquire GitHub, the world’s leading software development platform. I want to share what this acquisition will mean for our industry and for developers. The era of the intelligent cloud and intelligent edge is upon us. Computing is becoming embedded in the world, with every part of…
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WeWork and Counterfeit Capitalism
Hi, Welcome to BIG, a newsletter about the politics of monopoly.
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eMudhra to exit global SSL/TLS certificate business
eMudhra Limited (BSE: 543533 | NSE: EMUDHRA), a global digital trust company, today announced that its Board has decided to voluntarily withdraw from the global SSL/TLS certificate business.
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Shopify acquires Tailwind
We're joining Shopify to give Tailwind a stable long-term home where it will be actively maintained for the millions of people who depend on it.
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I Charged $18k for a Static HTML Page
Not too long ago, I made a living working as a contractor where I would hop from project to project. Some were short term where I would work for a week and quickly deliver my service. Others lasted a
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Glassdoor not so anonymous
A judge has ruled in favour of releasing anonymous user details posted on Glassdoor to billion-dollar NZ toy company, Zuru
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New models and developer products
GPT-4 Turbo with 128K context and lower prices, the new Assistants API, GPT-4 Turbo with Vision, DALL·E 3 API, and more.
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A new approach to China
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
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“Amateur” programmer fought cancer with 50 Nvidia Geforce 1080Ti
Not All Heroes Wear Capes
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Jim Simons has died
It is with great sadness that the Simons Foundation announces the death of its co-founder and chair emeritus, James Harris Simons, on May 10, 2024, at the age of 86, in New York City. Jim (as he…
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Upwork asking me for a $12.5k refund as the client was using someone else’s card
51,000 business enthusiasts get my weekly digests. It could connect you with an investor or poke your business mindset (1.4M+ views.)
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Why isn't the industry freaking out about DeepSeek 4.1 Flash?
thoughts, talks, docs and unpopular opinions
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Time to Take a Stand
It is time for tech companies to start speaking up about some of the actions taken by President Trump’s administration. There are many actions from his first week that are objectionable. In...
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