2011
Ethereum is Doomed
I fully support the attacker’s actions, and I wish I had thought of it first.
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The most popular blog posts about tech industry & business on Hacker News. 7,907 posts.
2012
Mobile Changes Everything
[vimeo 130722577 w=720 h=404] watch time: 25 minutes We’ve shared a lot of data about whether and why ‘this time is different’. But beyond that, why is the tech market opportunity larger than any time in history (no, really!)? One word: mobile. In this update of his past presentation on Mobile Eating the World …
2013
2014
RethinkDB raises an $8M Series A
Today we’re delighted to announce our Series A! We’ve raised $8M to fund development, grow the RethinkDB community, and ultimately make database tools feel indistinguishable from magic .
2015
2016
Licensing changes to Elasticsearch and Kibana
Upcoming licensing changes to Elasticsearch and Kibana
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2019
Thunderbird’s New Home
As of today, the Thunderbird project will be operating from a new wholly owned subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation, MZLA Technologies Corporation. This move has been in the works for a while as Thunderbird has grown in donations, staff, and aspirations. This will not impact Thunderbird’s day-to-day activities or…
2020
Shutting down Ubuntu One file services
Today we are announcing plans to shut down the Ubuntu One file services. This is a tough decision, particularly when our users rely so heavily on the functionality that Ubuntu One provides. However, like any company, we want to focus our efforts on our most important strategic initiatives and ensure we are not spread…
2021
Kagi search and Orion browser enter public beta
Web tracking and ads are becoming a personal and societal problem. Browsing and searching the web sensibly has become all but impossible. In response, today we are launching the public beta of two essential tools that...
2022
2023
TI to invest $60B to manufacture foundational semiconductors in the U.S.
Leading U.S. companies Apple, Ford, Medtronic, NVIDIA and SpaceX strengthen partnerships with TI to unleash the next era of American innovation
2024
Why more companies are recognizing the benefits of keeping older employees
Although age bias is still the norm, the value-add of longtime, experienced workers is beginning to take shape.
2025
2026
Thunderbird’s Future Home
Summary The investigations on Thunderbird’s future home have concluded. The Mozilla Foundation has agreed to serve as the legal and fiscal home for the Thunderbird project, but Thunderbird will migrate off Mozilla Corporation infrastructure, separating the operational aspects of the project. Background In late 2015…
2027
150k Small Business Website Teardown 2019
I set out to understand which website platforms are the best (and the worst), what drives really fast websites, the state of small business SEO, and how well this stuff correlates with Google...
2028
Classification of Omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern
The Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution (TAG-VE) is an independent group of experts that periodically monitors and evaluates the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 and assesses if specific mutations and combinations of mutations alter the behaviour of the virus. The TAG-VE was convened on 26 November 2021 to…
2029
Nintendo Files Suit for Infringement of Patent Rights Against Pocketpair, Inc
Press release of Nintendo Co., Ltd.
2030
2031
Plane got to top spot in project management on GitHub in less than a year
On September 18 this year, we crossed 14K stars and stood at #1 on the list of open source project management tools on GitHub.
2032
Unsealed court documents show teen addiction was big tech's "top priority"
New documents show the tactics Meta, Google, Snap, and TikTok execs used to disrupt learning, prey on minors, and co-opt the PTA to control the narrative with parents WASHINGTON, DC – Today, The Tech Oversight Project published a new report spotlighting newly unsealed documents in the 2026 social media addiction…
2033
So you want to rent an NVIDIA H100 cluster? 2024 Consumer Guide
Tips and technical analysis on how to pick an H100 cluster (interconnect, reliability and CO2 emissions)
2034
2035
Open Source VLC media player 2.0.0 is out
Legal | Report Trademark Abuse VideoLAN, VLC, VLC media player and x264 are trademarks internationally registered by the VideoLAN non-profit organization. VideoLAN software is licensed under various open-source licenses: use and distribution are defined by each software license.
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2039
Majority of gig economy workers are earning below minimum wage: research
As the cost of living continues to spiral, a new report shows more than half of gig economy workers in the UK are paid below the minimum wage.
2040
How to set junior employees up for success in remote
It just gets a bad rap. Here's how to set junior employees up for success in remote.