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Google search and search engine spam
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
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Google Acquires North
Google has acquired North, a pioneer in human computer interfaces and smart glasses.
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Office 365 is now on Mac App Store
Office 365 is now available for download from the Mac App Store.
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Now Open – AWS Africa (Cape Town) Region
September 8, 2021: Amazon Elasticsearch Service has been renamed to Amazon OpenSearch Service. See details. The AWS Region in Africa that Jeff promised you in 2018 is now open. The official name is Africa (Cape Town) and the API name is af-south-1. You can start using this new Region today to deploy workloads and…
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Mozilla Files Cross-Complaint Against Yahoo Holdings and Oath
Yahoo Holdings and Oath filed a complaint against Mozilla on December 1, 2017, claiming that we improperly terminated the agreement between Mozilla and Yah
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Stripe valued at $159B, 2025 annual letter
Stripe announces tender offer to provide liquidity to current and former employees; publishes 2025 annual letter
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Whale Watching: Many companies earn a huge portion of sales from a few customers
Leading provider of transaction data analytics that reliably deliver valuable insights into company performance and consumer trends.
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What do you mean ‘we need more time’? Project schedule estimation in software
Dash knows your context, your team, and your work, so your team can stay organized, easily find and share knowledge, and keep projects secure, all from one place.
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How computer vision is changing manufacturing in 2023
Computer vision applications are transforming manufacturing, from defect detection to predictive maintenance. Learn computer vision strategies from industry leaders.
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Wherein SFPD is still going surveillance-nutty
We got a funny phone call today, and by "funny" I mean "not actually even a little funny." Officer Chan, the permitting officer for SFPD, called to remind us that we're required to have video surveillance that records everything our customers do, and to give that footage to SFPD any time they ask, without a warrant or…
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YC's 2015 Reading List
Read more on Y Combinator's blog.
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Let’s Encrypt Receives the Levchin Prize for Real-World Cryptography
On April 13, 2022, the Real World Crypto steering committee presented the Max Levchin Prize for Real-World Cryptography to Let’s Encrypt. The following is the speech delivered by our Executive Director, Josh Aas, upon receiving the award. We’d like to thank our community for supporting us and invite you to join us in…
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Bootstrapped, Profitable, & Proud: GitHub
Below: Q&A with Chris Wanstrath, CEO and Co-Founder of GitHub. This is part of our “Bootstrapped, Profitable, & Proud” series which profiles companies that have $1MM+ in revenues, didn’t take VC, and are profitable. Chris and Tom from GitHub have also answered reader questions i…
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The App Store is a monopoly: Here's why the EU is correct to investigate Apple
The EU is investigating Apple’s App Store practices for antitrust violations. Here’s why we must all resist abuses by tech giants.
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Is AI the next crypto? Insights from HN comments
The OpenPipe platform has migrated to Weights & Biases and CoreWeave. Browse migration details and the OpenPipe technical archive.
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Looking for a new CEO
Big news! We’re looking for a new CEO for Stack Overflow. I’m stepping out of the day-to-day and up to the role of Chairman of the Board. Stack Overflow has been around for more than a decade. As I look back, it’s really amazing how far it has come. Only six months after we had launched Stack Overflow, my co-founder…
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Elastic lays off 7% of employees
Today, we announced an organizational change at Elastic.
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Two Worlds: So Much Prosperity, So Much Skepticism
The demand for forecasts grows after a surprise.
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Over 80% of sunscreen performed below their labelled efficacy (2020)
The Consumer Council keens to be the trusted voice of consumers in striving to build in the market an environment of safe, fair and sustainable consumption.