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Matrix 2.0: The Future of Matrix
Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications
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The most popular blog posts about networking & internet on Hacker News. 1,406 posts.
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Matrix 1.0 and the Matrix.org Foundation
Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications
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Web Search API
Search the web from your AI agents and applications through AI Gateway with Ceramic.ai, Exa, and Linkup.
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Gmail, Yahoo announce new 2024 authentication requirements for bulk senders
Today, we’re announcing new requirements for bulk senders that will help keep Gmail safer and more spam-free.
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How to SSH Properly
This post explains security best practices to use SSH properly and securely
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Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 Incident on July 14, 2025
On July 14th, 2025, Cloudflare made a change to our service topologies that caused an outage for 1.1.1.1 on the edge, resulting in downtime for 62 minutes for customers using the 1.1.1.1 public DNS Resolver as well as intermittent degradation of service for Gateway DNS. We’re deeply sorry for this outage. This outage…
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Emergency SOS via satellite
Apple’s groundbreaking safety service Emergency SOS via satellite becomes available to customers in the US and Canada starting today.
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Mullvad on Tailscale: Privately browse the web
Learn how Tailscale's partnership with Mullvad enables secure, private browsing with Mullvad’s VPN servers as exit nodes. Protect your internet traffic, maintain privacy, and enjoy fast, encrypted browsing worldwide. Discover how to configure Mullvad with Tailscale for ultimate security.
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.INTERNAL is now reserved for private-use applications
Whereas, on 1 March 2019, the Board took action on each of the 35 recommendations issued within the Competition, Consumer Trust, and Consumer Choice (CCT) Review Team Final Report dated 8 September 2018, as specified within the scorecard titled " Final CCT Recommendations: Board Action (1 March 2019) ". The Board…
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Philips Hue blocks 3rd party lights
Philips has published a firmware update that blocks pairing of any 3rd party light.
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QUIC is now RFC 9000
QUIC version 1 is officially formalized, and QUIC deployments will now move away from using temporary draft versions to the newly minted version 1.
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Iraq blocks Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and Instagram, shuts down internet
Network data from the NetBlocks internet observatory show that Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram and other social and messaging apps have been blocked in Iraq by multiple internet providers as of ...
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Using Cloudflare on your website could be blocking RSS users
Cloudflare's security features could be blocking RSS feed users from accessing your website
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iMessage with PQ3 Cryptographic Protocol
We are introducing PQ3, a groundbreaking cryptographic protocol for iMessage that advances the state of the art of end-to-end secure messaging. With compromise-resilient encryption and extensive defenses against even highly sophisticated quantum attacks, PQ3 provides protocol protections that surpass those in all…
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Debunking Cloudflare’s recent performance tests
A couple of weeks ago Cloudflare, one of our competitors, claimed that their edge compute platform is roughly three times as fast as Compute@Edge. The false claim is a great example of how statistics can be used to mislead.
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Winds 2.0: It’s Time to Revive RSS
Learn about an open source RSS and podcast app that is no longer supported, Winds.
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Riot is now Element
Hi everyone, We are incredibly excited to announce that Riot is now Element! In fact we have simplified all our naming: Element is also the name for New Vector (the company behind Riot) while Modular, our flagship Matrix hosting service, has become Element Matrix Services. For those discovering us for
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Ecosia is teaming up with Qwant to build a European search index
We are proud to share the next step in our journey towards tech independence: building our very own search index!
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One Step Closer to a Closed Internet
Today, the FCC voted on Chairman Ajit Pai’s proposal to repeal and replace net neutrality protections enacted in 2015. The verdict: to move forward with
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How to receive a million packets per second
Last week during a casual conversation I overheard a colleague saying: "The Linux network stack is slow! You can't expect it to do more than 50 thousand packets per second per core!"
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Improving DNS Privacy with Oblivious DoH
Oblivious DoH (ODoH) makes secure DNS over HTTPS (DoH) queries into private queries which prevent the leakage of client IP addresses to resolvers. The new proposed ODoH standard addresses this problem and today we are enabling users to use this protocol with 1.1.1.1
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Outlook.com is rejecting email from domains without DMARC
Since November 5, Outlook.com and Hotmail have been bouncing mail from domains with no DMARC record, small senders included. What changed, and the one-record fix.
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Warning: DNS encryption in Little Snitch 6.1 may occasionally fail
UPDATE: Spoke too soon… The problem discussed here turned out to be specific to Little Snitch 6.1 and not a general issue in macOS. It has already been fixed in Little Snitch 6.1.1. See the end of the article for details. DNS Encryption 101 When…
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Introducing Cloudflare Registrar
“I love my domain registrar.” Has anyone ever said this? Before Cloudflare even launched in 2010, our early beta customers were literally begging us: "Will you please launch a registrar too?!"
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An Introduction to Meshtastic
Discover Meshtastic: a community-driven, open-source project using LoRa radios for long-range, off-grid communication.
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WebSockets vs. Server-Sent-Events vs. Long-Polling vs. WebRTC vs. WebTransport
Learn the unique benefits and pitfalls of each real-time tech. Make informed decisions on WebSockets, SSE, Polling, WebRTC, and WebTransport.