Technology
Four things about Yahoo News that may surprise you
It's one of the most popular news sites in the country, and it's wildly profitable. It might be the right time for Yahoo to bounce back.
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The Last Quiet Thing
"That guilt was manufactured. It was placed inside you by an industry that profits from your participation and a wellness culture that profits from your shame."
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Coming Off the Bench for Bluesky
Bluesky must succeed. It just might.
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Your Browser Becomes Your WordPress
A WordPress instance that's entirely hosted in your browser opens up interesting possibilities for self-hosted personal apps.
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Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester
"A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the FBI."
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Can we build the dog?
What resource-constrained teams need to ask before writing a line of code
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The political effects of X’s feed algorithm
"Feed algorithms are widely suspected to influence political attitudes." This study shows that some do - to significant effect.
Future of News
Building trust in the open
How Protocols for Publishers points to the future of journalism – and the web
Fediverse
Growing the open social web
A position statement for FediForum's unworkshop
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Everyone is stealing TV
"Fed up with increasing subscription prices, viewers embrace rogue streaming boxes." The question is: what's on them?
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On ICE, Verification, and Presence As Harm
"Bluesky built a verification system designed to distribute trust, and then didn't use it when it mattered."
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Funding Open Source for Digital Sovereignty
"Open Source alone won't deliver digital sovereignty. Europe must fix procurement and fund those who actually build it."