Charles “Chuck” Geschke, who co-founded Adobe in 1982 with John Warnock and helped develop PDF technology, died on Friday at 81
Charles “Chuck” Geschke, co-founder of the iconic Silicon Valley company Adobe Inc. and prominent cheerleader of downtown San Jose, died Friday at age 81.
Facebook Oversight Board, which had 90 days to review Trump's indefinite suspension, delays its decision to “the coming weeks”, citing immense public interest
Facebook suspended the former president's account in the wake of the Jan. 6 siege on the Capitol.
US investigators probing a breach at Codecov, a software auditing company, that affected some of its 29K customers; the breach was in Jan. but detected in April
U.S. federal investigators are probing an intrusion at San Francisco-based software auditing company Codecov that affected …
Newly filed Google Ireland Holdings accounts show $75B+ in profits moved through the subsidiary in 2019, the last year Google used the “double Irish” tax scheme
Newly filed accounts show that over $75bn in profits moved through a subsidiary of Google that was incorporated in Ireland in 2019 …
A look back at the netbook explosion of the late 2000s and how iPads, Chromebooks, and appliance-like computers took the netbook's place
The sound of a slow processor screaming — There's an Apple event next week, and it's looking fairly likely that we'll see updated models of the iPad Pro and perhaps the iPad Mini.
Firefox and major Chromium browsers like Edge, Opera, Brave, and Vivaldi are not joining FLoC, Google's proposed ad technology to replace third-party cookies
Twitter says it is “investigating a possible system irregularity currently affecting all Twitter API v2 endpoints” that is causing issues for some users
Company officials, victims, experts, and intel officials discuss the SolarWinds hack, which successfully compromised ~100 companies and a dozen govt. agencies
“This release includes bug fixes, increased stability and performance improvements.” — The routine software update …
Roblox is working on content ratings for games and on ways to make parental controls easier to find and use, to address sexual content issues on its platform
Sexual role-play and ‘dating’ are common on the children's gaming platform; parental controls help make it a safer space
A former alt-right YouTuber details how he tailored videos for the “echo chamber”, including focusing squarely on confrontations to drive views on YouTube
Focus on conflict. Feed the algorithm. Make sure whatever you produce reinforces a narrative. Don't worry if it is true. Tweets: @nytimesbusiness , @markhurst , @jgreenblattadl , @frankpasquale , @...
Internet blackouts following a military coup have shut down swathes of the online economy in Myanmar, where internet penetration had surged to around 43%
Amid internet blackouts, economic isolation, and massive strikes, a decade of development is unwinding. Tweets: @restofworld , @peterguest , @emilyfishbein11 , @p_annawitt , @baptist_simon , @tmclaugh...
Governor Andrew Cuomo signs a bill requiring all ISPs in New York to offer basic broadband access to low-income families for no more than $15 a month
How Aurora, now the owner of Uber's ATG, is moving to bring its self-driving tech to market via deals with Volvo in trucking, Uber and Toyota in taxis, more
On Feb. 11, about a month after closing on the acquisition of Uber's Advanced Technologies Group, or ATG, the self-driving-car startup Aurora held an all-hands meeting. Tweets: @bw , @tweetermeyer , @...
Sources detail Amazon's tactics during the Alabama union campaign, including “captive audience meetings”, as workers explain why the union was unconvincing
Sources: Ant Group is exploring options for founder Jack Ma to divest his stake and give up control to appease Chinese regulators
Ant Group is exploring options for founder Jack Ma to divest his stake in the financial technology giant and give up control, as meetings with Chinese regulators signaled … Tweets: @richardturrin , @i...
Big tech whistleblowers describe the severe emotional toll that standing up to gigantic companies takes and how it sets them on the path to advocacy
Last summer, just before she published a viral Twitter thread about the discrimination she said she faced at Pinterest … Tweets: @issielapowsky , @folletto , @protocol , @joyehoward , @runasand , @tri...
How Weibo helps Chinese authorities quash the feminist movement by deleting activist accounts, while also profiting from their nationalist harassers
Prominent feminist activist Xiao Meili had never expected to find herself in the center of a nationalist storm.Tweets:@alex,@noahpinion,@grantwyeth,@johnhemmings2,@ninedragons2,@theasianfmnst,@theasia...
As the EU considers new regulations for AI, 60+ NGOs ask the EC to ban automatic gender recognition systems, which rely on outmoded understandings of gender
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.