A look at the history and rise of Markdown, which has been adopted across the tech industry in the decades since its quiet launch in 2004 by John Gruber
Nearly every bit of the high-tech world, from the most cutting-edge AI systems at the biggest companies, to the casual scraps …
Google says it is rolling out Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental to all Gemini users, after initially launching the model for Gemini Advanced subscribers on March 25
No Subscription Needed The Economic Times : Google rolls out experimental version of Gemini 2.5 Pro for free users The Hindu : Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro rolled out to all users days after launch Alan Ma...
Mistral launches Mistral OCR, a multimodal API that uses optical character recognition to turn complex PDF documents into Markdown files ready for LLM training
It's available via their API, or it's “available to self-host on a selective basis” … Diya Lal / Tech in Asia : Mistral launches OCR tool for fast document processing Carl Franzen / VentureBeat : Mist...
Apple releases iOS 17.2, with a Journal app, Qi2 support on iPhone 13 and 14, and 15 Pro spatial video capture, alongside macOS, tvOS, watchOS, iPadOS updates
here's what's new Ed Hardy / Cult of Mac : iPhone's collaborative playlists and AirPlay in hotel rooms on hold until 2024 Chance Miller / 9to5Mac : Apple explains why only the latest Apple Watch model...
Tweetbot, Twitterrific, Fenix, Talon, and other third-party Twitter apps are broken; Twitter has given no explanation and developers say they haven't heard back
Last night at about 7:30pm PST, Twitterrific customers started … Chance Miller / 9to5Mac : Tweetbot and other Twitter apps still broken as Elon Musk stays silent Mitchell Clark / The Verge : Twitter a...
Process mining company Celonis has acquired Czech startup Integromat to help bolster its automation services; Celonis CEO says the deal is worth more than $100M
Ron Miller / TechCrunch : Tweets: @finlaysonconnor Tweets: Connor Finlayson / @finlaysonconnor : Well, well, well... what can you say? Those “Markdown to HTML conversions” are a $100m problem. Congra...
As Slack gets criticism from power users for its WYSIWYG editor and plans an option to revert, a look at the history of Markdown, used by Slack's old interface
Ernie Smith / VICE : Tweets: @alexislloyd , @vice , @artemr , @shortformernie , @katienotopoulos , @carnage4life , and @wongmjane Tweets: Alexis Lloyd / @alexislloyd : It's been fascinating to hear e...
As Slack gets criticism from power users for its WYSIWYG editor and plans an option to revert, a look at the history of Markdown, used by Slack's old interface
Slack just updated its longtime editor for its primary interface—and the rich-text result hints at a longstanding tension …