Netscape Navigator opened the door to the web to most people, the first popular, easy-to-use web browser, which appeared 30 years ago. Netscape lives on in other technologies, open source, and finance.
Navigating the digital landscape nowadays requires you to accept cookies, enter personal information or create an account in order to use the site properly. People have "Privacy Apathy," feeling burned out by it all.
https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/online-security/privacy-apathy-is-real-and-you-probably-have-it
Aside from returning real-time information, ChatGPT Search also cites its sources, which, when clicked upon, brings up a side menu with a full list of links used to create the response.
https://www.newsweek.com/how-chatgpt-search-compares-google-1978494
Python has overtaken JavaScript as the most-used language on GitHub.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/10/python-most-popular-language-on-github-2024
Privacy (aka “oblivion”) is not just freedom from surveillance but a positive, albeit essentially unknowable value—a place where true human depth and personality reside.
A researcher has released a tool to bypass Google's new App-Bound encryption cookie-theft defenses and extract saved credentials from the Chrome web browser.
The Open Source Initiative, a long-running institution aiming to define and “steward” all things open source, today released version 1.0 of its Open Source AI Definition.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/28/we-finally-have-an-official-definition-for-open-source-ai/
Here are five open-source email clients that could replace Gmail for you.
https://www.xda-developers.com/open-source-email-clients-that-could-replace-gmail/
These 11 open source AI projects make writing beautiful software easier.
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3566915/11-open-source-ai-projects-that-developers-will-love.html
Windows 11 Storage Spaces are an incredibly useful feature. It's essentially a software implementation of RAID, combining multiple disks to form one storage pool that's seen by Windows as a single drive.
https://www.xda-developers.com/reasons-you-should-use-storage-spaces-windows/
With the Tor network and a Tor browser, you can surf largely anonymously. Security-conscious users should be aware of the technical background.
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2476461/what-is-the-tor-network.html
YouTube’s rolling out a new “captured with a camera” label that works with C2PA Content Credentials that tell if uploaded videos come from a real camera with unaltered footage and sound.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/15/24271083/youtube-c2pa-captured-camera-label-content-credentials
The password-killing tech known as “passkeys” have proliferated over the past two years. New features and resources launching this week are pushing passkeys toward a tipping point.
https://www.wired.com/story/passkey-portability-fido-alliance/
Manifest V3, Chrome’s new platform for extensions is finally going into effect. What does Manifest V3 mean for Chrome users, especially those with an eye for privacy?
https://www.techradar.com/pro/your-privacy-on-chrome-is-at-risk-heres-what-you-can-do
Last month, Apple released macOS 15 Sequoia, which broke the functionality of several cybersecurity products. Three weeks later, it's fixed.
Google's search engine is the default option on the Chrome browser. It suggests popular topics everyone else is searching for at a glance, aka trending searches. Here's how to turn them off.
https://www.androidpolice.com/disable-google-trending-searches/
Resilient File System (ReFS) includes Block Cloning technology, which drastically accelerates file copy operations, and yields significant performance gains compared to NTFS.
https://www.techspot.com/news/104995-windows-11-latest-update-doubles-file-copying-speeds.html
Arc Search is a browser app that’s wicked fast, has a very clean interface, and has an unbelievably good AI feature. The app has finally come to Android.
https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/arc-search-iphone-app-now-available-on-android/
Google is no longer working on its Ferrochrome launcher, an app that would’ve made running ChromeOS in a virtual machine on select Android devices super easy.
https://www.androidauthority.com/chrome-os-android-launcher-killed-3487486/