AWS's advantage among cloud enterprise marketplaces: It has the most customers

Independent software vendors and other AWS partners get potential exposure to the cloud provider’s vast customer base on AWS Marketplace, which last year accounted for more than $1 billion in transactions. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

What’s next for CFPB’s Section 1033 efforts

In 2021, there were 236 million cyberattacks worldwide. If there’s an opportunity to enter a business’s premises undetected, cybercriminals will find it. In the digital age, no organization is safe from cyberthreats. Size doesn’t matter.Learn more | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

Square sucks up your email

Your five-minute guide to what's happening in tech this Tuesday, from how Square sucks up your email to the climate justice of carbon removal. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

Why Block’s Square sends ads after receipts – Protocol

When my work inbox got flooded with reminders of my most twee shopping habits, I found out the Block-owned service throws up obstacles to getting out of its marketing business. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

The FTC goes after Drizly; ordered the Uber subsidiary to boost security

The FTC ordered the Uber subsidiary and its CEO, James Cory Rellas, to boost the company's security. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

The cure for what ails corporate culture

The best stuff of the week. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

Alan McLachlan, an engineer key to the invention of the PDF, dies at 58

It’s likely McLachlan’s code is running on your computer right now. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

Why the $100 per ton target for carbon removal may be 'pure fantasy'

MIT Energy Initiative’s Howard Herzog explains why the number is unrealistic. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

Molly White became a crypto critic

Crypto winter had just started when software engineer Molly White launched her blog, Web3 is going just great. She’s now one of the most influential blockchain skeptics. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

Netflix adds profile data transfer feature ahead of crackdown on account sharing

Netflix subscribers worldwide will be able to take their profile data and add it to a new account. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

Salesforce hit with layoffs and a new hiring freeze

Salesforce last laid off employees in August 2020 after announcing, at the time, record quarterly revenue. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

Notion still wants to become 'the next Microsoft'

Notion COO Akshay Kothari says there’s room to grow, aided by a new CFO who knows how to take a company public. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

Show HN: Internet Protocol

Internet protocol (IP) is a simple website to show you your IP address. We offer an API and a widget to show your visitors their IP address as well. If are looking for what your IP address is, internet-protocol.com shows you my IP quickly and easily. | Continue reading


@internet-protocol.com | 1 year ago

The Supreme Court is finally taking up Section 230

The moment all of tech policy has been waiting a quarter century for is finally here: The Supreme Court will take up Section 230 … but in a way few of us tech-watchers quite expected. The stakes for the legal status quo underpinning the entirety of modern social media are potenti … | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

The US is set to expand controls on chip tech for China this week

A fresh set of policies intended to choke off China's access to advanced chip manufacturing technology is coming Thursday. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

Steel and aluminum decided World War II. Chips will decide whatever comes next

“Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology” foreshadows the coming battle between nations over semiconductors. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

I decided to leave the US and pursue a tech career in Europe

Melissa Di Donato moved to Europe to broaden her technology experience with a different market perspective. She planned to stay two years. Seventeen years later, she remains in London as CEO of Suse. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

Napster CEO: ‘It’s fun to be a rebel again’

Roblox’s former head of music wants to turn Napster into a Web3 music service. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

Newsom just signed California pay transparency bill SB 1162

The law will affect Meta, Alphabet, and other big tech companies. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky resigns during lender's bankruptcy proceedings

Several leaked reports showed the crypto lender was considering risky actions with Mashinsky at the helm. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

Russia is spoofing mainstream media to smear Ukraine, Meta says

Russian agents impersonated websites including those of the Guardian and Der Spiegel to smear Ukraine, according to a new Meta report. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

New York has a plan to equip subway cars with cameras. Civil liberties groups call it a digital stop and frisk. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

Slack is fun. And that’s the problem with it

Slack is as ubiquitous as the fax machine and the printer were in the office of the ‘90s. Workers have even gone so far as to turn down a job offer if the company uses Microsoft Teams instead. But some tech leaders are starting to wonder if the emoji-filled messaging tool is gett … | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

What people don't understand about being a CTO

When considering various types of C-suite roles, the role of CTO is probably the most varied and nuanced because it hinges on three things: what the role entails, the skill set of an individual and the needs of the organization. Also, the role varies across industries — e.g., CTO … | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

'Blockchain is bunk': Crypto critics find their voice

John Stark, founding chief of the SEC’s Office of Internet Enforcement, is joining other experts in a major gathering of crypto skeptics. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

Glitz and Glamour at LA Tech Week

Your five-minute guide to what's happening in tech this Friday, from what we saw at LA Tech Week to the messy rights to “Lord of the Rings.” | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

A16Z is betting big on Adam Neumann's new real estate startup

The WeWork founder's foray into residential real estate reportedly has a $1 billion valuation well before it's launched. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

'Pivot' shouldn’t be a dirty word

Ali Moiz could tell from the very first event his demo-day site Stonks hosted that something was off. He wanted to build a startup that would help investors from anywhere invest in great startup deals, not just those lucky enough to make it into YC’s hallowed halls. The catchy ta … | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

Move over, Silicon Valley. Engineers are quitting for climate tech

There’s a new kid in town luring away smart people looking for purpose and willing to take a chance on something new. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

How Russia’s troll army spread on YouTube and Instagram

A new study shows how a pro-Kremlin group used Telegram to coordinate talking points for real Russians, helping propaganda about the war in Ukraine spread on Instagram and YouTube. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

The US is ready to block China’s access to advanced chip design software

The export controls are designed to hurt China and its effort to create better AI. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

Yes, you can short a startup

With synthetic derivatives, hedge funds can bet against a startup’s price and VCs can de-risk an aging portfolio. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

Why AI and machine learning are drifting away from the cloud

Cloud computing isn’t going anywhere, but some companies are shifting their machine learning data and models to their own machines they manage in-house. Adopters are spending less money and getting better performance. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

Many computer vision interns lack AI ethics training

The computer vision research community is behind on AI ethics, but it’s not just a research problem. Practitioners say the ethics disconnect persists as young computer vision scientists make their way into the ranks of corporate AI. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

Cloudflare’s unique network could make it the most essential security vendor

As Cloudflare seeks to win over enterprises with its zero-trust security services, CEO Matthew Prince told Protocol, “We just come at [cybersecurity] differently than all of the other vendors that are out there.” The company will need to take on some of the most-established vendo … | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

A former Amazon exec thinks Disney will win the metaverse

Just making VR versions of its movies won’t be enough for Hollywood to win the metaverse, says Matthew Ball. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

How Snyk proved that focusing on developers is the new road map for AppSec

Cybersecurity has yet to embrace freemium in a major way. But investors say Snyk's success is starting to change that. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

Data centers are melting in U.K. heat wave

Both Google and Oracle are experiencing cooling-related issues. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

TAE hit a major nuclear fusion milestone

TAE Technologies raked in $250 million in its latest funding round, which will allow it to build a research reactor that represents the “penultimate step” in commercializing fusion power. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

Russia is banning crypto payments

​Russian president Vladimir Putin signed a law Friday banning the use of crypto payments for goods and services. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

Risk of abortion data subpoenas led Proov off AWS to Google Cloud

All politics are local – and as statewide abortion restrictions force new data protection worries for health app providers like Proov, all reproductive health data is political. Cloud providers will face new challenges. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

Google contractor says she was fired for talking about pay

According to a charge filed with the National Labor Relations Board, "ungoogley" is Google's term for having a bad attitude. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

ClickUp unexpectedly lays off 7% of its staff

The move comes after the productivity company's recent massive funding round. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

Plan C, a top abortion pill resource, is sharing data with Facebook and Google

PlanCPills.org uses third-party ad trackers that convey sensitive information about people seeking abortion pills. Doing without them may be “an impossible ask.” | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

Musk wants out. For real this time

It was easy trying to write off the saga as one that elicited more attention than was likely warranted. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

Celsius sued by crypto asset manager KeyFi

KeyFi was managing customer assets for Celsius but alleges the crypto firm didn't protect customer funds. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

Foundation models changed AI forever; they need to be released responsibly

Foundation models like GPT-3 and DALL-E are changing AI forever. We urgently need to develop community norms that guarantee research access and help guide the future of AI responsibly. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago

Shopify’s NFT plans aren’t slowing down for the crypto crash

Shopify is letting merchants use NFTs for their customers to unlock special products, perks and experiences. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 1 year ago