List of contributions by the tech community to anti-racism groups

Matching employee donations to Black Lives Matter, Equal Justice Initiative and Black Girls Code. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 3 years ago

Microsoft, Amazon, & IBM express ‘solidarity.’ Should they end police contracts?

Activists say powerful tech companies have a responsibility to break business ties with law enforcement or use those relationships as leverage to demand needed reforms. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 3 years ago

‘Rammed it through’: Trump's Twitter order riles staffers and tech reformers

The hasty move angered many Section 230 reformers who believe the administration's actions undermine their cause. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 3 years ago

‘Hardware is hard’: Boz on VR’s iPhone moment and Facebook’s big bets

The latest on Oculus Quest, Portal and COVID-19 supply chain issues from Facebook's top hardware exec. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 3 years ago

Why Facebook thinks game-streaming is the future of Oculus VR

Jason Rubin, Facebook's vice president for special gaming initiatives, tells Protocol how Facebook thinks about gaming — and why streaming games are the future. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 3 years ago

'This happened fast': How Giphy's founders fast-tracked the Facebook deal

Giphy investor John Borthwick on why the $400 million deal made sense and what this means for the company's other integrations. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 3 years ago

Sporcle followed trivia fans from bars to Zoom and built a $2.5M business

Sporcle's move from bar trivia to virtual trivia is a prime example of the potential of Zoom — and perhaps its competitors — as platforms for third-party developers. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 3 years ago

How Zocdoc pivoted to video and seized the telehealth boom

In just two months, CEO Oliver Kharraz and his team built what other telemedicine companies had needed years to pull off. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 3 years ago

Alphabet scraps one plan to build and starts up another

Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs shuts down its project in Toronto, as another Alphabet-backed infrastructure investment gets off the ground. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 3 years ago

Some of the world's best cloud talent is assembling in an unlikely place: Apple

Apple has for years been considered a bit of a backwater in the tech infrastructure community, far behind companies like AWS, Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Netflix. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 3 years ago

Facebook’s oversight board could rewrite the rules of the entire internet

The new content moderation board is built so other companies could get in on the action. That could be a mixed blessing. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 3 years ago

Google’s next streaming device will shake up the Android TV world

The new dongle, with a content-centric user interface and possibly Nest-branded, is set to debut in the coming months. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 3 years ago

Risk and privacy collide as companies weigh contact tracing

Nearly one-quarter of CFOs surveyed by accounting giant PwC said contact tracing was part of their office reopening strategy. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 3 years ago

3D printing finally finds market in coronavirus pandemic

When COVID-19 disrupted supply chains, 3D printing stepped in to fill the gap. Will it stick around once the dust has settled? | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 3 years ago

How an army of tech volunteers is helping local governments cope with Covid-19

More than 4,500 volunteers, some hailing from the top tech companies, have signed up to wield their expertise as part of the U.S. Digital Response. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 4 years ago

Google’s Thomas Kurian on Covid-19, customers in crisis and the big cloud fight

More than a year after he joined Google Cloud, the CEO has made little headway against AWS and Microsoft. But once the shock of coronavirus fades, there will be plenty of cloud business to be won. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 4 years ago

Here Come the Zoom Startups

Your five-minute guide to what's happening in tech this Friday, from a flock of Zoom-based startups to the way Amazon builds its in-house brands. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 4 years ago

Little server startup wants to take on a horde of tech giants

Oxide Computer is a bold bet by three prominent engineers that some day, more and more companies will want cloudlike hardware under their own control. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 4 years ago

DNC's Blueprint data tool will help down-ballot campaigns

Called Blueprint, the new tool will help down-ballot campaigns figure out what voters to target, the latest effort in a multi-year effort to fix the Democrats' data operation. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 4 years ago

First Microsoft copied Chrome – now it’s trying to beat it

After changing the tech that powers its browser, Microsoft is giving Edge new privacy tools, smarter bookmarks and a better way to manage all those tabs you have open. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 4 years ago

Pelosi, Khanna plead for stimulus to include VC-backed startups

In a letter, the lawmakers ask the Trump administration to include the "engine of the innovation economy" in stimulus package loans. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 4 years ago

The Unlock Cloudflare Worker

Cloudflare is a leading Content Delivery Network provider. Web sites and application can use Cloudflare to add a layer between consumers and their applications in order to increase delivery speed, reduce the impact of attacks... or, add an Unlock lock! | Continue reading


@unlock-protocol.com | 4 years ago

Why Slack’s CEO says he's not worried about Microsoft

"We should always be doing what a smart, well-informed customer would have us be doing." | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 4 years ago

A small health tech startup beat Alphabet with a coronavirus screening tool

It didn't take 1,700 engineers to build a symptoms checker that could help save lives. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 4 years ago

Zoom conquered video chat – now it has even bigger plans

Before coronavrius locked workers at home, Zoom was a leading videoconferencing tool. But it wants to be more. It wants to be your whole office. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 4 years ago

Google has 1,700 engineers working on Trump’s Covid website (according to Trump)

The company tweeted soon after that the tool "is in the early stages of development." | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 4 years ago

Google's Android TV Terms Hurt Amazon's Fire TV Efforts

The search giant has pressured TV manufacturers not to use Amazon's Fire TV system. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 4 years ago

UK's New Digital Tax Starts in April

The U.K. government has confirmed that it will levy a 2% tax on "the revenues of search engines, social media services and online marketplaces, which derive value from U.K. users" starting from April 1.Companies with global revenue of over £500 million (or about $650 million), wh … | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 4 years ago

‘Locate X’ allows US federal law enforcement to track phones through apps

Federal agencies have big contracts with Virginia-based Babel Street. Depending on where you've traveled, your movements may be in the company's data. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 4 years ago

Nokia could soon find itself in the middle of a 5G power struggle

The flailing telecommunications provider is reportedly exploring its options. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 4 years ago

A parody Twitter account hits a nerve with Silicon Valley VCs

Investors either are loving or blocking @VCBrags, which retweets investors' best brags. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 4 years ago

Snap Acquires Daqri Assets: Inside a $300M startup flop

Former employees detail the company's rocky path to failure. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 4 years ago

The high-stakes fight over Bolivia’s lithium

Bolivia has the largest known resources of lithium. Can it build an industry to supply the world's growing demand? | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 4 years ago

Data Protection Act of 2020 would create first U.S. privacy protection agency

The Data Protection Agency would enforce federal privacy laws out of the hands of the FTC. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 4 years ago

Is Google cooling on open-source foundations?

Google reneges on an open-source promise as movement declines. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 4 years ago

Mozilla lost the browser wars. It still thinks it can save the internet

The inside story of a very long, sometimes lonely and totally quixotic quest. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 4 years ago

SoftBank Backed Brandless Shuts Down

The online retailer is stopping all orders and laying off 70 people. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 4 years ago

Checkr Has Faced ~80 Lawsuits over Erroneous Background Checks

In a flurry of lawsuits, drivers say Checkr cost them their livelihoods. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 4 years ago

Why big tech is betting big on gaming in 2020

Gaming is the biggest entertainment industry. Tech is finally taking it seriously. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 4 years ago

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@protocol.com | 4 years ago

The 2:30am tech bus from Salida

In search of affordable housing, tech employees move all the way into the Central Valley. Private tech shuttles follow. | Continue reading


@protocol.com | 4 years ago

Unlocking Smart Contracts

Unlock value-added features directly in your smart contract. Trivial to implement with endless opportunities. We show you how and discuss some reasons why this might be interesting to you. | Continue reading


@unlock-protocol.com | 4 years ago

GitHub Sponsorships on Ethereum Blockchain

A sponsor or a donor is a member of a unique club; the club of people and organizations which help someone do their work "for free" for the rest of the world. Unlock can easily be used to create sponsorships! | Continue reading


@unlock-protocol.com | 4 years ago

A Protocol for Membership

The Unlock protocol provides a way for people to show their support and access exclusive content, features, or even status. It is a web-native way for creators to monetize their work. | Continue reading


@unlock-protocol.com | 4 years ago