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Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has reported $20.87 billion in revenue for the second quarter of 2017. Its earnings would have been $8.90 per share without the record-setting $2.7 billion fine imposed by the European Union’s antitrust authority. With the fine, the company had net income of $3.52 billion or $5.01 per share. Google’s […]

Mozilla developer Dietrich Ayala recently conducted an unusual test where he timed how long it took various iterations of the Firefox browser to open 1,691 tabs, which Ayala admitted was “ridiculous numbers of tabs.” The two most recent versions, Firefox 55 and 56, needed just 15 seconds to complete the task. By comparison, Firefox 51 […]

The Internet Bug Bounty (IBB) project has announced that it has raised $300,000 in additional funding. The group pays bounties to security researchers who find vulnerabilities in open source software applications that provide the foundation for the Web. “Microsoft, Facebook and HackerOne sponsored the IBB at inception,” said Adam Bacchus, chief bounty officer at HackerOne. […]

U.S. and international law enforcement officials have taken down AlphaBay and Hansa Market, two of the most well-known places to buy drugs and other illegal merchandise over the Internet. Both were part of the dark web, which is only accessible to people using the Tor network. Around the same time that the two sites went […]

Speaking with reporters this week, White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said, “The previous administration went about this the wrong way by imposing rules on ISPs through the FCC’s Title II rulemaking power. We support the FCC chair’s efforts to review and consider rolling back these rules and believe that the best way to […]

The Tor Project, which is best known for its secure, anonymous browser, has launched a new bug bounty program on HackerOne under the hashtag #HackTor. “Millions of people around the world depend on Tor to browse the internet privately and securely every day, so our security is critical,” the organization said. “Bugs in our code […]

Since June 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received more than 40,000 net neutrality complaints from consumers objecting to the behavior of their Internet service providers (ISPs). Two months ago, the National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FoIA) request asking for the release of the text of the complaints. […]

Firefox maker Mozilla has launched a new open source JavaScript tool called sphinx-js. Intended as an alternative for and complement to JSDoc, sphinx-js brings the capabilities of the Sphinx Python documentation project to JavaScript. The sphinx-js website explains that the tool is especially well-suited to large JavaScript projects. “When you write a JavaScript library, how […]

Streaming service Netflix has announced that it added 5.2 million subscribers in the most recent quarter, bringing its total to 104 million subscribers. Those numbers were higher than analysts expected, which led to a 10 percent increase in the Web company’s stock price. Recently, Netfilx has been producing more original content. That strategy seems to […]

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced that two of its cloud computing services — AWS CodeStar and AWS CodeBuild — now support .NET Core, Microsoft’s open source development platform for creating Web applications. CodeStar has new .NET Core templates. And CodeBuild, which simplifies building and deploying applications, now enables developers to deploy .NET Core applications […]

For any website, cultivating repeat visitor traffic is a key concern. Jason Hawkins has posted an article at Search Engine Journal that offers seven tips for building loyalty. They include the following: Have a Solid Website Design Be Transparent & Helpful Use Statistics & Case Studies Provide Social Proof through Customer Reviews & Testimonials Showcase […]

In the wake of a record-setting fine against Google in a European antitrust case, Brazil-based Buscapé is pushing ahead with a similar lawsuit against the search giant. Buscapé is a price comparison engine, and it plans to use many of the details from the EU ruling in its own case. The company accuses Google of […]