Andy Jassy made $29.2 million in 2024. That’s a lot of money by any measure — but by the standards of mega-cap tech CEOs, it’s practically modest. And the structure of his compensation tells a more interesting story than the raw number ever could. Amazon disclosed the figure in its annual proxy filing, breaking down
Somewhere between the bloated ribbon bars of Microsoft Word and the austere blinking cursor of a terminal window, a quiet movement has been building. Writers — not software engineers, but people who craft prose for a living or for love — are adopting Git, the version control system built by Linus Torvalds for managing Linux
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Small Web BusinessOracle released Java 26 on Tuesday, and while no single feature screams headline material, the cumulative weight of what shipped tells a story worth paying attention to. Eighteen JDK Enhancement Proposals made the cut. HTTP/3 support is finally here. So are compact object headers that promise to shrink memory overhead. And the six-month release cadence
A peculiar thing is happening in the world of free software. Linux distributions — the volunteer-built operating systems that power everything from Android phones to the International Space Station — are starting to block access from entire countries. Not because of sanctions. Not because of war. Because of age verification laws. Brazil fired the starting
Mozilla dropped a quiet bombshell this week. Starting with Firefox 140, every user of the browser now has access to a built-in, free VPN — no subscription required, no extension to install, no hoops to jump through. Just open the browser and flip a switch. The feature, which Mozilla calls its “Free VPN,” is baked
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Small Web BusinessA minor point release for an older stable branch of an open-source multimedia framework doesn’t usually make headlines. But PipeWire 1.4.11, which landed this week, tells a story that extends well beyond a handful of patched bugs. It speaks to the maturation of Linux audio infrastructure, the careful maintenance strategies that underpin enterprise and embedded
The browser market is dominated by a handful of giants. Google Chrome commands roughly two-thirds of global usage. Safari, Edge, and Firefox split most of the rest. And then there’s Vivaldi — a browser with a devoted but comparatively tiny user base that keeps shipping features its larger competitors either ignore or take years to
Germany just drew a line in the sand. The country’s federal government has officially mandated the Open Document Format (ODF) as the standard for all public administration document exchange, embedding it within what Berlin calls its “Sovereign Digital Stack” — a sweeping initiative to wrest control of government technology infrastructure away from proprietary vendors, most
Canonical’s latest Ubuntu beta release landed last week with a split personality — and that’s exactly the point. Ubuntu 26.04, codenamed “Questing Quokka,” arrived in beta form on May 29, shipping two separate desktop images for the first time in the distribution’s history. One runs the familiar GNOME desktop. The other runs a brand-new, Canonical-built
The claim site is open. The deadline is approaching. And the payout, for most people, will barely cover a cup of coffee. Google has agreed to pay $100 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that its Android operating system collected user data even when people thought they had opted out. The settlement website —