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GitHub Sponsors Is Now Available in 30 Countries and Developers Hope It Could Help Grow Open-Source Projects
Open-source projects often fail to flourish as they’re not properly funded. GitHub thinks this will change that.
GitHub Is Censored in Spain as the Government Attempts to Silence Catalan Protestors
It shows a worrying precedent that governments are willing to shut down access to valuable tools for businesses in their country in order to try and crush any organized display of democracy.
GitLab Commits to Working With All Companies, Regardless of Politics or Values
GitLab is taking a different stance to some of its competitors.
Boostnote Is an Easy to Use Open-Source, Cross-Platform Note-Taking App in Active Development
Other features include Markdown auto-formatting and drag-and-drop embedding of images.
Amazon Cuts Off Service to Iran, Preventing Citizens From Using Proxies and VPNs, Citing US Sanctions
Since much of Iran’s internet is locked down, citizens were relying on US tech companies to run VPNs and proxies to open the free and open internet.
GitHub Deletes Developer’s “Life’s Work” Video Game Project, After a “Report Made Out of Spite”
GitHub has apologized for the error and said that the situation will be “investigated and learned from”
GitHub Sponsors Will Help to Fund Open Source Projects
Developers believe that GitHub’s new sponsorship feature will help open source project flourish.
Chinese Developers Fear Being Locked Out of GitHub, and Losing Access to Open Source Software if the Trade War Continues
Much of the internet’s software relies on open source code.
Buster Is a New Browser Extension That Automatically Solves Annoying CAPTCHAs for You
A new open-source plug-in, Buster, will solve these tests for you by employing automatic speech recognition to solve reCAPTCHA audio challenges.
“Google Unlocked” Extension Allows You to Uncensor DMCA Google Search Links
The extension goes through Google’s massive Lumen Database listing legal complaints and takedown requests.
Block Annoying Chat Popups With the New Hello Goodbye Browser Extension
Hello Goodbye is a free browser add on that lets you get rid of those annoying chat and helpdesk pop-ups.