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There's an atproto community conference happening in Hamburg next week!

I don't remember the last time I was this emotionally invested

Building Knot: My Journey to a Cloud-Based Development Environment Creating a tool for running cloud based development environments.

I decided to document the journey to date on building my own tool for creating and working with cloud based development environments.

This update is rolling out on mobile now! If you don’t see the new video feed, try restarting your app once or twice to let the latest changes take effect.

Looking Back At 2024 AT Protocol Development | Bluesky In May 2024, we published a 2024 Protocol Roadmap, and we want to give an end-of-year update. We will follow up soon with a forward-looking roadmap for 2025.

2024 was a big year for atproto!

We've got an update looking back at progress that has been made, and some protocol work in progress. Will have a 2025 roadmap to share soon.

It's markdown on posts and works with any app (I think)https://docs.bsky.app/docs/advanced-guides/post-richtext

Requiem for Raghavan Last week, Prabhakar Raghavan was relieved of duty as Senior Vice President of Search, becoming Google's "Chief Technologist."  An important rule to follow with somebody's title in Silicon Valley is ...

Newsletter: Google has deposed Prabhakar Raghavan, the Man Who Killed Google Search, in a desperate move to reverse a years-long decline in revenue growth, product stagnation, and a categorical failure to make any impact with their AI products.
www.wheresyoured.at/requiem-for-raghavan/

DOJ, states win Google search antitrust case “Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly,” Judge Mehta wrote.

On Monday, a federal judge handed down a significant ruling in favour of the Justice Department and numerous state attorneys general, determining that #Google has unlawfully monopolised the online #search and advertising markets over the past decade.

Tennis great-turned-philanthropist Roger Federer delivered the Commencement address at Dartmouth on June 9, 2024. The eight-time Wimbledon champion gave pointers on how to win at life. Federer received a Doctor of Humane Letters degree at the Commencement ceremony. More from our 2024 Commencement: https://bit.ly/3yUug9E 2024 Commencement Address by Roger Federer at Dartmouth

Inspirational commencement speech by Roger Federer at Dartmouth University. The gist of the speech - don't fixate on past outcomes instead learn from them and move on -

"You want to become a master at overcoming hard moments. That to me is the sign of a champion"

Why advertisers can no longer trust Google Trust in Google has absolutely collapsed in the wake of revelations from the DOJ antitrust trial. Eleven advertisers told us why.

I remember when Microsoft was the evil empire and Google's slogan was "Do no evil" now it's reversed - Google's trust is at its lowest point. We need a viable alternative. #adwords #google #search

Ordered back to the office, top tech talent left instead, study finds In the months following return-to-office mandates, an increased number of senior employees departed Apple, Microsoft and SpaceX, often to work for competitors.

Return-to-office mandates at some of the most powerful tech companies — Apple, Microsoft and SpaceX — were followed by a spike in departures among the most senior, tough-to-replace talent, according to a case study published last week.

Chinese network behind one of world’s ‘largest online scams’ Exclusive: Vast web of fake shops touting designer brands took money and personal details from 800,000 people in Europe and US, data suggests

Over 800,000 people in Europe and the US were duped by 76,000 fake designer shops, a #global scam netting potentially €50m. Be alert for phoney online stores claiming to sell luxury brands! #ConsumerAlert

Reminder: Apply for a grant for your own project! This is a rolling application until we distribute all $10k of this program's allocation. Learn more about how to apply here.

The Man Who Killed Google Search This is the story of how Google Search died, and the people responsible for killing it. The story begins on February 5th 2019, when Ben Gomes, Google’s head of search, had a problem. Jerry Dischler, ...

Today's newsletter is the story of how Prabhakar Raghavan, Google's former head of ads - led a coup so that he could run Google Search, and how an email chain from 2019 began a cascade of events that would lead to him running it into the ground.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-...

A screenshot of the Bluesky settings page. Under "Advanced," the option to "Disable haptics" is highlighted

📢 1.77 is rolling out now (2/7)

We heard your feedback, and we’ve added the ability to turn off vibrations in the app. In your Settings page, this is the “Disable haptics” setting.

Developers! Starting today, you can host your own data.

Read our blog post on early access federation for self-hosters for details on how to get started:

docs.bsky.app/blog/self-ho...

ChatGPT Explained: Powering Conversational AI Discover how ChatGPT revolutionizes communication with advanced AI, offering insights into its development and ethical considerations.

The latest article on SearchGo - ChatGPT Explained by Vincent Zegna.

"ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI, is a pioneering language model that utilises deep learning techniques to process and generate text that closely mirrors human conversation."

The Skincare Centre | Advanced Beauty Salon in Kent The Skincare Centre is an award-winning beauty salon offering advanced skincare, manicure - pedicure, and anti-ageing treatments in Kent.

We were asked to develop a rebrand and full design for The Skincare Centre in Kent - the results here: skincarecentre.uk

📢 App Version 1.61 is rolling out now (1/3)

There's now an in-app video and music player for links! YouTube, SoundCloud, Spotify, and Twitch embeds now play in the app.

This will only trigger after a tap. (No autoplay.)

Official Bluesky logo depicting a white butterfly 🦋 on a blue background.

Bluesky have an official logo. A white butterfly 🦋 on a blue background for all you social butterflies.

Is this official or third party?

classic

Threaded Mode is now in effect. This means post replies will be shown in a threaded view. Go into settings | Thread Preferences | Enable Threaded Mode

UK Legal Requirements for Website Contact Information | Sonet UK law requires companies to disclose their registered contact details on their websites

Latest blog: Website Contact Information and the Law - business websites must provide the right business details including address or registered business address.

If you're experiencing issues with ChatGPT in Google Chrome, it's a good idea to check your DNS settings. If you're using OpenDNS, consider switching to Google DNS IPs as a potential solution. Many OpenAI customers reporting difficulties accessing ChatGPT, this DNS change may solve the problem.

Way to go @jay.bsky.team 1,000,000

Bluesky is still in beta and I'm guessing this feature will be rolled out sooner rather than later.

Since notifications have been added to Bluesky, could we consider granular control options? For instance, allowing users to receive notifications solely from individuals they follow.

Absolutely Deana - enjoy.

So glad you made it here, Lily!