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| December 2024 |
DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo criticized Google's proposed remedies in an antitrust case, arguing that the proposals do not foster genuine competition in search engine markets. CEO Gabriel Weinberg stated the measures 'attempt to maintain the status quo'.
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| November 26 2024 |
Koha
Koha software release version 2024.11, recognized as the current stable release version.
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| May 28 2024 |
Koha
Koha software release version 2024.05, identified as the 'oldstable' release version.
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| April 2024 |
DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo launched Privacy Pro, a paid subscription service for U.S. browser users that includes a VPN, Personal Information Removal, and Identity Theft Restoration.
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| December 1 2023 |
XCAT
Planned end-of-life date for xCAT project if no new community maintainers were identified.
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| November 2023 |
UseModWiki
Minor update released to reflect the domain change.
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| November 30 2023 |
Koha
Koha software release version 2023.11, continuing the bi-annual feature release schedule.
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| September 2023 |
XCAT
Primary developers of xCAT announced they had moved to other roles and were seeking community maintainers, potentially planning to end-of-life the project if no new maintainers were found.
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| September 2023 |
UseModWiki
Official domain moved to usemod.org.
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| May 31 2023 |
Koha
Koha software release version 2023.05, maintaining the established release pattern.
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| March 2023 |
DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo added DuckAssist to Instant Answers, a feature using large language models from OpenAI and Anthropic to generate answers by scanning online encyclopedias like Wikipedia and Britannica.
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| December 2022 |
DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo removed their traffic stats page after experiencing stagnation and a slight decline in monthly searches.
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| November 25 2022 |
Koha
Koha software release version 2022.11, marking the first release with Long Term Support (LTS) status.
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| September 2022 |
DuckDuckGo
Debian package maintainers switched the default search engine in Chromium to DuckDuckGo, citing privacy reasons.
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| August 2022 |
DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo began blocking Microsoft's trackers, stating that the previous policy preventing them from doing so no longer applied.
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| May 2022 |
DuckDuckGo
A security report revealed that DuckDuckGo Private Browser was allowing Microsoft's trackers to run on non-DuckDuckGo websites, contrary to their privacy claims.
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| May 28 2022 |
Koha
Koha software release version 2022.05, continuing the project's regular update cycle.
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| April 2022 |
DuckDuckGo
TorrentFreak reported that DuckDuckGo had blocked search results for major pirating websites like The Pirate Bay, 1337x, and FMovies, as well as video downloading software Youtube-dl.
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| April 12 2022 |
DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo launched its own web browser, the DuckDuckGo Private Browser, with protections against web tracking.
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| March 1 2022 |
DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo paused its partnership with Yandex Search in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and announced it would down-rank sites associated with Russian disinformation, which sparked controversy about potential censorship.
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| January 17 2022 |
DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo set a new record of 111,703,299 daily searches.
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| 2021 |
DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo donated US$1 million to various charitable organizations focused on privacy, including $200,000 to the Center for Information Technology Policy, $150,000 to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, $75,000 to European Digital Rights (EDRi), and $75,000 to The Markup.
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| November 25 2021 |
Koha
Koha software release version 2021.11, maintaining the bi-annual feature release schedule.
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| July 2021 |
DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo introduced Email Protection feature, allowing users to claim an '@duck.com' email address that strips data trackers before forwarding emails to their private address. The beta version launched for DuckDuckGo Private Browser on iOS and Android platforms.
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| July 2021 |
DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo launched a new v3 onion service, providing an updated Tor hidden service link for anonymous searching.
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| May 28 2021 |
Koha
Koha software release version 2021.05, following the project's ongoing release methodology.
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| January 11 2021 |
DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo achieved a record of over 102.2 million daily searches.
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| November 27 2020 |
Koha
Koha software release version 2020.11, continuing the established release pattern.
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| May 31 2020 |
Koha
Koha software release version 2020.05, maintaining the project's regular release cadence.
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| 2019 |
BioRuby
BioRuby releases version 2.0.0, representing a major update to the bioinformatics software package.
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| 2019 |
Webmin
A critical security backdoor was discovered in Webmin versions 1.882-1.921, which could allow remote attackers to execute malicious commands with root privileges when the password expiration policy was enabled.
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| 2019 |
LiVES
A version of LiVES for Microsoft Windows was announced, with a planned release targeted for the second half of the year.
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| November 2019 |
DuckDuckGo
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey publicly endorsed DuckDuckGo, stating it was his default search engine and praising its app.
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| November 2019 |
DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo hit 50 million searches per day.
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| November 27 2019 |
Koha
Koha software release version 2019.11, continuing the project's bi-annual feature release schedule.
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| June 27 2019 |
CPanel
cPanel announced a new account-based pricing structure that generated significant customer backlash. Despite the negative response, the company did not revert the pricing changes in a subsequent announcement.
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| May 30 2019 |
Koha
Koha software release version 2019.05, following the project's calendar-based release pattern with maintenance updates.
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| March 2019 |
DuckDuckGo
Google added DuckDuckGo to the default search engine list in Chrome 73.
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| January 2019 |
DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo set a record of 1 billion monthly searches.
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| January 15 2019 |
DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo announced that all map and address-related searches would be powered by Apple Maps on desktop and mobile devices.
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| 2018 |
Koha
The Spanish Ministry of Culture concluded the KOBLI project.
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| December 2018 |
DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo acquired the domain duck.com, which would be used as another shortened URL alias and for their email protection service.
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| December 2018 |
DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo removed approximately 2,000 'bangs' from its search feature, with deletions occurring due to broken links and liability concerns related to pirated content sites.
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| December 2018 |
DuckDuckGo
Google transferred ownership of the domain Duck.com to DuckDuckGo.
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| August 20 2018 |
CPanel
cPanel L.L.C. announces its acquisition by a group led by Oakley Capital. J. Nick Koston sells his interest in cPanel but remains an owner of the company that owns cPanel.
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| 2017 |
Koha
A Library Technology Reports article claimed Koha as the most widely implemented open source integrated library system in the world.
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| November 2017 |
DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo hit 20 million searches per day.
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| July 2016 |
DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo extended its partnership with Yahoo!, adding new features like date filtering of results and additional site links.
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| May 30 2016 |
DuckDuckGo
The Tor Project made DuckDuckGo the default search engine for Tor Browser 6.0.
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| June 2015 |
DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo reached 10 million searches per day.
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