Github
The Open Source Community Is Calling on Github to ‘Drop ICE'
And it's using Github's own cat mascot to do it.
GitHub Takes Down Popcorn Time Desktop App After Copyright Complaint
Popcorn Time, a popular Netflix-style app for torrents, has hit yet another snag thanks to Hollywood studios. But it will live to stream another day.
As GitHub’s Conference Begins, Five Employees Resign Over ICE Contract
Tech workers are protesting outside of Github’s biggest event of the year—and several speakers have dropped out.
Why I Quit GitHub
Sophie Haskins, a software engineer, tells Motherboard how she decided it was time to quit her job at a tech company that contracts to ICE.
Spain and GitHub Are Blocking an App That Helped Protesters Organize
As thousands of people protest in Barcelona, an app meant to organize activists was blocked by Github on request of the government.
GitHub CEO Says It Has to Follow Microsoft’s Lead on Working With ICE
Multiple GitHub employees recalled comments from CEO Nat Friedman made during an internal company meeting.
Internal Email Shows GitHub Plans to Renew ICE Contract
Even though GitHub leadership and others oppose ICE’s child separation policy, an internal email suggests GitHub won’t stop ICE from renewing a contract with the tech company.
'Collapse OS' Is an Open Source Operating System for the Post-Apocalypse
The operating system is designed to work with ubiquitous, easy-to-scavenge components in a future where consumer electronics are a thing of the past.
Hackers Target Sex Forum Exposing Users’ Email Addresses
Hackers stole data from Flirtsexchat, a sex website running vulnerable vBulletin software.
Company That Provides Tech to ICE Not Renewing Contract After Code-Deletion Protest
Last week, a former employee deleted open-source code he wrote for a tool called Chef in protest over an ICE contract. Now, Chef says it will not renew its work with ICE.
'Everyone Should Have a Moral Code' Says Developer Who Deleted Code Sold to ICE
Seth Vargo wrote code used in a platform called Chef. When he learned ICE was a customer, he wrestled with ICE using code he had personally written.
GitHub Removed Open Source Versions of DeepNude
After the creator of DeepNude shuttered its app that digitally undressed women, multiple people uploaded their own versions to GitHub.