Brendan Eich

Brave’s non-tracking, browser-based video conferencing tool is out of beta

Brave, the startup behind the eponymous non-tracking browser, has launched a non-tracking video conferencing add-on out of beta — letting all users make and receive video calls straight from the

The Rust programming language finds a new home in a nonprofit foundation

Rust — the programming language, not the survival game — now has a new home: the Rust Foundation. AWS, Huawei, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla banded together to launch this new foundation t

Brave web browser adds native support for peer-to-peer IPFS protocol

The decentralized tech community is aiming to find support for technologies that go beyond cryptocurrency support. In a blog post today the team at Brave announced that they have worked with Protocol

Brave launches version 1.0 of its privacy-focused browser

Brave, the company co-founded by ex-Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich after his ouster from the organization in 2014, today launched version 1.0 of its browser for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS. In a

The Brave browser launches ads that reward users for viewing

With the latest desktop version of the Brave browser, users can now opt-in to the Brave Ads program. Brave is an ad-blocking web browser startup led by Brendan Eich, creator of the JavaScript programm

Tor pulls in record donations as it lessens reliance on US government grants

Tor, the open-source initiative that provides a more secure way to access the internet, is continuing to diversify its funding away from its long-standing reliance on U.S. government grants. The Tor P

Mozilla is matching all donations to the Tor Project

Firefox parent Mozilla is returning to back the Tor Project, its long-time ally, after it committed to matching all donations made to fund Tor, the open source initiative to improve online privacy wh

Blockchain browser Brave starts opt-in testing of on-device ad targeting

Brave, an ad-blocking web browser with a blockchain-based twist, has started trials of ads that reward viewers for watching them — the next step in its ambitious push towards a consent-based, p

Former Mozilla CEO raises $35M in under 30 seconds for his browser startup Brave

There’s been a whole lot of talk about initial coin offerings (ICO), company fundraising events based around the sale of cryptocurrencies, but not much in the way of action until yesterday. That

With Brave Software, JavaScript’s Creator Is Building A Browser For The Ad-Blocked Future

Brendan Eich, creator of JavaScript programming language and former CEO of Mozilla, is working on something new — a web browser that will block ads (particularly the kinds that slow performance and

Google, Eich, Rice: The Evil That Tech Does

Techies hate politics. Well, no: we hate the <em>idea</em> of politics. Whenever I talk to pretty much anyone in the industry about politics as a sphere of human endeavor, from individual coders to z

Gillmor Gang: Deep Bench

The Gillmor Gang — Dan Farber, Kevin Marks, Semil Shah, Robert Scoble, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor — Heartbleed security hole, changing landscape of Twitter notifications, Brendan Eich's exit f

Brendan Eich Resigns As Mozilla CEO Following Criticism Of His Support For Prop 8

Recent Mozilla CEO pick Brendan Eich is no longer CEO, according to a new blog post from Mozilla itself (via Re/code). The post, penned by Mozilla’s Executive Chairwoman Mitchell Baker, explain

OkCupid Offers Firefox Visitors Links To Alternate Browsers To Protest New Mozilla CEO

Online dating site OkCupid is presenting Firefox visitors with something other than the standard home page you’d normally encounter – instead, there’s a lengthy message apologizing for t

After Supporting Prop 8, New CEO Brendan Eich Comes Under Fire From Mozilla Employees

Mozilla employees across the web are calling for the removal of new CEO Brendan Eich, who previously held the position of CTO and has been with the company since its formation out of Netscape in the 9

Mozilla Appoints JavaScript Creator Brendan Eich As Its New CEO

Last April, Mozilla <a target="_blank" href="https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2013/04/10/gearing-up-for-the-next-chapter/">announced</a> that Gary Kovacs was stepping down as the organization's CEO and t

Why Mozilla Matters And Won’t Switch To WebKit

Earlier this week, Opera <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2013/02/13/opera-sings-the-final-song-with-its-rendering-engine-decides-to-shift-to-webkit/">announced </a>that it would stop working on its ow

JavaScript Creator And Mozilla CTO Brendan Eich To Advise Ajax.org

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/eich.jpg" class="shot2" /> <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/brendan-eich">Brendan Eich</a>, creator of the JavaScript scripting lang