Hacker News with Generative AI: Non-profit Organizations

AI bots are destroying Open Access (blogspot.com)
There's a war going on on the Internet. AI companies with billions to burn are hard at work destroying the websites of libraries, archives, non-profit organizations, and scholarly publishers, anyone who is working to make quality information universally available on the internet. And the technologists defending against this broad-based attack are doing everything they can to preserve their outlets while trying to remain true to the mission of providing the digital lifeblood of science and culture to the world.

Artificial Intelligence, Open Access, Libraries, Non-profit Organizations, Scholarly Publishing

99 points by dhacks 8 days ago | 49 comments

The Humans Building AI Scientists (asimov.press)
From inside an industrial facade in San Francisco’s Dogpatch neighborhood, a crow takes flight. This tool-using corvid is the chosen mascot of FutureHouse, a nonprofit determined to automate scientific discovery using AI agents that can generate hypotheses, connect existing findings, and even suggest experiments.

Artificial Intelligence, Science, Research, Non-profit Organizations

71 points by surprisetalk 14 days ago | 25 comments

The OSI First to Endorse United Nations Open Source Principles (unite.un.org)
The United Nations Open Source United community and the Open Source Initiative (OSI) today announced that the OSI has become the first organization to officially endorse the UN Open Source Principles.

Open Source, United Nations, Technology, Non-profit Organizations

11 points by pabs3 22 days ago | 1 comments

Trees not profits: we're giving up our right to ever sell Ecosia (2018) (ecosia.org)
When I founded Ecosia a few years ago, I made two promises:

Environmentalism, Sustainability, Non-profit Organizations, Business

346 points by erlend_sh 24 days ago | 215 comments

NLnet Foundation: We fund projects that help fix the internet (nlnet.nl)
We support organisations and people who contribute to an open internet for all. We fund projects that help fix the internet through open hardware, open software, open standards, open science and open data. After its historical contribution to the early internet in Europe in the 1980's, NLnet has been financially supporting the open internet since 1997.

Internet, Non-profit Organizations, Open Source, Technology, Funding

59 points by doener 30 days ago | 7 comments

Does Firefox sell your personal data? (github.com/mozilla)
Firefox is independent and a part of the not-for-profit Mozilla, which fights for your online rights, keeps corporate powers in check and makes the internet accessible to everyone, everywhere. We believe the internet is for people, not profit. Unlike other companies, we don’t sell access to your data. You’re in control over who sees your search and browsing history. All that and exceptional performance too.

Privacy, Browsers, Mozilla, Non-profit Organizations

44 points by hellhammer1982 36 days ago | 7 comments

Celebrating Ten Years of Encrypting the Web with Let's Encrypt (2023) (eff.org)
Ten years ago, the web was a very different place. Most websites didn’t use HTTPS to protect your data. As a result, snoops could read emails or even take over accounts by stealing cookies. But a group of determined researchers and technologists from EFF and the University of Michigan were dreaming of a better world: one where every web page you visited was protected from spying and interference. Meanwhile, another group at Mozilla was working on the same dream.

Security, Web Development, Encryption, Non-profit Organizations

4 points by debo_ 57 days ago | 0 comments

Mastodon's founder cedes control, refuses to become next Musk or Zuckerberg (arstechnica.com)
Mastodon announced Monday that it's shifting its structure over the next six months to become wholly owned by a European nonprofit organization—

Social Media, Decentralization, Non-profit Organizations

8 points by gpi 78 days ago | 2 comments

Mastodon announces new European non-profit, change of CEO (joinmastodon.org)
Mastodon is taking important steps to ensure its legal and operational structures better reflect and support the pursuit of these ideals.

Social Media, Non-profit Organizations, Leadership, Europe

356 points by andypiper 80 days ago | 143 comments

Stay Safe from Wildfires When Seconds Count (watchduty.org)
Watch Duty, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, alerts you of nearby wildfires and firefighting efforts in real-time.

Wildfires, Safety, Technology, Non-profit Organizations, Emergency Response

8 points by mooreds 84 days ago | 1 comments

A Note from Our Executive Director (letsencrypt.org)
The past year at ISRG has been a great one and I couldn’t be more proud of our staff, community, funders, and other partners that made it happen.

Non-profit Organizations, Annual Reports, Leadership

31 points by soheilpro 112 days ago | 8 comments

Mozilla Foundation crumbles as third of staff cast off (theregister.com)
The Mozilla Foundation is laying off about a third of its staff. The non-profit org, which oversees the corporation that develops the Firefox web browser, insists it will continue its advocacy mission, though its approach may change.

Mozilla, Non-profit Organizations, Layoffs, Technology, Web Browsers

13 points by urlwolf 118 days ago | 4 comments

Mozilla Foundation lays off third of staff (theregister.com)
The Mozilla Foundation is laying off about a third of its staff. The non-profit org, which oversees the corporation that develops the Firefox web browser, insists it will continue its advocacy mission, though its approach may change.

Mozilla Foundation, Layoffs, Non-profit Organizations, Web Browsers

12 points by chacha102 147 days ago | 2 comments

Democratising publishing (onolan.org)
Ghost is a distributed non-profit foundation which gives away all of its intellectual property under a permissive MIT license.

Publishing, Open Source, Non-profit Organizations

174 points by mxstbr 154 days ago | 50 comments

Up to $41B in World Bank climate finance unaccounted for, Oxfam finds (oxfam.org)
Up to $41 billion in World Bank climate finance —nearly 40 percent of all climate funds disbursed by the Bank over the past seven years— is unaccounted for due to poor record-keeping practices, reveals a new Oxfam report published today ahead of the World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings in Washington D.C.

World Bank, Climate Finance, Transparency, Accountability, Non-profit Organizations

344 points by wallbrownf 157 days ago | 139 comments

Jupyter Transitioning from NumFOCUS to the Linux Foundation (medium.com)
We are writing to inform you of an important change involving one of our projects. After many years as a NumFOCUS project, Jupyter will be transitioning to the Linux Foundation.

Jupyter, Linux Foundation, Open Source, Software, Non-profit Organizations

6 points by rossant 168 days ago | 1 comments

Who Pays for the Arts? (esquire.com)
In the U.S., the arts are subsidized by the very wealthy and the very poor. But amid ongoing turmoil in the nonprofit world, some people are trying to build a new creative economy.

Arts Funding, Non-profit Organizations, Economics, Creative Industries

136 points by Caiero 182 days ago | 320 comments

Open research Europe: Towards a collective open access publishing service (europa.eu)
This report puts forward a vision for Open Research Europe as a collective non-profit open access publishing service for the public good.

Research, Europe, Non-profit Organizations

27 points by nabla9 196 days ago | 14 comments

One Laptop per Child (wikipedia.org)

Education, Non-profit Organizations, Developing World

20 points by tosh 219 days ago | 21 comments

Girls in Tech closes its doors after 17 years (venturebeat.com)

Non-profit Organizations, Technology, Business

207 points by ushakov 267 days ago | 481 comments

Ladybird Web Browser becomes a non-profit with $1M from GitHub Founder (locals.com)