Weekly Platform News: Upgrading Navigations to HTTPS, Sale of .org Domains, New Browser Engine

This week's web development news highlights include DuckDuckGo's enhanced encryption, opposition to the sale of the .org domain, and the development of a novel browser engine. Let's dive into the details!

DuckDuckGo's Smarter Encryption Goes Open Source

DuckDuckGo has open-sourced its "Smarter Encryption" technology, facilitating seamless HTTP to HTTPS upgrades. Pinterest has already adopted this, boosting its outbound HTTPS traffic from 60% to 80%. DuckDuckGo's extensive HTTPS website list (around 12 million entries) dwarfs Chromium's HSTS Preload List (approximately 85,000 entries).

(via DuckDuckGo)

.org Domain Sale Faces Backlash

A significant coalition, including EFF and Wikimedia, is urging the Internet Society to halt the proposed sale of the .org domain registry to a private equity firm. The concern centers on the potential negative impact on the numerous NGOs globally reliant on the .org domain. Mozilla Foundation's CEO, Mark Surman, echoes these concerns, calling for transparency and public accountability from the Internet Society.

(via Elliot Harmon)

A New Browser Engine Emerges

Ekioh, a UK-based company, is developing a groundbreaking new browser engine for its Flow browser, incorporating Mozilla's SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine. Early tests show promising results, with the browser already capable of running web applications like Gmail (with some limitations). A desktop release is planned soon.

(via Flow Browser)

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