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* '''WebAssembly Interface Types''' -- This week we took another important step in enabling WebAssembly outside the browser by publishing a proposal that lets other programming languages easily incorporate WebAssembly modules into applications. This gives languages like Python, Ruby, and Rust the beneficial advantages of WebAssembly -- easier sharing of native code across platforms while at the same time running that native code in a secure sandbox and avoiding having to compile it on every user’s device. We’ve also shared an implementation of that proposal, known as WebAssembly Interface Types, so developers can see how it works and also start experimenting with it. You can read all about it in Lin Clark’s [https://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/08/webassembly-interface-types/ post] on our Mozilla Hacks Blog, complete with helpful Code Cartoons.
* '''Event Updates''' -- [https://mozilla-tito-devr.netlify.com/ Mozilla Developer Roadshow] is in Germany and Austria from August 26-29 (that's this week!) and has over 400 attendees registered for the events! Roadshows are free, meet-up style events where Mozilla speakers share our emerging technologies and Firefox updates with local developers and designers. Meanwhile, [https://2019.viewsourceconf.org/ View Source Conference Amsterdam] registration is still open. Our robust two day program covers the web platform with great speakers, interactive “Conversation Corners”, live podcasts and demos. You can follow along viva our View Source Twitter feed, and also retweet to help us spread the news.
* '''Technology and Protest''' -- Jofish Kay Kaye and Janice Tsai are co-authors with Hanlin Li, Nicholas Vincent and Brent Hecht of Northwestern on a paper accepted at the Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) [http://cscw.acm.org/2019/ conference], entitled "[http://www.psagroup.org/static/publications/cscw2019_protest_nonuse_camera_ready.pdf How Do People Change Their Technology Use in Protest?: Understanding 'Protest Users'"], which explores how people boycott and otherwise change their use of technology companies’ products in protest of their policies. A key finding is that in 2019, 30% of US-based survey respondents told us that they were protesting technology companies by changing their usage patterns in at least some way, up from 9% in our 2017 survey.) Overall, 48% of respondents indicated that they were either active or potential protest users; a major roadblock is lack of alternative products. Among active protest users, the most commonly reported motivations were concerns about business models that profit from user data and concerns about privacy.
== August 19th, 2019 ==
