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Yahoo
6 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Barre based organization aims to support fathers
BARRE, Vt (ABC22/FOX44) – In the granite city, a new organization is putting parents – specifically fathers – in the spotlight. A father of four, Josh Miller had his first son at 19. 'Being a part of my sons life was really important to me because I didn't have that growing up' Miller explains. Raised by a single mother, Miller spent much of his early parenting years a single father himself. 'I loved it, but there was a lot about parenting I didn't know,' Miller recalls. He went on to have multiple careers working with vulnerable and at-risk Vermonters, including serving as the executive director of The Family Room in Burlington's old north end. 'A lot of those guys didn't have their dads, or maybe they weren't the best role model for them.' It's through this work Miller was inspired to start Vermont Fatherhood – a community space for fathers to learn and support one another on their parenting journey. 'If you have all the things you need, parenting is still hard,' says Miller. 'Relationships are hard, co-parenting is hard, and so to have a space where you can go to when things get bad or stressful to get some support makes a huge difference.' Vermont Fatherhood offers various different programs, all aimed at helping fathers show up not only for their kids, but for themselves. 'We've got a couple playgroups on Monday's and Friday's, and story time on Wednesday,' says Miller. He also offers a 'training camp' for new dads, drop-in groups, and one-on-one coaching. 'Just come, play, hang out, relax – I'll have some coffee going and guys just get to connect with other guys.' Those interested in learning more about Vermont Fatherhood are welcome to stop by the center – 124 North Main Street in Barre, or visit their website here. 'We need each other to say 'hey, take a breath, jump in there a do those dishes…hearing that from other people helps make me a better dad and I can offer things to them as well. The we've got a whole group of guys supporting each other.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Android Authority
27-05-2025
- Business
- Android Authority
Arc enters maintenance mode as The Browser Company shifts focus to new browser
Andy Walker / Android Authority TL;DR Active development on the Arc browser has stopped. The Browser Company is now shifting its focus to a new product called Dia. Arc isn't shutting down, but the team is no longer building new features for it. Last year, The Browser Company announced that it would shift its focus from its innovative Arc browser to a new product. However, as the team worked on this new project, they also planned to continue working on Arc. Now active development on Arc has ceased. In a blog post, CEO Josh Miller writes that his company has stopped active development on the Arc browser. The company isn't shutting Arc down, but they are no longer building new features for the browser. However, they will still do regular updates to fix bugs and vulnerabilities. According to Miller, Arc fell short of expectations because 'for most people, Arc was simply too different, with too many new things to learn, for too little reward.' He also believes that the browser 'lacked cohesion — in both its core features and core value.' As mentioned earlier, the company has pivoted to a new product. True to the company name, this new product is also a browser, and its name is Dia. What separates Dia from Arc is that this browser is centered around AI. Miller explains that his company sees Dia 'as an opportunity to fix what we got wrong with Arc.' Dia is currently being tested in alpha, but the company plans to open up access to Arc members at a later date. Miller also touches a little on Arc's future. Apparently, the company considered selling the software or going open source. Although going open source would likely make a lot of users happy, it would be a difficult decision for The Browser Company. The reason is that Arc is built on top of an internal SDK that Dia also relies on, so going open source with Arc would also mean going open source with Dia. While the company decided against these options for now, it hasn't ruled out these possibilities in the future. Got a tip? Talk to us! Email our staff at Email our staff at news@ . You can stay anonymous or get credit for the info, it's your choice.
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
The Browser Company stops active development of Arc in favor of new AI-focused product
The Browser Company has stopped active development of the popular Arc web browser, according to a blog post from CEO Josh Miller. There will still be updates to fix security issues and the like, but there will likely be no new features added to the product. Miller says that "for most people, Arc was simply too different, with too many new things to learn, for too little reward." He also said that the browser "lacked cohesion, in both its core features and core value." Instead, the company has shifted focus to a new product called Dia, which is an AI-powered browser of some kind. Dia was first announced at the tail-end of last year and has been described as "an entirely new environment — built on top of a web browser." Demos have shown Dia helping users write the next sentence in a paragraph, all while retrieving facts about a subject from the wider internet. It was also shown automatically grabbing Amazon links to insert in an email from a simple description and completing relatively complex actions based on user prompts. Some of this feels like an extension of what the company has already been doing with the mobile version of the Arc browser. Dia is currently being tested via an alpha build, but will open up to current Arc members in the near future. Miller says that the company has "approached Dia as an opportunity to fix what we got wrong with Arc." The Browser Company has considered selling or open-sourcing Arc, but won't be doing anything so drastic at this moment. An open-source version of the browser would make a lot of current users happy, but Miller says it'll be a challenge because it's built on top of an internal SDK which is also the core component of Dia. Open-sourcing one would basically open-source the other. "That doesn't mean it'll never happen,' Miller said.
Engadget
27-05-2025
- Business
- Engadget
The Browser Company stops active development of Arc in favor of new AI-focused product
The Browser Company has stopped active development of the popular Arc web browser, according to a blog post from CEO Josh Miller . There will still be updates to fix security issues and the like, but there will likely be no new features added to the product. Miller says that "for most people, Arc was simply too different, with too many new things to learn, for too little reward." He also said that the browser "lacked cohesion, in both its core features and core value." To view this content, you'll need to update your privacy settings. Please click here and view the "Content and social-media partners" setting to do so. Instead, the company has shifted focus to a new product called Dia, which is an AI-powered browser of some kind. Dia was first announced at the tail-end of last year and has been described as "an entirely new environment — built on top of a web browser." Demos have shown Dia helping users write the next sentence in a paragraph, all while retrieving facts about a subject from the wider internet. It was also shown automatically grabbing Amazon links to insert in an email from a simple description and completing relatively complex actions based on user prompts. Some of this feels like an extension of what the company has already been doing with the mobile version of the Arc browser. Dia is currently being tested via an alpha build, but will open up to current Arc members in the near future. Miller says that the company has "approached Dia as an opportunity to fix what we got wrong with Arc." To view this content, you'll need to update your privacy settings. Please click here and view the "Content and social-media partners" setting to do so. The Browser Company has considered selling or open-sourcing Arc, but won't be doing anything so drastic at this moment. An open-source version of the browser would make a lot of current users happy, but Miller says it'll be a challenge because it's built on top of an internal SDK which is also the core component of Dia. Open-sourcing one would basically open-source the other. "That doesn't mean it'll never happen,' Miller said.
The Verge
27-05-2025
- Business
- The Verge
The Browser Company explains why it stopped developing Arc
The Browser Company has said repeatedly that it's not getting rid of the Arc browser as it moves onto its new AI-centric Dia browser. But what the company also not going to do is develop new features for it. A new blog post from CEO Josh Miller explains why, and what happens next. The Arc browser was a big rethink of what browsers should be like, and it has dedicated users, including yours truly. But a lot of the reasons for ceasing Arc's development that Miller gives in the blog — like that it's too complicated to go mainstream, that it was slow and unstable at times (true!), or that The Browser Company wants to recenter the experience on AI — he also gave back in October. Why not just roll Dia into Arc? One big thing Miller mentions is security. Arc has had at least one big security issue: a security researcher discovered a vulnerability last year that The Browser Company quickly patched, but which let attackers insert arbitrary code into a users' browser session just by knowing their user ID. According to Miller, The Browser Company has now grown its security engineering team from one person to five. This focus is particularly important, he writes, as AI agents — AI systems that carry out tasks autonomously — become more prevalent. As for what this all means for Arc and its users, Miller still insists that the browser won't go away. Arc will still get security and bug fixes, and will be tweaked as the Chromium code it's based on is updated. But he also says The Browser Company isn't going to open-source or sell Arc, because in addition to Chromium, it's built on a custom infrastructure that also underpins Dia. He says the company would like to open the browser up someday, but not until 'it no longer puts our team or shareholders at risk.'
