InfoQ

Hardwood Promises High-Speed JVM Apache Parquet Processing with Zero Mandatory Dependencies

Hardwood, the project Gunnar Morling kick-started handling of Parquet files in Java, reached version 1. Its multi-threaded approach and zero mandatory external dependencies promise a simpler, more ...

Google Chrome has a PDF tool that saves you from switching between apps

Google Chrome has continued to add to its PDF functionality since the feature debuted in 2010, creating an ecosystem that ...
Android Police

Google is testing a faster way to summarize PDFs without leaving Chrome

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

PDF Editify review: A simple browser PDF editor for quick, low-stakes jobs

PDF Editify makes browser-based markups and utility tasks easy, but it remains limited as a full document editor.
InfoQ

Million PDFs: Building a Modern Document Infrastructure with Rust and Typst

Erik Steiger discusses the operational pain of legacy PDF generation in regulated banking and manufacturing. He explains how ...
The New York Times

How Alexander Zverev beat Flavio Cobolli in five-set epic to win 2026 French Open and first Grand Slam title

Alexander Zverev has won the 2026 French Open men's singles title after beating Flavio Cobolli in a five-set epic in Paris. Zverev, 29, secured his first Grand Slam title after three previous final ...
GitHub

PDF Parser for AI-ready data. Automate PDF accessibility. Open-source.

🔍 PDF parser for AI data extraction — Extract Markdown, JSON (with bounding boxes), and HTML from any PDF. #1 in benchmarks (0.907 overall). Deterministic local mode + AI hybrid mode for complex ...