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Duck Tales: Duck Sans — designing a typeface that balances functionality and brand (ep.18)
In this episode, Mary (Senior Director, Brand), and Nirzar (AI Design Lead) discuss why we developed a new typeface, how we implemented it, and its r…
5 months ago
Duck Tales: How DuckDuckGo blocks trackers on third-party websites (Ep.17)
This episode, Beah (Chief Product Officer) and Dave (Privacy team) discuss our tracker blocklist, how it works, and why most of it is open source.
Di…
5 months, 1 week ago
Duck Tales: Yes AI or No AI? The thinking behind DuckDuckGo’s public AI vote (Ep.16)
Curious how people voted? Head to VoteYesOrNoAI.com
Disclaimers: (1) The audio, video (above), and transcript (below) are unedited and may contain mi…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Duck Tales: Duck Player — a free, private way to watch YouTube videos, with fewer ads & no distractions (Ep.15)
In this episode, Beah (SVP, Product) and Omid (Product) discuss Duck Player, how it’s private, and how to use it.
Disclaimers: (1) The audio, video (…
6 months ago
Duck Tales: Building useful, private, optional AI directly into search, with Search Assist (Ep.14)
In this episode, Gabriel (Founder) and Ewa (Product) discuss Search Assist, why we’re so focused on letting users control their experience, and futur…
6 months, 1 week ago
Duck Tales: DuckDuckGo donations — why we’ve donated $8M+ to organizations that align with our vision (Episode 13)
In this episode, Gabriel (Founder) and Joe (Policy team) discuss why we donate, the types of organizations we donate to, and some examples of impact.…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Duck Tales: Hiring at DuckDuckGo, and why we have a 95% employee retention rate (Episode 12)
In this episode, Beah (SVP, Product) and Zbig (Director, Talent) discuss our approach to hiring, and how it’s designed to reflect our unique, cross-f…
7 months ago
Duck Tales: How DuckDuckGo makes the sites you visit less annoying and more private (Episode 11)
In this episode, Beah (Product) and Max (Frontend) discuss cookie pop-up protection, why our solution is uniquely private, and the feedback loops we …
7 months, 1 week ago
Duck Tales: The DuckDuckGo Subscription — more protection & peace of mind (Episode 10)
In this episode, Gabriel (Founder) and Chris (Subscription team) discuss why we built the DuckDuckGo Subscription, its four features, and how it prot…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Duck Tales: Marketing at DuckDuckGo — how we practice the privacy we preach (Episode 9)
In this episode, Cristina (SVP, Marketing) and Chuck (Front‑end) discuss private marketing at DuckDuckGo, from making decisions with less data to the…
7 months, 3 weeks ago