Merge pull request #1249 from SkynetLabs/new-news

backfill news section

packages/website/data/news/akashnetwork-and-skynetlabs-integrate/index.md

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+---
+title: "Akash Network and Skynet Labs Integrate"
+date: "2021-06-28"
+description: "Providing the First Full-Stack Decentralized Web (dWeb) Solution to Handle Backup, Restore, and Migration"
+author: "Skynet Labs"
+categories: ["press release"]
+avatar: "../images/skynet-avatar.png"
+thumbnail: "../images/press-release.png"
+---
+
+**SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 28, 2021** — Akash Network, the open-source and decentralized cloud (DeCloud) also known as Airbnb for cloud computing, today announced a key integration with Skynet Labs, the team behind Sia, a decentralized storage network. By bringing together compute and storage layers, Akash Network and Skynet are now enabling developers to host their applications on a fully decentralized cloud.
+
+![Akash Network + Skynet Labs](./akashnetwork-plus-skynetlabs.png)
+
+Akash Network’s DeCloud is differentiated by its speed of deployment, flexibility, lower cost, and permissionless access. Now with Skynet as a key technology partner, Akash’s solution can integrate storage and compute resources. Akash will be able to leverage Skynet’s decentralized storage to backup and restore server instances, host larger volumes of data, and distribute files across multiple points of presence, ultimately improving the user experience. With this integration, Akash Network and Skynet can provide a full-stack solution that will handle backup, restore, and migration for databases running on the DeCloud.
+
+“The full-stack solution for the decentralized web is now a reality, with Skynet as the front-end with storage, and Akash as the back-end API and database host,” said Greg Osuri, CEO of Akash Network. “Each step of this partnership has been supported and developed by the community, and began with a challenge on Twitter to combine Akash, Skynet, and Handshake into a single open-source package. We plan to support these efforts long-term through community-targeted funding.” The materialization of dWeb is a major shift away from computing resources being owned and operated by the three large centralized cloud software giants. Technology is now poised to shift away from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure, to a decentralized network of cloud providers operating open-source software platforms and creating healthy market competition in an open marketplace with more providers and lower costs.
+
+“The world of decentralized computing has seen major advancements in the past 10 years. The things we are able to accomplish today put decentralized infrastructure ahead of traditional architectures by achieving similar performance at lower cost and higher reliability,” said David Vorick, CEO of Skynet. “The real advantage, however, is the political stability - the terms of service and available APIs of centralized services change every day, but decentralization comes with guarantees. The entrepreneurs of tomorrow will build on decentralized tech, because it gives them so much more control over the future of their business.”
+
+## About Akash Network
+
+Akash Network, the world’s first decentralized and open-source cloud, accelerates deployment, scale, efficiency and price performance for high-growth industries like blockchain and machine learning/AI. Known as the "Airbnb for Cloud Compute”, Akash Network provides a fast, efficient and low-cost application deployment solution. Developers leveraging Akash Network can access cloud computing at up to three times less than the cost of centralized cloud providers like Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure. Utilizing containerization and open-source technology, Akash Network leverages 85% of underutilized cloud capacity in 8.4 million global data centers, enabling anyone to buy and sell cloud computing. For more information visit: [https://akash.network/](https://akash.network/).
+
+## About Skynet Labs
+
+Skynet Labs builds uncompromising software infrastructure for the decentralized internet. This includes Sia, the leading decentralized cloud storage platform and Skynet, a content hosting and application development platform. Skynet Labs defines uncompromising infrastructure as scalable, trustless, secure, and most importantly, fully decentralized. Skynet Labs stands out as one of the few deeply technical teams that consistently deliver real products with significant potential. Learn more at [siasky.net](https://siasky.net/), join us on [Discord](https://discord.gg/skynetlabs), and email us at hello@sia.tech.

packages/website/data/news/announcing-homescreen/index.md

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+---
+title: "Announcing Homescreen: Decentralized Frontends for Web3"
+date: "2021-09-17"
+description: DeFi needs decentralized front-ends. Homescreen is the first and only dashboard for users to access all their DeFi apps in one place.
+thumbnail: ./thumbnail.png
+categories: ["blog"]
+author: David Vorick
+avatar: ../../team/david-vorick.png
+external: https://blog.sia.tech/announcing-homescreen-decentralized-frontends-for-web3-113a3564530d
+---

packages/website/data/news/argoapp-and-skynetlabs/index.md

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+---
+title: "ArGoApp and Skynet Labs: Making Decentralized Web App Deployment Easier than Ever"
+date: "2021-08-25"
+description: ArGoApp and Skynet are making web app hosting and deployment easier and better than on the centralized web
+thumbnail: ./thumbnail.png
+categories: ["blog"]
+author: Nicole Tay
+avatar: ../../team/nicole-tay.png
+external: https://blog.sia.tech/argoapp-and-skynet-labs-making-decentralized-web-app-deployment-easier-than-ever-e577d411dea
+---

packages/website/data/news/decentralizing-websites-with-ens-and-skynet/index.md

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+---
+title: "Decentralizing Websites with ENS and Skynet"
+date: "2021-09-01"
+description: "Decentralized web hosting on Skynet via .eth domains, including support from MetaMask and Cloudflare"
+author: "Skynet Labs"
+categories: ["press release"]
+avatar: "../images/skynet-avatar.png"
+thumbnail: "../images/press-release.png"
+---
+
+**BOSTON, Massachusetts, September 1, 2021** — Today, Ethereum Name Service (ENS) and Skynet Labs announce a partnership to advance Web3 via decentralized domain naming and decentralized web hosting, respectively. Built on Ethereum, ENS is a decentralized naming protocol and the most widely integrated blockchain naming service. Skynet Labs is the team behind the Sia blockchain network and is a leading decentralized data storage provider.
+
+Skynet Labs now joins IPFS and Swarm in powering decentralized, censorship-resistant website hosting using an ENS name. “Happy we got Skynet integration done!” Brantly Millegan, Director of Operations at ENS, explained. “Decentralized websites are a key part of the emerging Web3 ecosystem, e.g. so that dapps can have decentralized front-ends.”
+
+Owners of an ENS name can now use their .eth domain to point to web apps deployed to Skynet’s decentralized storage. This would not be possible without key support from MetaMask and Cloudflare, which resolve ENS names to data on Skynet.
+
+Unlike traditional domain names, not all browsers can access ENS names. However, any user with the MetaMask extension installed on their browser is able to access the ENS domain and associated web app on Skynet.
+
+Similarly, users on any browser or device can also access web apps stored on Skynet through Cloudflare’s eth.link service. Cloudflare accomplishes this by resolving .eth.link’s to their corresponding .eth address. MetaMask and Cloudflare provide key redundancy and censorship-resistance for decentralized websites, thus democratizing access to information in a free and open web.
+
+David Vorick, Skynet Labs Founder and CEO shares his excitement for Skynet’s support of the Ethereum ecosystem: “We see the Web3 ecosystem as the new frontier for the Internet, and we are eager to push forward a world where people can control their own online experience.”
+
+As leaders in the decentralized internet movement, ENS and Skynet Labs are proud to set the standard for more cross-chain integrations. The two teams showcase the importance of these collaborations in creating a better decentralized future around data ownership and self-determination.
+
+## About ENS
+
+The Ethereum Name Service (ENS) is the leading blockchain-based naming protocol, with +100k users and +260 services where you can use your ENS name. In addition to pointing at a decentralized website, you can also use your ENS name as your portable web3 username and to simplify cryptocurrency payments. Learn more at [ens.domains](https://ens.domains/).
+
+## About Skynet Labs
+
+Skynet Labs builds resilient software infrastructure for the decentralized internet. This includes Sia, the leading decentralized cloud storage platform and Skynet, a content hosting and application development platform. Skynet Labs defines uncompromising infrastructure as scalable, trustless, secure, and most importantly, fully decentralized. Skynet Labs stands out as one of the few deeply technical teams that consistently deliver real products with significant potential. Learn more at [siasky.net](https://siasky.net/), join us on [Discord](https://discord.gg/skynetlabs), and email us at hello@sia.tech.

packages/website/data/news/skynet-summer-2021-update/index.md

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+---
+title: "Skynet Summer 2021 Update"
+date: "2021-07-12"
+description: Check out what changes to Skynet are coming immediately, near-term, and on the horizon.
+thumbnail: ./thumbnail.png
+categories: ["blog"]
+author: David Vorick
+avatar: ../../team/david-vorick.png
+external: https://blog.sia.tech/skynet-summer-2021-update-86ed8db21eae
+---

packages/website/src/components/NewsHeader/NewsHeader.js

@@ -26,23 +26,19 @@ const NewsHeader = () => {
 
   if (!latestNews) return null; // no news
 
-  // hardcoded news for now
+  const title = latestNews.node.frontmatter.title;
-  const CURRENT_NEWS_URL =
+  const link = { to: latestNews.node.fields.slug };
-    "https://blog.sia.tech/mysky-your-home-on-the-global-operating-system-of-the-future-5a288f89825c";
-  const CURRENT_NEWS_TXT = "MySky: Your Home on the Global Operating System of the Future";
 
   return (
     <div className="bg-palette-500 px-8 p-3">
       <div className="max-w-layout mx-auto">
         <div className="flex justify-between">
           <Link
-            // to={latestNews.node.fields.slug}
+            {...link}
-            href={CURRENT_NEWS_URL}
             className="text-palette-300 font-content leading-8 flex items-center overflow-hidden text-base hover:text-primary transition-colors duration-200"
           >
             <ArrowRight className="mr-2 flex-shrink-0 fill-current text-primary" />
-            {/* <span className="truncate">{latestNews.node.frontmatter.title}</span> */}
+            <span className="truncate">{title}</span>
-            <span className="truncate">{CURRENT_NEWS_TXT}</span>
           </Link>
 
           <div className="ml-auto items-center pl-8 hidden desktop:block">