Category: General News
Latest tech news: updates, announcements, and breaking news from the tech world. Yoota’s nose stays updated on the entire digital landscape.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation Exits X After Two Decades
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in General NewsThe Electronic Frontier Foundation is leaving X after two decades. Data shows a 97% collapse in reach and marks the end of hopes for platform reform.
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Nextcloud and IONOS Fork ONLYOFFICE, Sparking License Dispute
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in General NewsA European consortium led by Nextcloud and IONOS launched Euro-Office, a fork of ONLYOFFICE designed as a sovereign alternative to Microsoft 365. Three days later, ONLYOFFICE suspended the partnership and accused the project of license violations.
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How Google Cookies Became a Police Tool to Unmask Anonymous Users
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in General NewsA US case shows how police used Google cookies to link an anonymous account to a real identity. But even encrypted email providers aren’t immune to legal requests.
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April Fools’ Day in Tech: When Serious Companies Get Silly
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in General NewsROT13 encryption on Proton, quantum encryption on Tuta, a cryptocurrency earned by staying idle on Windscribe, EGA mode on GIMP, and an Italian Linux distro for 199 euros. A rundown of April Fools’ Day pranks in tech.
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PikaPods adds Vikunja and Ocular to its one-click open source app catalog
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in General NewsThe managed open source hosting platform welcomes a self-hosted task manager and a lightweight budgeting app, alongside major updates to Ghost, Docmost, BookStack, and NocoDB.
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FSFE refused to hand over supporters’ private data. Their payment provider cancelled them
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in General NewsNexi terminated its 15-year contract with the Free Software Foundation Europe after the organisation refused to provide supporters’ private data. Over 450 recurring donors have been left in limbo.
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The EU wants open standards for cybersecurity, but only accepts feedback in Microsoft’s format
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in General NewsThe Document Foundation calls out the European Commission for requiring .xlsx files to submit feedback on the Cyber Resilience Act, while preaching vendor neutrality and open formats.
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AI-Generated Junk Is Burying One of the World’s Most Critical Open-Source Projects
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in General NewsLog4j maintainers report being flooded with AI-generated vulnerability reports: 50 in three months, almost all fabricated. The same problem is hitting open-source projects across the board.
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Android’s open era under threat: 41 organizations push back against Google’s app crackdown
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in General NewsEFF, F-Droid, Tor Project, Proton and 37 other organizations signed an open letter urging Google to withdraw its new policy requiring all Android developers to register with the company, even outside the Play Store.
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Mozilla asks the community: what should we do with AI?
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in General NewsMozilla launches a public survey to decide its approach to artificial intelligence. If you want a say in it, now’s the time.