France launches "LaSuite," an open-source office suite for digital sovereignty, reducing reliance on foreign proprietary software. 🖥️
Built on Matrix/TChap, LiveKit/Visio, Grist, and Drive—all MIT-licensed for any organization to deploy. 🇪🇺
🚀 Europe on the Move Towards Digital Sovereignty! 🌍
In recent years, several European cities and countries have embarked on an exciting path away from US software, embracing open-source solutions. 💻✨ From Denmark to Germany, passing through Lyon and Barcelona, we are witnessing an unprecedented evolution in our ability to manage data and technologies independently.
This transition isn't just about software: it must be accompanied by solid hardware infrastructure. Without proper integration between software and hardware, our progress could slow down. 🛠️
We strongly support these initiatives for a sustainable and sovereign digital Europe! It is time for the continent to not only prioritize data privacy and security, but also to develop the necessary hardware to support these transformations.
DI.DAY is a new monthly “Digital Independence Day” encouraging people to ditch Big Tech and move to privacy‑respecting services. 📅
Launched by Save Social and Chaos Computer Club at 39C3, it runs every first Sunday with events like “de‑Google your phone,” Nextcloud setups, and Linux install parties across Europe. 🛡️
Mecha Systems ha lanciato il Mecha Comet, un nuovo palmare basato su Linux. Questo dispositivo promette un'esperienza utente interessante per gli appassionati di Linux e chi cerca soluzioni portatili con un
sistema operativo open source. Segna un'espansione nel panorama dei dispositivi handheld Linux, offrendo nuove possibilità per il computing mobile.
Spain plans to ban social media for under-16s, with tougher age checks and penalties for platforms that boost illegal content via algorithms. 🇪🇸
The move, pitched as protecting kids from a “digital Wild West,” raises questions about enforcement, teen rights, and platform accountability across Europe ⚖️
"In 2018, Palantir hired Mandelson’s lobbying firm, Global Counsel, to facilitate the company’s penetration of UK Government contracts – at the same time Epstein remained an active Valar partner receiving confidential investment opportunities from Thiel’s fund."
I've been running Ubuntu 26.04 'Resolute Raccoon' on my 'Streaming Fortress' PC
NUC7 - Intel J5005 - 16GB DDR4-2400 RAM - 120GB SSD (2013 Hardware)
for the last two months now.
I put this machine through the wringer: heavy streaming on a bit ambiguous shady sites films and tv series, and running custom 'Fortress' scripts to isolate it completely from my home network.
Despite the hardware being a bit old and the heavy workload, it’s been a flawless experience so far. Even the major updates didn't break my custom scripts or security structure. Well done, Ubuntu team!! 🐧 🫶
Not sure how many of you use ChatGTP, but you might want to scale back.
"The latest model of ChatGPT has begun to cite Elon Musk’s Grokipedia as a source on a wide range of queries, including on Iranian conglomerates and Holocaust deniers, raising concerns about misinformation on the platform.
In tests done by the Guardian, GPT-5.2 cited Grokipedia nine times in response to more than a dozen different questions."
The European Union is reportedly launching "W," a new social media platform positioned as a direct rival to X (formerly Twitter).
Key feature: Mandatory human verification for every single account to combat bots and coordinated manipulation campaigns.
The platform's tagline is "Trust your feed" - taking aim at concerns about misinformation and bot activity on existing platforms. An ambitious move by the EU into the social media space. #WSocial#EU#SocialMedia#TechNews#Twitter#Verification
Google’s Gemini A.I. now scans your entire inbox to “help” you summarize, reply & organize. 📬
That’s not assistance — that’s surveillance wrapped in productivity branding. 🔍
If your emails need an opt‑out clause, maybe the feature shouldn’t exist by default. ⚠️
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