techwire (@techwire@social.gamefan.net)
GM settles California lawsuit claiming it sold driving habit data to insurance companies
General Motors has agreed to pay $12.75 million to settle a California data privacy lawsuit that accused the automaker of selling driver location and driver data, as reported earlier by Reuters. In a proposed settlement…
#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #OpenSource #TheVerge [The Verge]
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nicolaou_nicos (@nicolaou_nicos@androiddev.social)
⭐ Pokedex Compose v2.5.8 is live!
✅ Gradle 9.2.1
✅ Compose BOM 2026.05.00
✅ Latest dependencies
✅ Architecture improvements
✅ Updated README
If you like the project, leave a ⭐ on GitHub!
🔗 https://github.com/NicosNicolaou16/Pokedex_Compose
#AndroidDev #JetpackCompose #Kotlin #OpenSource
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joelindien (@joelindien@mastodon.social)
• OmniGet – Download Media and Other Files
[Linux Today] https://www.linuxtoday.com/blog/omniget-download-media-and-other-files/
• GNOME's Help Viewer Updated Due To Flatpak Sandbox Escape Vulnerability
[Phoronix] https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Help-Viewer-2026-Sandbox
• Stenberg: Mythos finds a curl vulnerability
[LWN.net] https://lwn.net/Articles/1072325/
#LogicielLibre #OpenSource #Libre
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joelindien (@joelindien@mastodon.social)
🐧 Actu logiciel libre du 11/05/2026
• [Podcast Projets Libres] Mobian : Debian au fond de ta poche !
[Le Journal du Hacker] https://www.projets-libres.org/podcast/s4-e17-mobian-au-fond-de-ta-poche/
• In a Big Move to Linux Security, Debian Makes Reproducible Builds Mandatory
[It's FOSS] https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17338477/debian-makes-reproducible-builds-mandatory
#LogicielLibre #OpenSource #Libre
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vshn (@vshn@mastodon.vshn.social)
Really proud to see Red Hat publish the official HIN & VSHN success story 🚀
Together with HIN, we built a sovereign cloud-native healthcare platform on Red Hat OpenShift across Swiss cloud providers 🇨🇭
👉 Read the full story: https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/health-info-net-advances-sovereign-digital-healthcare-red-hat-and-vshn
#OpenShift #Kubernetes #DigitalSovereignty #Healthcare #CloudNative #OpenSource
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pgdata2026 (@pgdata2026@mastodon.social)
Don’t miss Radim Marek at PG DATA 2026 on June 4!
In “Visualizing PostgreSQL Storage Internals,” Radim explores how PostgreSQL really stores data — from heap pages and MVCC to VACUUM, HOT updates, and index bloat 🐘
With live demos using pg-storage-visualizer, this session is perfect for DBAs and developers who want a deeper understanding of PostgreSQL internals.
Join us: https://2026.pg-data.org/
#PGData #PGData2026 #PostgreSQL #Postgres #DBA #OpenSource #SQL #DataEngineering
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arcanechat (@arcanechat@fosstodon.org)
if you are looking for a messenger to use with the kids, take a look at #ArcaneChat
no SIM card needed, no phone number required for registration, easy setup, just set a name
kids can NOT be discovered by strangers
No public groups or channels, kids can NOT discover inappropriate content
just the family chat
#kidsonlinesafety #onlinesafetyforkids #kids #family #chat #messenger #privacy #security #openSource #decentralization #e2ee #onlinesafety #android #freesoftware #autonomy #europe
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techwire (@techwire@social.gamefan.net)
Portable 40mm launcher kills drones by firing 6.5-feet-long steel chains at 80 m/s — German researchers' low-tech mechanical 'bola' outshines textile drops quadcopters without lasers or EMPs
The concept draws on the same physics as the bola, a weighted throwing weapon used for centuries by South American herders.
#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #OpenSource #TomsHardware [Tom's Hardware]
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jaenatech (@jaenatech@mastodon.social)
Майже як нові: Samsung запускає офіційний продаж відновлених Galaxy S25 в Індії #technology #it #opensource #freeinternet' - https://gagadget.com/uk/smartphones/709603-maizhe-iak-novi-samsung-zapuskaie-ofitsiinii-prodazh-vidnovlenikh-galaxy-s25-v-indiyi/
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objects (@objects@fe.disroot.org)
The “It’s Inevitable” Mindset Considered Harmful
I really don’t like the mindset of “if X Corp hadn’t gone evil, someone else would have.”
If you want a freer world - in software, hardware, or society in general - you have to act against whoever tries to go down the restricted path. Who did it first, second, or fiftieth, doesn’t matter. Whether someone else would have, doesn’t matter. Your “it’s inevitable” mindset is a self-defeating tactic and self-fulfilling prophecy.
Would you also justify, I don’t know, murder or sexual assault the same way? “If I hadn’t done it, someone else would have”? 🤦♀️
Just because “normies” don’t know or care about monopolistic practices (yet), doesn’t make those practices acceptable. If people don’t understand or care, it’s your failure to communicate and convince.
Instead of adopting defeatist ideologies that benefit the capitalists, improve your messaging and community till software/hardware/data freedom becomes a worldwide ideology, and monopolistic practices (like proprietary software, centralized services, etc) are either outlawed, and/or become grounds for mass shunning and boycotts, if not worse.
#contraLibre #FreeSoftware #SoftwareFreedom #FOSS #OpenSource #OpenHardware #Privacy
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posts (@posts@zylinski.se)
Tom's Namespaces: An Odin Fanfic
https://zylinski.se/posts/toms-namespaces/
#Programming #OpenSource #Tech
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gtronix (@gtronix@infosec.exchange)
"'I have zero evidence in front of me that users are being driven away from Fedora because of AI': Ubuntu and Fedora confirmed to both get AI support soon"
"Fedora and Ubuntu have set out plans to run small AI models locally, and this has caused a mixed reaction from the open source community."
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