JC @jc@librem.one

NEWS: The OLinuXino line of single-board computers has officially been certified as "Open Source Hardware" by the Open Source Hardware Association! 🎉

This means the Pioneer Edition #FreedomBox kit is officially #OSHW! Join us in congratulating @olimex!

Details here: https://olimex.wordpress.com/2019/07/08/olinuxino-open-source-hardware-single-board-linux-computers-are-now-officially-oshwa-certified/

Certification for the LIME2 is here: https://certification.oshwa.org/bg000039.html

GitHub has added Liberapay to the funding platforms supported in the `FUNDING.yml` file: https://github.blog/changelog/2019-06-20-new-funding-platforms/

The new daily mantra of Amazon Alexa owners?
“Alexa, delete everything I said today”.

@natjlevy reports you can now delete recordings with a simple voice command, but sadly only a partial day's worth.“ Alexa, delete what I just said” also works. https://www.geekwire.com/2019/now-can-erase-every-amazon-alexa-recording-last-day-voice-command/

I wrote an article about the redesign of MNT Reform https://mntre.com/media/news_md/2019-05-20-reintroducing-reform.html

#FreeSoftware has a lot of potential in the developing world.

In rural India, 12 villages use #FreedomBox to host free digital services. Activists have re-purposed old computers into FreedomBoxes, mounted them on posts, and served entire villages with free wi-fi and digital services.

These rural #FreedomBox networks got covered in the Times of India.

READ: ‘Every old computer is a potential server that can bring Internet connectivity to an entire village’

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/hyderabad/every-old-computer-is-a-potential-server-that-can-bring-internet-connectivity-to-an-entire-village/articleshow/67833580.cms