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Our statement on the UK government’s demand that all content on all devices sold or used in the country be scanned, on the presumption of nudity, using a dystopian combination of age verification and content scanning. This proposal will not safeguard children. It endangers us all.

signal.org/blog/pdfs/2026-06-0

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The slow death of the power user.

"This isn’t an accident. This is the result of two decades of deliberate, calculated effort by the largest technology companies on earth to turn users into consumers, instruments into appliances, and technical literacy into a niche hobby for weirdos. They succeeded beyond their wildest expectations"

fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/the

#technology #tech #sustainability

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My Android phone TURNS DOWN THE MUSIC VOLUME when playing a song on a speaker, to play a notification sound when a message comes in.

How has _nobody_ ever corrected this?

Read all Trump news as April Fools' jokes

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Ik was de pop-ups, reclames en trackers van Datumprikker helemaal zat, dus bouwde ik zelf een alternatief. Altijd gratis, geen reclame, geen account, geen tracking. En #opensource zodat dat ook zo blijft. Plan je volgende etentje, vergadering of borrel eens met Prikkert.nl!

Leuk! zet 'Dit was het nieuws'-achtig raadsel in de krant

nextcloud.com/blog/open-letter

> Nextcloud joins more than 30 organizations in signing an open letter to Google opposing the Android Developer Verification Program.

Kijk, dit vind ik mooi. En dit zeggen grote bedrijven nooit.

Ik bekeek de manieren om bij te dragen aan het mooie open source-programma , waarmee je podcasts kunt luisteren, vinden en bijhouden. Toen ik besloot te doneren kreeg ik deze melding. Netjes.

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The Wall Street Journal lists 25 critical issues with Microsoft Copilot (200K employees, €240bn revenue). Response? A shrug.

But Nextcloud (160 employees) faces: "Not user-friendly enough."

The double standard: autonomy and privacy traded for convenience.

Is Big Tech what you need ór just what you're used to?

Soverin offers European infrastructure, no vendor lock-in, sovereign data. Switching is easy.

#DigitalSovereignty #EuropeanTech

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Aan het eind van het jaar voegen we traditiegetrouw een nieuw streepje toe aan de klimaatstreepjescode: de reeks gekleurde lijnen die laat zien hoe de temperatuur in Nederland sinds 1901 is veranderd. De streep van 2025 kleurt donkerrood. 🔗 knmi.nl/over-het-knmi/nieuws/k

Ik ben overgestapt naar Zonneplan en wil nu mijn account bij Essent verwijderen. Dat lijkt nergens te kunnen.

Ik kan wel *uitloggen*, zegt de chatbot.

En zoeken levert ook niets op.

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You don’t need to understand the math behind large language models in order to get that they are not minds.

The next time you meet someone who believes ChatGPT knows anything, experiences perception, has motivations, or forms opinions, show them this video.

I have been using Nextcloud for several years. Yesterday I finally installed a truly self-hosted instance of

It happened to be the exact day on which Nextcloud Hub 25 Autumn was released and during installation I was casually offered the option to install the new version, which I did.

Today I will configure it. Can't wait to start using my own instance. Thank you, @nextcloud!

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