GrapheneOS is expanding beyond Google Pixel 🔐 A major Snapdragon-powered OEM will soon support the security-first OS 📱 The unnamed device—using Snapdragon 8 Gen 5—is expected to offer similar pricing and full installability 💻 Not Fairphone; OnePlus is a strong candidate, but unconfirmed 🤔 @npub1kwar...e0nj 🔗
9to5Google
GrapheneOS will drop Google Pixel exclusivity with 'major' Snapdragon-powered devices coming
GrapheneOS is a security-focused Android experience that, to date, has been available solely on Google Pixel devices. Soon, though, a...
 #TechNews #Android #Privacy #Security #OpenSource #GrapheneOS #Snapdragon #OnePlus #Mobile #Smartphones #UserFreedom #Cybersecurity #Linux #OS #Technology
🤖 Salesforce pitched ICE on using its AI to help triple its workforce, amid Trump’s immigration crackdown. ⚠️ 📄 Internal docs show the company sees major opportunity in helping ICE with hiring, tipline data & investigations. 🏙️ CEO Marc Benioff’s Trump support is sparking backlash in liberal San Francisco. 🔥 🔗 #Salesforce #AI #TechNews #ICE #Immigration #Trump #Surveillance #Ethics #BigTech #SanFrancisco #Benioff #Politics #Privacy #Government #Startup #Contracts
📉 Wikipedia warns that AI chatbots & search summaries are causing a sharp drop in human traffic. ⚠️ 🧠 Fewer visitors means fewer contributors & donors—threatening the long-term sustainability of the site. 🌐 Wikimedia urges awareness as AI reshapes how knowledge is accessed. 🔗
404 Media
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
 #Wikipedia #AI #TechNews #OpenAccess #Knowledge #GenerativeAI #Search #WebTraffic #NonProfit #DigitalMedia #OpenSource #Chatbots #Ethics #Sustainability #Information #Web
Signal calls the EU’s Chat Control bill “malware” for forcing private message scans that break encryption 🔐 If passed, Signal may leave Europe rather than weaken privacy 🚪 📆 Germany’s Oct 14 vote is key ⚖️ Experts warn this threatens digital rights and sets a global precedent 🌍 @npub1rkw6...5q62 🔗
TechRadar
Chat Control is
Encrypted messaging app, Signal, said it could leave Europe instead of weakening encryption if the bill were to pass
 #TechNews #Privacy #Encryption #Cybersecurity #DataProtection #Surveillance #EU #Messaging #DigitalRights #Security #TechPolicy #Freedom #PrivacyMatters #Europe #Signal
Albania names the world’s first AI-made minister 🤖 “Diella” will run public procurement to boost transparency & fight corruption 💼 She can assess tenders, hire global talent & already powers e-Albania services 💻 PM Rama calls it a step toward “100% incorruptible” governance & EU accession 🇪🇺 🔗
Albania appoints world’s first AI-made minister – POLITICO
 #TechNews #AI #Politics #Innovation #Digital #Corruption #Governance #eGov #Gov #Transparency #Europe #PublicSector #Albania #Leadership #Future #Ethics #EU
Apple reportedly updated AI training guidelines after Trump’s return to office 🇺🇸 New rules emphasize caution on DEI, elections, vaccines & political affiliation 🗳️ Mentions of Trump in internal docs rose from 3 to 11 🔍 “Systemic racism” & “intolerance” removed; DEI now marked "controversial" ⚖️ Apple denies political influence 🧠 🔗
Revealed: Apple is teaching its AI to adapt to the Trump era – POLITICO
 #TechNews #AI #Apple #Privacy #FreeSpeech #OpenSource #Ethics #BigTech #DEI #Trump #Elections #AIethics #Censorship #Data #Innovation #Europe
🇦🇹 Austria's Armed Forces have replaced MS Office with LibreOffice on 16,000+ workstations 📄 This shift began in 2020 to avoid mandatory cloud reliance ☁️ Their goal? Digital sovereignty—not cost saving 🔒 They even contributed 5+ person-years of code 🛠️ EU trend toward open-source grows 🇪🇺 @npub1tgg4...qwzh @npub1em3c...3u4v 🔗
It's FOSS
Austria's Armed Forces Gets Rid of Microsoft Office (Mostly) for LibreOffice
The Austrian military prioritizes independence over convenience.
 #TechNews #LibreOffice #Linux #OpenSource #Privacy #FOSS #Security #Europe #EU #Microsoft #Cloud #DigitalSovereignty #Government #Defense #Innovation #Technology
Firefox now supports DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) on Android, expanding encrypted DNS to mobile users. 📱 DoH prevents ISPs & Wi-Fi providers from snooping on DNS queries by encrypting them. 🔒 New performance gains make DoH 61% faster in Canada—now nearly as fast as native DNS. 🚀 Android users can opt in via "Increased Protection" in Firefox 143. ⚙️ @npub16pr8...crsg 🔗
Firefox DNS privacy: Faster than ever, now on Android | The Mozilla Blog
All web browsing starts with a DNS query to find the IP address for the desired service or website. For much of the internet’s history, this quer...
 #Privacy #Firefox #Android #DoH #DNS #Encryption #OpenSource #FOSS #Tech #TechNews #Cybersecurity #Mozilla
Just bought Hollow Knight: Silksong from GOG — first time using it! Wanted the game DRM-free, so no Steam this time. 💿🕹️ Where do you usually buy games? Vote + Boost 🔁 = ❤️ (Feel free to reply with the reason of your choice 👇) #Silksong #HollowKnight #Games #Gaming #Game #Gamer #PCGaming #PS4 #PS5 #Sony #Steam #GOG #PC #Indie #DRMfree #DRM #Digital #Store #Games #Download #Launch #Play #Tech #Software #Linux #OpenSource #LinuxGaming
🇨🇭 Switzerland releases Apertus, a major open source AI model. 🤖 Built by EPFL, ETH Zurich & CSCS under the Swiss AI Initiative. 🧠 Trained on 15T public tokens, supports 1,800+ languages. 🔐 8B model for devs, 70B for enterprises. 🧩 A transparent, privacy-first alternative. 🌍 🔗
It's FOSS
Switzerland Launches Apertus: One of Europe's Largest Open Source AI Models
European alternative to Big Tech AI developed by Swiss organizations.
 #AI #Tech #OpenSource #Privacy #Europe #FOSS #Switzerland #Innovation #Ethics #Development #Coding #BigTech #Cloud #Security #GPT #MachineLearning #Data #Software #Freedom #Research #Programming