Linux geeks cheer as Arm wrestles x86 • The Register (www.theregister.com)
US bans Kaspersky software, citing security risk with Russia (www.theregister.com)
Tencent ponders banning AI vids hosted by ‘virtual humans’ • The Register (www.theregister.com)
IMF suggests tax on AI's CO2 emissions, but not AI itself • The Register (www.theregister.com)
Why does Asia scan to pay when the rest of the world taps? • The Register (www.theregister.com)
Mozilla defies Kremlin, restores banned Firefox add-ons in Russia (www.theregister.com)
Mozilla has reinstated certain add-ons for Firefox that earlier this week had been banned in Russia by the Kremlin....
Mozilla restores Firefox add-ons banned in Russia (www.theregister.com)
Japan forces Apple and Google to open their mobile platforms • The Register (www.theregister.com)
Why RISC-V must get its messaging right on open standard vs open source (www.theregister.com)
Multi-day DDoS storm batters Internet Archive. Think this is bad? See what Big Media wants to do to us, warns founder (www.theregister.com)
Archived link...
Open Source Initiative tries to define Open Source AI (www.theregister.com)
Apple limits third-party browser engine work to EU devices (www.theregister.com)
lmao imagine that
Telegram CEO calls out rival Signal, claiming it has ties to US government (www.theregister.com)
End-to-end encryption may be the bane of cops, but they can't close that Pandora's Box (www.theregister.com)
RISC OS Open 5.30 is here – with Pi Wi-Fi support (www.theregister.com)
www.riscosopen.org/…/risc-os-5-30-now-available...
Apple's 'incredibly private' Safari is not so private in Europe (www.theregister.com)
Apple’s grudging accommodation of European antitrust rules by allowing third-party app stores on iPhones has left users of its Safari browser exposed to potential web activity tracking....
Xubuntu 24.04: A minimal install that really means it (www.theregister.com)
The hyper-clouds are open source's friends (www.theregister.com)
Fedora 40 boasts more spins and flavors than ever (www.theregister.com)
Qt Ubuntu 24.04 betas show there's room to innovate (www.theregister.com)
The beta versions of Lubuntu and Kubuntu 24.04 are out, showing that there’s room to improve on the standard Ubuntu formula. The beta announcements for Lubuntu 24.04 and Kubuntu 24.04 don’t reveal quite as much information as the Lubuntu’s alpha-test announcement did. The Reg FOSS desk looked at the two Qt-centric remixes,...
EU tells Meta it can't paywall privacy (www.theregister.com)
The EU’s Data Protection Board (EDPB) has told large online platforms they should not offer users a binary choice between paying for a service and consenting to their personal data being used to provide targeted advertising....
Debian spices up APT package manager with a dash of color (www.theregister.com)
96% of US Hospital Websites Share Visitor Data with Google, Meta, Data Brokers, and Other Third Parties, Study Finds (www.theregister.com)
Academics at the University of Pennsylvania analyzed a nationally representative sample of 100 non-federal acute care hospitals – essentially traditional hospitals with emergency departments – and their findings were that 96 percent of their websites transmitted user data to third parties....
A German state is ditching Windows and Microsoft Office for Linux and LibreOffice on the 30,000 PCs it uses for local government functions (www.theregister.com)
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany’s most northern state, is starting its switch from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice, and is planning to move from Windows to Linux on the 30,000 PCs it uses for local government functions....