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Alright, this will be the last review of the Summer. I’ll take a break until September as I really need to unplug for a bit. The next edition will be at the end of the first week of September. See you then! But first… let’s go for my web review for the week 2026-32. Kill the Cookie Banner! Tags: tech, gdpr, web, europe, law This campaign is definitely worth a try. Hammering…
Let’s go for my web review for the week 2026-31. Sovereignty is a substrate Tags: tech, hardware, supply-chain, complexity Interesting piece which shows very well the complexity of the hardware supply chain. The parts which matter the most are largely ignored by everyone. https://negroniventurestudios.com/2026/07/28/sovereignty-is-a-substrate/ Do LLMs know how to make software? (No.) Tags:…
Let’s go for my web review for the week 2026-30. Online Friends Are Real Friends Tags: tech, internet, culture, life, friendship Indeed, friends we make online are no less real than the ones we see in the flesh first. I would know… guess how I made friends with KDE people? https://blog.absurdpirate.com/online-friends-are-real-friends/ Europe’s digital sovereignty needs challenges…
This post has been long overdue, but let’s say I’ve been busy and the reason will be obvious in this short piece. ☺ As you might have heard a couple of months ago, the Sovereign Tech Fund did a large investment in KDE software development . From the announcement the details can be a bit sparse on what it actually entails. Especially regarding the part which says “the frameworks…
Let’s go for my web review for the week 2026-29. A Better World Tags: funny, history, scifi Interesting game. Want to make your own alternate history? Gives pause about what we assume of the past. It stays fun of course. https://abw.blue/index_en.php This is Still Not Normal Tags: climate, europe Those maps make things very clear regarding climate change in Europe… and concerning to…
Let’s go for my web review for the week 2026-28. Chat Control 1.0: EU Council forces messenger scans via fast-track Tags: tech, europe, surveillance This is a shady move once more… They really want to extend this security apparatus. We could hope there were enough MEPs to vote against this… but it’s not been the case.…
Let’s go for my web review for the week 2026-27. What happened to the fight for the Internet? Tags: tech, politics, surveillance Excellent piece, where are the netizens who should be fighting back those bills? Looks like we became very complacent and passivity reigns this time around. Didn’t think it was related to the pervasive centralisation already in place… but indeed that…
Let’s go for my web review for the week 2026-26. Look, just fucking use Mastodon already Tags: tech, social-media, fediverse, bluesky, decentralized Aren’t the signs clear enough yet? Don’t get misled by Bluesky. https://giants-club.net/articles/just-use-mastodon/ W Social, Fictional Metrics and the Beauty of Open Data Tags: tech, social-media, europe, politics I wish people will…
Let’s go for my web review for the week 2026-25. Open Source vs the Invisible Hand Tags: tech, foss, commons, economics Or why modern economics mostly loose the plot when you try to factor Open Source in there simplistic theories. https://nesbitt.io/2026/06/18/open-source-vs-the-invisible-hand.html Recommendations When Using LLM-backed Generative AI Systems for FOSS Contributions Tags: tech,…
Let’s go for my web review for the week 2026-24. Total Reciprocity Public License Tags: tech, foss, licensing, copyright More an experiment than something I’d recommend for real. Still it shows there’s a gap we need to close in the licenses available. Let’s hope the OSI and the FSF will do strong moves toward closing this gap. https://trplfoundation.org/ Forms of Open…