I'm still amazed that, as a blind person, I'm typing this on Linux, with an Android phone in my pocket, and not really having any major issues with either.

#linux #foss #tech #accessibility #blind #android

Every day, thousands of women and children are victimized by people on X using the Grok chatbot to generate scantily clad and naked photos of them.

It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.

disconnect.blog/elon-musks-x-m…

#tech #socialmedia #elonmusk #x #grok #twitter #everythingapp #deepfake

Elon Musk’s X must be banned

Regulators need to stop cowering before the richest man in the world

^{Paris Marx (Disconnect)}

Today’s lesson: Don’t believe everything you read on the internet. A viral Reddit post about an unnamed food delivery company that delays customer orders takes all of the “driver benefit fee” was probably AI-generated. “Considering the delivery app industry track record of exploitation of its drivers, it’s easy to see why so many people believed this was the real thing,” Elissa Welle writes in her vetting of the post for @theverge. Read the rest of her report here:

flip.it/ZtSm6-

#Tech #AI #FoodDelivery #Apps #TechNews #Transportation

That viral Reddit post about food delivery apps was an AI scam

DoorDash and Uber Eats both deny the allegations in the viral Reddit “confession” post about a “major food delivery app,” and the post is likely AI slop.

^{Elissa Welle (The Verge)}

🚨 NEW VIDEO: The Windows Exodus Has Begun.

2025 was the breaking point. Forced hardware retirement and intrusive AI have sparked a mass migration to GNU/Linux. In this video, I explore:

📈 The data behind the 3.20% Steam high.

🇪🇺 How the EU is saving millions by ditching Microsoft.

🛡️ Why 2026 is the year of Digital Sovereignty.

Stop fighting your OS. Start owning it.

🔴 Full Video: youtube.com/watch?v=dLzdTgCXyR…

#TerminalTilt #WindowsExodus #Windows10 #Windows11 #Microsoft #WindowsEOL #Recall #Copilot #DigitalSovereignty #Privacy #DigitalPrivacy #NoAI #HumanMade #DeGoogle #EthicalTech #Autonomy #DataSovereignty #AntiSpyware #Telemetry #SurveillanceCapitalism #RightToPrivacy #Encryption #SoftwareFreedom #ExitWindows #Migration #LinuxGaming #GamingOnLinux #SteamDeck #Valve #Proton #Bazzite #SteamOS #HandheldGaming #PCGaming #ROGAlly #LegionGo #GamingCommunity #SteamHardwareSurvey #EWaste #Sustainability #RightToRepair #PlannedObsolescence #CircularEconomy #GreenTech #SaveThePC #Hardware #Environment #EUtech #PublicMoneyPublicCode #OpenStandards #SchleswigHolstein #GermanyTech #GovernmentIT #DigitalRights #Linux #GNUlinux #Debian #Trixie #FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #LibreOffice #Thunderbird #Nextcloud #SelfHosted #HomeLab #CLI #CommandLine #Terminal #Bash #FishShell #Dotfiles #SysAdmin #QueerTech #TransInTech #DisabledInTech #Accessibility #Queer #LGBTQIA #LGBT #HumanContent #ContentCreator #SmallYouTuber #SmallStreamer #YouTube #IndieCreator #SupportIndependent #LinuxUser #Tech #TechNews #OperatingSystems

The Windows Exodus Has Begun. (And the Data Proves It)

For decades, “The Year of the Linux Desktop” was treated as a tech world punchline. But as we enter 2026, the data shows the laughter has stopped. Between th...

^YouTube

🇨🇭🔐 Nový mobil Punkt MC03 nabízí bezpečný systém AphyOS, VPN a IP68

infoek.cz/novy-mobil-punkt-mc0…

🇨🇭🔐 The new Punkt MC03 mobile offers a secure AphyOS system, VPN and IP68

infoek-cz.translate.goog/novy-…

#PunktMC03 #Punkt #Switzerland #AphyOS #Tech

🚫not asking for advice🚫
🚫no mens comments🚫

I'm going to try and stop watching short-form content online.

I gave up watching tiktok a number of months ago, and now it's time for Reels and YouTube Shorts to go as well.

I have a theory that they trigger the same areas of the brain that gambling lights up.. and it's not so much about the watching, but about swiping to see if you ✨win✨ by finding something fun. I noticed that I'd be watching something I was enjoying and just swipe anyways to see if the next clip was ✨better✨, which feels like classic gambling behaviours.

#addiction #gambling #tiktok #YouTube #tech #technology #SocialMedia

This weekend, I tried out TalkBack 16.2. And rather than rant about the one step forward and a good 3 steps back it took in Braille support, or how it can't take an actual screenshot and describe the screen unless there's one accessible element onscreen it can grab on to, or any of the other stuff I routinely rant about, today, I'll just say thank goodness for the iPhone.

I'm so glad I didn't sell or give away my iPhone 16 or Apple Watch. I'm so glad I got the AirPods Pro 3. I'm so glad it's evident that at least a few blind people work at Apple and are listened to at least when it comes to their most popular product, the iPhone. I'm so, freaking, glad that Apple at least keeps the lights on for Braille on their platforms. And I'm so glad screen recognition is a thing so when I'm playing a video game, I can have the menu read out even though there is no accessible element on the screen. I'm so glad that with AirPods, Voiceover isn't too sluggish and that you can't really tell that, when you swipe passed the visible end of a list, like the settings app, VoiceOver scrolls the screen for you. I'm so glad that at least that bit of magic is still there. You don't *have* to know these things. In Braille, it *feels* like a Braille-first interface, as far as we've made one in the past 30 years. And when VoiceOver gets AI image descriptions, I'll be thankful for those too. In the meantime, hey Siri, describe my screen. I'm so glad that I can almost always keep my iPhone in my pocket and just use Braille. I'm glad I can type my passcode in Braille and it just works! I'm so glad I can read a book and it pans to the next page. I'm so glad I can bind just about any VoiceOver command to arbitrary Braille keys. If I want dots 1-3 with Enter to go to next link, I can make it do so! If I want Space with Enter with O to open the Braille Access app chooser, there it is! Oh also I can press Command, Option, Control, FN, and Shift modifier keys with Braille commands. Just sayin'. At this point, iOS with Braille would be a way more blind-friendly OS than Android. And I think we should make this more clear: Braille-friendly is blind-friendly. Because if your interface is flexible enough to work with Braille, it'll be flexible enough to work with speech.

#android #iOS #VoiceOver #apple #google #tech #technology

I'm really glad I switched to #Linux.

Being able to understand what the issue is then having the ability to solve it by yourself is a great feeling.

And I'm by no means a tech person!

My computer is finally "mine".
I'm the one in control, not a f***ing corporation making billions by sucking out my private info.

Honestly, it feels like I'm back in the 2000's when computers were fun to use.

#tech

Schleswig-Holstein reports €15M yearly savings by replacing Microsoft 365 with LibreOffice across most government workplaces 💶

About 80% of offices have migrated, with a €9M one-time investment planned for 2026 to finish the shift and strengthen open-source tools 🧩

@libreoffice

🔗 itsfoss.com/news/german-state-…

#TechNews #OpenSource #Privacy #Security #Government #EU #Data #Sovereignty #IT #PublicSector #Digital #Microsoft #Office #Software #Tech #Cloud #FOSS #Germany #German #LibreOffice

Hurray! This German State Decides to Save €15 Million Each Year By Kicking Out Microsoft for Open Source

Schleswig-Holstein's migration to LibreOffice reaches 80% completion, with a one-time €9 million investment on cards for 2026.

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)}

The similarities between #accessibility and #cybersecurity continue to amaze me.
These are both areas of standards, recommendations, legal precedents etc. that SHOULD, in theory, give companies the tools, as well as the insentive, to do what their clients/customers need them to do.
Is that the reality? Sadly, often, no it isn't. I just saw a renowned voice in the cybersecurity space repost a post that essentially states that if the infraction is cheaper/more lucrative than the fine, companies will choose the fine every single time. Frustrating, innit?

So what if I say the exact same thing is true for #accessibility and that the majority of GUI-based cybersecurity tools are not #accessible enough to be productive?

Here's a callout to #cybersecurity vendors. Are you going to fix this, or be a hypocrite? :) #tech

putain on croyait être tranquille un moment, mais il est repassé par la fenêtre et on est bien baisés :
Chat Control, le retour !

euroweeklynews.com/2025/11/29/…

(en passant donnez à @LaQuadrature on va avoir besoin de se défendre, là)

#UnionEuropéenne
#UnionFasciste
#Tech
#Chat
#Controle
#Messagerie
#Surveillance
#ViePrivée
#Chiffrement
#BackDoorPourLesGentilsBienSûrMonCul
#TousSuspects
#DeltaChat

Chat Control approved: Certain EU countries will see your private messages. Is yours on the list?

EU governments have finally agreed on a controversial new law that gives a backdoor to reading text messages and viewing photo messages

^{Adam Woodward (Euro Weekly News)}

Taking a Curated Look at Black Friday Sales For 2025

A small curated list of Black Friday sales by independent creators or small businesses covering areas of technology, gaming and miscellaneous deals.

adamsdesk.com/posts/black-frid…

#blog #BlackFriday #tech #InfoSec #security #100DaysToOffload @Tutanota @b0rk

Stores trying to sell "Tech essentials" on Black Friday, when thanks to #enshittification, the real tech essentials are:

- Slop blocker
- Ad blocker
- Distraction/dark-pattern filter
- Tracker blocker
- Malware/phishing detection
- Spam filter
- OS debloat/jailbreak
- Encryption
- FOSS alternative frontend
- DRM remover

#tech #blackfriday

Lots of folks speculating about AirDrop working on the Pixel, if it was reverse engineering or asking if Apple might break the compatibility. The reality might be a bit more mundane. Seems Apple is just being forced to play by regulators' rules...
youtu.be/t2I9FyZdhbs

#tech #technology #technews #google #business #geek #gadgets #eu #dma #apple #android #ios

Android and AirDrop: Who Deserves the Credit for Getting This working?

TEAM SGG PATREON https://www.patreon.com/SomeGadgetGuy AirDrop now works on Pixel phones! Did Google reverse engineer Apple's popular file sharing protocol? ...

^YouTube

📊 NVDA SEC Snapshot
Three Months Ended

Revenue: $57,006M (+62.5% YoY)
Gross profit: $41,849M (+60.0% YoY)
Operating income: $36,010M (+64.7% YoY)
Pre-tax income: $37,936M (+70.0% YoY)
Net income: $31,910M (+65.3% YoY)

Filed: 2025-11-19

Astroconomics research commentary. Not investment advice.
#AI #Tech #Markets #NVDA #EDGAR

We need more than 2 popular and accessible types of mobile OS 📱

We need more than 2 popular and accessible types of desktop OS 🖥️

We need more than 2 popular and accessible types of browsers

We need more than 2 popular high-capacity cloud services ☁️

We need more than a 2 popular and secure end-to-end encrypted email services 📧

We need more than a few popular and secure end-to-end encrypted messaging apps 💬

We need SO much more diversity in tech!

There seems to be a tendency to just pit projects against each other (or buy each other) until we only get 2 options in the end. This is horrible for consumer choices, for security, for privacy, for resilience, and just leads to more enshitification everywhere once people are locked in systems without viable alternatives.

We need much more options, everywhere.
Celebrate and encourage diversity.
In tech, and everywhere else.

#Tech

un temps pour réparer

tag : tricot restauratif, #art #repair #DIY #tech #psychology #societe #ecology

"The world's governments have all signed up to "anticircumvention" laws that criminalize reverse-engineering & modifying US #tech products. This was done at the insistence of the #US Trade Rep... using the threat of #tariffs
....
getting rid of anticircumvention laws only requires that governments control their own behavior – unlike taxing or fining companies, which only works if governments can control the behavior of companies"
- @pluralistic

pluralistic.net/2025/11/01/red…

#Technology #News #USA

The AI industry wants us to believe AI superintelligence is the real threat from generative AI.

But that narrative was crafted to distract from the many ways genAI is being used to tear our societies apart, as we saw this week when a deepfake video rocked the Irish election. It must be reined in.

disconnect.blog/generative-ai-…

#tech #genai #generativeai #deepfake #politics #ireland

Generative AI is a societal disaster

Governments are deluding themselves into believing investment justifies allowing AI to upend society

^{Paris Marx (Disconnect)}

"Today, another mad dictator is threatening the world's infrastructure. For the rest of the world to escape dictators' demands, they will have to accelerate their independence from American tech – not just Russian gas."

As you might have come to expect and astute as ever, @pluralistic laying down the facts on American tech subservience.

pluralistic.net/2025/10/20/pos…

#tech #technology #FOSS #policy

I keep getting pushback on this but I'm gonna to keep saying it: We're NEVER going to free people from the clutches of Big Tech until we realize & respect that most computer users by far aren't actually computer users.

They don't give a shit about computers. They don't want to see a single line of code, ever.

They don't care about customization, "distros" or versions. They don't care about GUIs or desktop environments.

They just want to get to what they're doing; work or play.

#UX #tech

#FotoVorschlag
“(Hoch)Stapelei” / (High) stacking

Stacks of boomboxes, radios, cameras, and other vintage tech at an electronics shop on Canal Street. I’m not a tech-head, but I still felt a huge rush of nostalgia walking in to get my stereo fixed. A younger customer wondered what the rectangular slot under a TV screen was for, and asked “What’s VHS?” The proprietor and I looked at each other and laughed, and felt old together.

#photography #vintage #tech #nyc

Welcome #FreeBSD 16.0 on my laptop! Smooth, fast, and running perfectly with Xfce.

FreeBSD #Unix #OpenSource #BSD #FreeBSD16 #Xfce #DesktopUnix #Tech #FreeBSDCommunity #FreeBSDLaptop

God help us

“A new report from Senate Democrats claims members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team have access to the Social Security Numbers of all Americans in a cloud server lacking verified security measures, despite an internal assessment of potential “catastrophic” risk. The report, released by Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), cites numerous disclosures from whistleblowers, including one who said a worst-case scenario could involve having to re-issue SSNs to everyone in the country.

As outlined in the report, DOGE staffers moved a live copy of Americans’ personal information to a cloud server despite an internal risk assessment done by the Social Security Administration (SSA) that determined the impact could be “catastrophic” without the proper safeguards. The report notes that this information is considered “production data,” potentially allowing DOGE to “directly manipulate” it.”

#doge #tech #ssn #news #security #privacy
theverge.com/news/785706/doge-…

DOGE might be storing every American’s SSN on an insecure cloud server

A new report from Senate Democrats reveals that Elon Musk’s DOGE has moved sensitive information, including Social Security numbers, to a cloud server without verified security measures.

^{Emma Roth (The Verge)}

Axonometric grids, contextual layer actions, polygon selection tool and more are available to test in Pinta 3.1 Beta.

omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/pinta-…

#opensource #Design #tech

Pinta 3.1 Beta Adds New Features, Effects & Options

A beta version of Pinta 3.1 is available for testing. The fee open source image editor adds axonometric grid, polygon selection, performance improvements and more.

^{Joey Sneddon (OMG! Ubuntu!)}

🍎 Vodafone spouští prodeje iPhonů 17, v nabídce má ultratenký iPhone Air, nové Apple Watch i sluchátka AirPods Pro 3 s měřením srdečního tepu

🔗 infoek.cz/vodafone-spousti-pro…

🍎 Vodafone launches iPhone 17 sales, offers ultra-thin iPhone Air, new Apple Watch and AirPods Pro 3 headphones with heart rate monitoring

🔗 infoek-cz.translate.goog/vodaf…

ℹ️ PR

#Vodafone #Czech #Tech #iPhone17Pro #Apple

Nvidia: AI’s Powerhouse, But Is It Too Late to Buy?

Nvidia dominates the AI GPU market with 90%+ share, fueling record revenue growth and becoming Wall Street’s AI darling. With data center demand exploding, long-term growth looks massive but sky-high valuation and rising competition make it a high-risk, high-reward bet.

#Nvidia #AI #Stocks #Investing #Tech #Semiconductors #WallStreet #GrowthStocks #NVDA #AIRevolution #TECHi

Read Full Article Here :- techi.com/nvidia-stock-2025-ai…