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Remember Digg? The once-upon-a-time go-to site for finding cool things on the internet recommended by an audience of peers? Well, it’s coming back, and owned by one of its original co-founders, along with a co-founder of Reddit.
With Google Going Bye-Bye, Mozilla’s Evidently Found a New Money Stream… Selling Your Data
Mozilla is evidently selling your data downriver while continuing to brag about how much it’s protecting your privacy.
The FOSS Force Almost Open Tech News Quiz (2/28/25)
How well did you pay attention to tech news this week? Here’s your chance to check in and check yourself out. This week there are 10 questions. How well will you score?
Nextcloud Releases Hub 10 to Take on Big Tech
The folks at Nextcloud have upped their game again with this release of Nextcloud Hub 10. Most impressive are the improvements made to the platform’s AI Assistant.
OSI to Faraone: Too Friggin’ Bad
Remember the classic headline from the 1970s: “Ford to city — drop dead”? Well, this is how it looks, transcribed to itty-bitty open source in the 21st century. It’s a different scale, but…
Is AI Compatible With Free Software?
As everybody from The Linux Foundation to Open Source Initiative to Facebook can tell you, figuring out how to make artificial intelligence platforms fit the four freedoms has been no easy task.
Is OSAID to Blame for OSI’s Latest Election Misstep?
Inquiring minds want to know if a potential candidate’s opposition to OSI’s Open Source AI Definition is the reason it pulled a previously unknown time zone rule out of a magic hat to deny his nomination.
Pichai and Zuckerberg Aren’t Musk, But That Doesn’t Keep Them From Trying
It’s not pretty when Trump’s personality starts to rub off onto tech billionaires who don’t really deserve their wealth, but will pay any price to hold onto it.
No, LibreOffice Doesn’t Turn 40 This Year, but StarOffice Would if It Were Still Around
It’s like reading the Old Testament: Star Writer begat StarOffice who begat OpenOffice, which begat LibreOffice. All but the standalone version of Star Writer battled with Microsoft’s Office suite in the marketplace arena.
The FOSS Force Almost Open Tech News Quiz (2/21/25)
In this, the second quiz since the reboot there are 11 questions, just like the New York Times New Quiz. So, how much did you pay attention this week to open source and tech news?
How to Tell a Really Smart Home From a Not-So-Smart Home That Only Thinks It’s Smart
To get Nixon, “Deep Throat” advised Woodward and Bernstein to “follow the money.” To “get” this article, written by the latest addition to the FOSS Force team, we suggest that you follow the links. You’ll be glad you did.
Cybersecurity Chief Says Musk Can Use Perloined IRS Data Against Taxpayers
“Musk needs to be arrested with no bail until he accounts for the information that he has stolen and tells where it has been stored and located,” Perez said. “Unfortunately, that is very unlikely to happen.”
Before It Even Gets a Stable Release, Serpent OS Changes Its Name To AerynOS
Any article about Serpent OS or Solus OS (or now, AerynOS), is first and foremost an article about Ikey Doherty.
Asahi Linux Adopts Collective Leadership After Lead Dev Quits
After Asahi Linux’s founder and lead developer abruptly quit on Thursday, the project moves forward with seven developers sharing the lead role.
The FOSS Force Almost Open Tech News Quiz (2/14/25)
We're revising our weekly news quiz, which we pretty much abandoned three or four years ago. This inaugural quiz for the reboot is only seven questions, so it's a quick in-and-out, win-or-lose for those who want to play.
ZSA’s Erez Zuckerman Talks About (What Else?) Ergonomic Keyboards
The co-founder of top-shelf ergonomic keyboard maker ZSA Technologies talks about open source, the company’s user community, its relationships with its competition, and more.
Auction With GNU’s Original Gnu Kicks Off FSF’s 40th Anniversary Events
Lordy, lordy, lordy, FSF is turning 40. What we want to know is, how is that even possible?
Mirantis Releases k0rdent for Managing Kubernetes Clusters Across Clouds
Mirantis is calling this, “the first open-source Distributed Container Management Environment,” with “distributed” being the key word.
FSF Announces that Nominations Are Open for This Year’s Free Software Awards
Do you know of a person or a project that you think should be recognized for their contribution to open source or free software? Why don’t you nominate them for a Free Software Award?
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ergonomic Next-Gen Keyboards but Didn’t Know to Ask
For those who are ready to up their game, we take some of the mystery out of what to look for when shopping for an ergonomic, next-gen keyboard.