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Vários assuntos a tratar em um único tooth.
O GNOME vai engatar a ré novamente, retirando o suporte nativo a alguns serviços da Google. Dependo completamente do Google Agenda por motivos de compartilhamento de agendas profissionais e familiares, e a integração do recurso com o calendário do GNOME é perfeita. Porém a partir do GNOME 50 essa integração não existirá mais.
“Ah, mas por quê vc não instala o Nextcloud e blablablá...”. Jovens, trabalho com inúmeras pessoas. Será que vou ter que falar pra elas que “não trabalho com o Google Agenda, e se quiser marcar reuniões comigo terão que criar uma conta na minha instância do Nextcloud.”? Kkkkkk, meus amigos, o mundo real não funciona assim. Essas coisas só existem no mundo utópico imaginário de um pessoal aí.
Tem uma falácia que diz que o open source é bom pq se um desenvolvedor abandonar um projeto, outra pessoa assume. Deixo aqui o motivo pelo qual o GNOME está abandonando o suporte ao Google nativamente:
#gnome #goa #google #libgdata #fail
#Smartphone ohne #USA: Wie realistisch digitale Unabhängigkeit ist
#Android kommt von #Google, #iOS von #Apple – viele zentrale Smartphone-Dienste stammen aus den USA.
Doch was, wenn man das ändern möchte? Gibt es Smartphones und Tablets, die ohne US-Software funktionieren? Grundsätzlich ja – man muss aber mit einigen Einschränkungen und Unbequemlichkeiten rechnen…..
I've recently summed up my thoughts on generative "AI" on my homepage. Here's a screenshot of that section.
#tech #technology #BigTech #IT #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMs #ML #MachineLearning #GenAI #generativeAI #AIAgent #AISlop #FuckAI #Fuck_AI #enshittification #microslop #microsoft #copilot #meta #google #NVIDIA #gemini #OpenAI #ChatGPT #anthropic #claude
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My thoughts on generative "AI"
I'm glad generative artificial "intelligence" was not a thing yet during the vast majority of my career. A number of realizations arose while exploring generative Large Language Models…
Generative AI is based on massive theft from creatives, without consent, credit or compensation. Using gen-AI is asking a chatbot to spit out the combined efforts of ripped-off creatives. It is industrializing and devaluing human expression, artistry and craftsmanship. Creatives are losing their jobs and motivation because tech corporations unscrupulously absorb and exploit their work. If you appreciate art, support the artists, not the thieves of their labor.
Tech corporations are building more and more huge data centers for AI processing, consuming lots of internet bandwidth, energy, water and more, increasing scarcity, prices and emissions, degrading the already fragile environment.
Unless you're using a fully local AI configuration, every bit of data you submit contributes to the power and reach of corporations and governments, decreasing your privacy and security.
Generative AI enables deepfakes that are widely used for abuse, deception, cybercrime, misinformation and propaganda, polluting justice, science advancement and news report credibility.
More text doesn't fit in this Alt text, but everything can be read over at https://metinseven.nl
“A chatbot did not kill those children. People failed to update a database, and other people built a system fast enough to make that failure lethal.”
Maven, the program Google was forced to pull out of and Palantir took over, was the system that identified the girls’ school as a target.
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The Guardian | Google to tap into gas plant for AI datacenter in sharp turn from climate goals by Dara Kerr
Texas power plant would emit 4.5m tons of carbon dioxide per year, more than that of the entire city of San Francisco
Google has struck a partnership for a natural gas power plant that could provide energy for one of its datacenters in Texas, unearthed by new research and confirmed by the company. The move is part of an ongoing about-face for the tech giant, which once pledged to be carbon neutral by 2030 and has long been seen as a pioneer in clean energy.
The gas power plant is slated to be built in Armstrong county, a sparsely populated area in the Texas panhandle. According to a report by the research organization Cleanview, the project is being led by Crusoe Energy, which partnered with Google to develop the datacenter campus known as “Goodnight”, named after a nearby town.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/02/google-ai-datacenter
#ai(artificialintelligence) #climatecrisis #google #datacenter #carbondioxide
WIRED - The Latest in Technology, Science, Culture and Business » 🌐
@wired.com@web.brid.gy
A New Google-Funded Data Center Will Be Powered by a Massive Gas Plant
Documents show that one of Google’s new data centers would be powered by a natural gas plant that emits millions of tons of emissions each year—an increasingly common trend in the industry.
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A New Google-Funded Data Center Will Be Powered by a Massive Gas Plant
From yesterday,
Scientific American: What the Meta and Google verdict means for your social media feed https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-the-meta-and-google-verdict-means-for-social-media-design/ #Meta #Google #socialmedia
The study was published on March 19. I'd be wary about drawing conclusions about sentience and blame Google instead.
UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz paper: Agentic AI and the next intelligence explosion https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aeg1895
From yesterday.
Wired: AI Models Lie, Cheat, and Steal to Protect Other Models From Being Deleted https://www.wired.com/story/ai-models-lie-cheat-steal-protect-other-models-research/ @WIRED #Google #Gemini #bots
Freezenet Experiments With Google Ads
Freezenet is announcing that an experiment is underway with Google ads. We've already learned a fair bit.
https://www.freezenet.ca/freezenet-experiments-with-google-ads/
#News #SiteAnnouncements #ads #Advertising #Freezenet #Google
Host on PeerTube.
‘Goal is viewer addiction’: Damning email from YouTube employee show company’s alleged mission
> YouTube executive’s deposition revealed an employee noted a ‘goal’ was to make an app addictive
If you missed this, Google Threat Intelligence Group and Mandiant had a thing to say about Axios.
Google: North Korea-Nexus Threat Actor Compromises Widely Used Axios NPM Package in Supply Chain Attack https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/north-korea-threat-actor-targets-axios-npm-package #infosec #Google #threatintel #threatintelligence
Google patched some vulnerabilities yesterday, if you missed the release.
Google: Stable Channel Update for Desktop https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html
Security Week: Exploited Zero-Day Among 21 Vulnerabilities Patched in Chrome https://www.securityweek.com/exploited-zero-day-among-21-vulnerabilities-patched-in-chrome/ @SecurityWeek #Google #vulnerability #Chrome #zeroday
If you're using #Pachli Current and use the on-device #translation feature, would you mind taking a look at "Preferences > Manage language packs"?
You shouldn't notice any difference from previous behaviour. If you do notice a difference please let me know.
To explain - at #Google there are two ways to do things. The way that works but is deprecated, and the way that doesn't work yet.
Do you hate how Google's AI takes the work of journalists & summerizes it without linking to the websites anymore?
Now there's a Chrome extension you can get that stops #Google from using its own #ai for answers! It provides good ol' web links, like Sergey Brin, Larry Page & God intended.
It's called Bye-bye Google AI & was made by Avram Piltch last year. Here's the story, which also includes gives other ways to turn it off in ios & Android. https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/block-google-ai-overviews
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/imllolhfajlbkpheaapjocclpppchggc
A California jury found Meta and Google liable for defective social media design harming a youth, awarding $6M in damages. The verdict may affect 2,000 similar cases and highlights risks of addictive platform features ⚖️
🔗 https://www.npr.org/2026/03/25/nx-s1-5746125/meta-youtube-social-media-trial-verdict
#TechNews #Meta #Google #SocialMedia #DigitalWellness #UserSafety #Privacy #FOSS #OpenSource #Addiction #YouthSafety #Transparency #Accountability #Technology #IT #Youth #California #Jury #Addictive
This is alarming but not surprising:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/the-wiretap/2026/03/24/google-cookies-help-cops-identify-anonymous-users/
TLDR If you access multiple Google accounts from the same device, and the cops know about one of the accounts and ask Google the right questions, Google will tell the cops about the other accounts.
The general lesson here is one we already know: if you have any sort of account you don't want linked to you, you can't ever access it from a device or network connection you use other accounts on.
Caveat usor.
#infosec #OpSec #Google
RE: https://mastodon.social/@noybeu/114262003439129906
Ready for another joke? 🥁
The Irish Data Protection Commission, which is responsible for most major technology companies ( #Meta, #Google, #Apple, #OpenAI, #Microsoft,...) actually imposes fines in just 0.26% of the cases it handles. And even when a fine is imposed, the money is almost never collected. 🤡
Haven't used my google account directly much the last 2 years and logged in to check out my data. Specifically ad related stuff.
It is so creepy how much google knows about me even without interacting with it directly much. Every single demographic I belong to is correct even though I have never told it any of that.
I once read a book (The Four by Scott Galloway) that explained that this is (or was) based on statistics and they have access to insane sample sizes.
Which part of "kids can get around this" didn't you understand?
Report: "A substantial number of Australian children continued to retain accounts, create new accounts and pass platforms’ age assurance systems."
AP: Australia says Meta, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube aren’t fully complying with child account ban https://apnews.com/article/australia-social-media-ban-children-58c50c845d96057b39529e988bd778bc @AssociatedPress #Meta #TikTok #YouTube #Google #ageverification #Instagram #Snapchat #Facebook #socialmedia
https://winbuzzer.com/2026/03/31/google-5-billion-anthropic-data-center-texas-xcxwbn/
Google Nears $5B Deal to Finance Anthropic Texas AI Data Center
#AI #Google #Anthropic #AIInfrastructure #BigTech #DataCenters #GoogleCloud #Alphabet #Claude #Texas
Did a quick video on the #cybersecurity breach of FBI Director, Kash Patel's e-mail and why you could be next.
#cybersecurity #infosec #servers #vps #servers #email #hackers #vulnerabilities #opensource #cloud #microsoft #google
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o6TK-QjTPw&feature=youtu.be
Chemnitzer-Linuxtage-Nachlese Teil 1:
Das Datenschutz-Problem mit Push-Benachrichtigungen – sehr eindringlich und unterhaltsam erklärt von Merle Fäller
Ich wollte nur Zulip-Notifications auf dem Handy. Also habe ich angefangen, selbst was zu bauen – und bin in ein Rabbit Hole gefallen.
Dieser Vortrag erzählt die Geschichte, wie ich versucht habe, ein Problem zu lösen – und dabei verstanden habe, wie Push-Notifications wirklich funktionieren. Warum mein erster Ansatz nicht skaliert. Warum fast jede App Firebase oder APNs nutzt. Warum selbst Signal bei Google anklopft. Und warum das seit dem Wyden-Brief von 2023 ein dokumentiertes Privacy-Problem ist: »We kill people based on metadata.«
Ich zeige, welche Alternativen es mit UnifiedPush und ntfy gibt, wie ich eine Bridge für Zulip gebaut habe, und warum das gleiche Problem auch für Prometheus-Alerts, Grafana-Notifications und CI/CD-Pipelines gilt. Und was das mit digitaler Souveränität zu tun hat.
https://media.ccc.de/v/clt26-143-warum-selbst-signal-bei-google-und-apple-anklopft
#google #notifications #firebaseCloudMessaging #gcm #firebase #fcn #apple #apn #ntfy #UnifiedPush #zulip #messenger #instantMessenger #clt2026
For the #FreeBSD #Google Summer of Code #GSoC 2026 programme, we now have 3 shortlistees for the #EFI MonotonicCounter project, and 1 shortlistee for #multicast snooping in #if_bridge . There is less than 36 hours until the gate closes. Be swift about it!
Stell dir vor, du läufst nackt durch eine belebte Einkaufsstraße...jeder kann dich anstarren, jeder will dir was andrehen, und überall hängen Plakate, die dich persönlich anbrüllen.
Genau so fühlt es sich an, wenn du ohne #uBlockOrigin und/oder einen ordentlichen #TrackerBlocker im Netz unterwegs bist.
Jede zweite Seite schmeißt dir #Popups ins Gesicht, die dich mit „DU HAST EINEN VIRUS!“ oder „KLICK HIER FÜR KOSTENLOSE #BITCOINS !“ nerven.
#Autoplay #Videos starten sofort, #Werbung flackert zwischen dem Text, und die Seite lädt so langsam, als würde sie mit einem 56k #Modems aus dem Jahr 1998 kämpfen.
Und während du versuchst, den „X“-Button zu treffen, der sich ständig verschiebt, sammeln im Hintergrund 50 verschiedene #Tracker deine #Daten: Was du liest, wie lange du bleibst, wo du herkommst alles wird verkauft, analysiert und in irgendeine #Werbe #Datenbank gekippt.
Ohne #Blocker ist das #Internet nicht nur nervig, es ist aggressiv!
Du bist das Produkt, und jeder will ein Stück von dir!
Selbst wenn du denkst, „Ach, ich hab doch nichts zu verbergen“ es geht nicht um Geheimnisse, es geht um #datenschutz
Das Internet sollte dir dienen, nicht umgekehrt !!!
#browser #linux #windows #windows11 #firefox #chrome #google #microsoft #ads #socialmedia
2008 #foss devs were warriors
#ageverification #privacy #anonymity #surveillance #ubuntu #arch #fedora #kde #gnome #apple #google #degoogle #development #coding #github #discord #codeberg #linux #decentralized #FreeSoftware #selfhosting #cloudflare
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Big dog as 2008 Foss devs Vs small dog as 2026 foss devs, big dog sticks to his principles and doesn't bend the knee no matter what, small dog works at big tech and buys Apple hardware, doesn't take a firm stance on age verification.. etc
Verifikationspflicht in der EU: Wenn EU-Kommission, #Google und andere Konzerne bestimmen, was Du im Netz machen darfst:
Auch auf dem europäischen Festland planen Regierungen die zeitnahe Einführung von staatlichen Zugangsschranken mit Verifikationspflichten für das Internet.
Die EU-Kommission lässt in Kooperation mit Tech-Unternehmen wie T-Systems zur Zeit eine Altersverifikations-App entwickeln, mit der das Alter von Internetnutzer*innen kontrolliert werden soll. Die #EU bezeichnet das geplante Verfahren als eine datenschutzfreundliche Lösung.
Auch wenn sie datenschutzrechtskonform implementiert werden würde, bedeutet die Verifikationspflicht die Errichtung einer zentralisierten, (über)staatlichen Kontrollinfrastruktur, die das Verhalten von Nutzer*innen kontrolliert.
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Wenn EU-Kommission, #Google und andere Konzerne bestimmen, was Du im Netz machen darfst:
EU will Alterskontroll-App an #Google binden
‚Die #EU arbeitet an einer App, mit der Millionen Menschen künftig ihr Alter nachweisen sollen. Doch schon am Prototypen entzündet sich Kritik: Eine Bindung an Google-Dienste würde US-Konzerne stärken und sogar gegen eigene Vorgaben der EU verstoßen.‘
https://netzpolitik.org/2025/prototyp-vorgestellt-eu-will-alterskontroll-app-an-google-binden/
#Überwachung #Kontrolle #Europe #Altersverifikation #Antireport
Good idea: https://keepandroidopen.org/
In August 2025, Google announced that as of September 2026, it will no longer be possible to develop apps for the Android platform without first registering centrally with Google. This registration will involve:
Paying a fee to Google
Agreeing to Google’s Terms and Conditions
Providing government identification
Uploading evidence of the developer’s private signing key
Listing all current and future application identifiers
We need to resist and avoid this from happening!
#Police investigating ex-Harrods boss sex abuse probe -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/uk.html17
#Trump official refers #NewYork AG Letitia -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/markets.html#7
#DOJ probes #California, #Maine over transgender inmate -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/politics.html#4
PM Modi seek blessings for devotees from #Goddess -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/business.html#15
Fully Unlocked #Google Pixel 10 Pro Is $250 Off During -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/infotech.html#80
View all news from the UK https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/2026/03/latest-news-from-united-kingdom.html
Social media giants have pushed engagement-driven designs to keep us on their platforms, so they can harvest our data for advertising revenues.
The landmark verdict against Meta and Google is a crucial step in acknowledging that Big Tech's harmful business models are creating toxic online spaces.
Read more ⬇️
#onlinesafety #BreakBigTech #bigtech #socialmedia #meta #google
The UK Government should take note. Age ID checks for Internet access won't solve online harms.
It does nothing to tackle their structural causes: advertising-driven business models built on surveillance, profiling and maximising engagement.
All it does is threaten privacy. We must #BreakBigTech.
#onlinesafety #bigtech #socialmedia #meta #google #ageverification #ukpolitics #ukpol
Mittwoch: FIFA-WM 2026 auch bei YouTube, Pentagon-KI mit OpenAI statt Anthropic
YouTube als FIFA-Partner + Claude-Abschied aus Pentagon + Mastercard mit Stablecoin-Firma + PayPal-Abschied von Google-Wallet + Beschwerde nach Schuldaten-Klau
#Anthropic #Blockchain #Cybercrime #Datenleck #Datenschutz #Google #hoDaily #Journal #Kryptowährung #Kreditkarten #Militär #OpenAI #Paypal #Smartwatch #YouTube #news
There are no "smart glasses".
Meta/Facebook and Ray-Ban would like you to call them that, but you shouldn't. You should call them by their proper, accurate name.
That is "creep glasses". People who wear them are "glassholes".
If you see anyone wearing them in public, you should stop what you're doing, point dramatically at them, and loudly say "Hey, this creep is recording you without your permission! He's a glasshole!" [1]. Ignore any protests of "I'm not recording!", because the tell-tale indicator is trivially bypassed, so you *have* to assume every user is recording, all the time.
Mock them. Insult them. Shun them. Make sure everyone knows they're a creep. If you know someone who has creep glasses, make sure they never, ever wear them in your presence. Warn everyone you know about them.
What killed creep glasses the last time around - remember Google Glass? - was social opprobrium. Do it again. Make it *extremely* uncomfortable to be caught wearing them in public, so they *stop* fucking wearing them in public. You want them gathering dust, in shame, in the back of a drawer somewhere. You want the creep owner to feel a deep pang of regret every time they think about them.
[1] It will be a "he". I guarantee it.
#creep #CreepGlasses #SmartGlasses #GoogleGlass #Facebook #Meta #Google #SpyGlasses #record #video #opprobrium #creepy
Prozess um Social-Media-Sucht: US-Jury spricht Meta und Google schuldig
Instagram und YouTube haften für Schäden wegen Social-Media-Sucht. Das Urteil vom Mittwoch gilt als Präzedenzfall für Tausende ähnliche Verfahren.
#Google #Instagram #Jugendschutz #Facebook #Netzpolitik #OnlineSucht #SocialMedia #YouTube #news
Students are being funneled into #Google’s ecosystem
Schon wieder ein schlechter Schritt von Google 👎
https://stadt-bremerhaven.de/google-messages-im-web-der-qr-code-fliegt-raus
> For example, Google reduced our headline “I used the ‘cheat on everything’ AI tool and it didn’t help me cheat on anything” to just five words: “‘Cheat on everything’ AI tool.” It almost sounds like we’re endorsing a product we do not recommend at all.
#news #TechNews #technology #google #search #AI #LLMs #enshittification
Oh wow, and this might get worse.
"The user never sees what your team built, they see what Google's machine learning model thinks they should see instead."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/joetoscano1/2026/03/06/google-just-patented-the-end-of-your-website/
via https://mastodon.social/@SteveRudolfi/116279083767770070
#news #TechNews #technology #google #search #AI #LLMs #enshittification
Welllllll this isn't great.
Google Just Patented The End Of Your Website
"...a system that evaluates your company’s landing page in real time and, if it decides the page won’t perform well enough for a specific user, replaces it with an AI-generated version assembled on the fly. The user never sees what your team built, they see what Google's machine learning model thinks they should see instead."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/joetoscano1/2026/03/06/google-just-patented-the-end-of-your-website
#SEO #Google #AI #enshittification
Smart-TV: Europäische TV-Sender wehren sich gegen Tech-Konzerne
TV-Sender fordern strengere Regeln für Smart-TVs und virtuelle Assistenten der Tech-Giganten. Diese fungieren zunehmend als Gatekeeper für Inhalte und Publikum.
#Amazon #Apple #DigitalMarketsAct #EU #Google #Netzpolitik #Rundfunk #Samsung #SmartTV #news
Welllllll this isn't great.
Google Just Patented The End Of Your Website
"...a system that evaluates your company’s landing page in real time and, if it decides the page won’t perform well enough for a specific user, replaces it with an AI-generated version assembled on the fly. The user never sees what your team built, they see what Google's machine learning model thinks they should see instead."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/joetoscano1/2026/03/06/google-just-patented-the-end-of-your-website
#SEO #Google #AI #enshittification
Google will add a 24-hour delay and multi-step “advanced flow” to sideload unverified Android apps, aiming to curb malware and social engineering attacks 📱
The change raises concerns about platform openness, developer access, and user freedom as Android adds tighter controls despite keeping sideloading available 🔐
#TechNews #Android #Google #Privacy #Cybersecurity #OpenSource #Security #Apps #Data #Freedom #Antitrust #BigTech #Software #Mobile #DigitalRights
Are you considering OS's for your Android phone like #GrapheneOS or #lineageos to escape the #Android lock and #Google
spying?
The only tricky part is that GrapheneOS only supports Pixel phones while LineageOS supports a wider variety of vendors and phones but you may still need a generation or two down.
Wenn sich der Gedanke, dass Ihr Computer nicht alles an einen Großkonzern meldet, für Sie seltsam anfühlt, dann wird Ihnen der Wechsel zu Linux wahrscheinlich sehr seltsam vorkommen.
#linux #telemetry #datenschutz #datensicherheit #privatsphäre #datasecurity #windows #macos #microsoft #apple #google #ebook #telemetrie
Google Search is now using AI to replace headlines, https://www.theverge.com/tech/896490/google-replace-news-headlines-in-search-canary-coal-mine-experiment.
So. Google is changing the page titles listed in their search results because they believe it can provide more traffic.
Users have no indication the title is not the original one. If Google rewrites a title to something stupid, it will be credited to the site, not Google.
Google is violating the site’s copyright by doing so. It’s an immense breach in the remaining trust users may have in this search engine.
New.
- "Global median dwell time rose to 14 days from 11 days"
- "Initial access partners are using low-impact techniques, such as malicious advertisements or the ClickFix social engineering technique, to gain a foothold. They then hand off this access to secondary groups who execute high-impact operations like ransomware."
Mandiant: M-Trends 2026: Data, Insights, and Strategies From the Frontlines https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/m-trends-2026
More:
Security Week: M-Trends 2026: Initial Access Handoff Shrinks From Hours to 22 Seconds https://www.securityweek.com/m-trends-2026-initial-access-handoff-shrinks-from-hours-to-22-seconds/ @SecurityWeek #Google #infosec #cybercrime #threatintel #threatintelligence
Google Search is now using AI to replace headlines
According to Scroogle, 《The goal is “better matching titles to users’ queries and facilitating engagement with web content”》.
Googles neuer Ablauf für Android-Sideloading erfordert Neustart und Wartezeit
Der neue Prozess für die App-Installation ohne Play Store soll vor allem Scam-Versuche erschweren. Die Hürden werden höher, für Power-User gibt es Ausnahmen.
#Android #Betriebssystem #Kriminalität #Developer #Google #GooglePlayStore #Mobiles #Scamtracker #Security #Smartphone #news
It seems hard to escape the AI virus. It's also infecting the open source world…
https://codeberg.org/small-hack/open-slopware
#FOSS #OpenSource #tech #technology #IT #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMs #ML #MachineLearning #GenAI #generativeAI #AIAgent #AISlop #Fuck_AI #microslop #microsoft #copilot #meta #google #NVIDIA #gemini #OpenAI #ChatGPT #anthropic #claude #editor #app #apps #tools #software #linux #FreeSoftware #free #BigTech
#Android is fucking dead.
If you have an Android device, please wipe it and install #PostmarketOS today while you can still unlock the bootloader.
We all know that #Google wants to kill the “unverified/sideloaded” apps (names carefully selected by Google’s professional gaslighters to give a negative connotation to “apps that are not distributed by Google’s own store”).
We all know that the new “verification process” amounts basically to a ransom where you need to give Google your keys and your money if you want to build apps for Android.
It involves developers handing their signing keys to Google (so they will sign your package for you and will also able to decrypt your secrets) and paying them a $25 fee for each app.
Even if you don’t even use the Play Store to distribute your apps.
This is not a price to pay to get the app distributed through them, nor for using any of their services. It’s a price to pay just because they want to control the whole ecosystem end-to-end, and they know that they can get away with that because you’ll keep using their shitty OS even if you’re outraged at them.
We all know that they got a lot of backlash. And after the backlash they reiterated that they “listened to the community” and would have made a process to still allow people to “sideload apps”.
Well, today that process has been finally unveiled. And it sounds even shittier than I thought.
That’s because Google is currently filled with the best professional enshittificators in the world: the job role of these people is not to build new things, nor to listen to customers and build what they want. No, their job is specifically to find the sweet spot where they can make things as shitty as possible, add as much friction and user frustration as possible to prevent them from doing a certain thing, while still being able to tell regulators “well, it’s not that shitty, you see? We still give users an option - buried under 10 layers of dark patterns”.
In order to install apps external to the Play Store you will have to:
Activate the developer settings (the usual “tap the build number 7 times to show the hidden menu” thing)
In the developer settings, enable “Allow Unverified Padckages”
Confirm that you are not being coerced (seriously, how much malware did they actually see installed by people being coerced or tricked to download and install random APK files?)
Restart your device
Wait 24 hours
Return to the unverified packages settings
Scroll past 3-4 additional warnings whose sole purpose is to scare you off
Select either “Allow temporarily“ (7 days) or “Allow indefinitely“ (and I’ve got a hunch that the Allow indefinitely option will probably be gradually phased out)
Nach März-Update: Pixel-Besitzer berichten von einfrierenden Sperrbildschirmen
Nutzer berichten davon, dass ihre Pixel-Smartphones nach dem Einspielen des März-Pixel-Drops Probleme mit dem Aufwecken auf dem Sperrbildschirm haben.
#Android #Google #GooglePixel #Mobiles #Reddit #Smartphone #Updates #news
#tech #technology #BigTech #IT #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMs #ML #MachineLearning #GenAI #generativeAI #AIAgent #AISlop #Fuck_AI #microslop #microsoft #copilot #meta #google #NVIDIA #gemini #OpenAI #ChatGPT #anthropic #claude
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A compilation of screenshots featuring ignorant AI responses to questions.
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Google Threat Intelligence Group: The Proliferation of DarkSword: iOS Exploit Chain Adopted by Multiple Threat Actors https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/darksword-ios-exploit-chain #Google #infosec #Apple #iOS #threatintel #threatintelligence
#ChatGPT, Other Chatbots Approved for Official Use in the #Senate
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/us/politics/us-senate-chatgpt-ai-chatbots.html
🚨 Less than 168 days remain before Android becomes a locked down platform!
Google intends to force all software developers to register with a centralized Google service before their apps can run on the biggest mobile operating system on the planet, regardless of whether those apps are distributed via Google Play.
Find @keepandroidopen’s website at https://keepandroidopen.org for more information about this, why it’s a problem, and how you can make your voice heard.
As supporters of open platforms we have consistently encouraged developers and alternative app stores to refuse to participate in this program, and to spread this message throughout the Android community.
Read our open letter to Google’s leadership: https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/
Game Business: Take-Two CEO Interview: ‘The notion that AI can make GTA is laughable’ https://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/take-two-ceo-interview-the-notion #Google
Google says "Noooo, don't use a password manager, let us handle that for you!"
How about no.
https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/android-17-blocks-non-accessibility.html?m=1
Das Fairphone 6 erhält Update auf Android 16
Eigentlich erst für April angekündigt, verteilt Fairphone das Update auf Android 16 für sein aktuelles Smartphone bereits ab dem 16. März schrittweise.
#Android #Fairphone #Google #Mobiles #Nachhaltigkeit #Smartphone #Updates #news
你吐槽Chrome应用商店的Claude.ai插件无法在Arc、Vivaldi运行，并且给1、2Star可以，毕竟都是Chromium内核。
但是这个人怎么吐槽Firefox不能运行这个插件？这和去Apple官网给自己的Android手机找售后有什么区别，Linux用户也可以使用Chrome，去Chrome 商店发评论，开发者也管不了 Firefox 的适配问题啊，哭错坟了（
还有没有Claude.ai订阅的用户不要去试了（
#chromewebstore #chrome #google #extension #plugin #firefox #claude
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Google Threat Intelligence Group: Ransomware Under Pressure: Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures in a Shifting Threat Landscape https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/ransomware-ttps-shifting-threat-landscape
Speaking of ransomware, there are some interesting new targets listed today at Ransomware.live: https://www.ransomware.live/id/U2hvY2sgZm9yIElzcmFlbGkgSW50ZWxsaWdlbmNlOiAxMDAsMDAwIENsYXNzaWZpZWQgRW1haWxzIG9mIE1vc3NhZOKAmXMgRXgtRGVwdXR5IERpcmVjdG9yIFMuLi5AaGFuZGFsYQ #Google #ransomware #threatintel #threatintelligence
I currently have e/os/ on a Samsung Galaxy S5 that is still useful.
I am all for alternatives. So while I support the petition to keep Android open, it is a petition and Google is still in control. Time will tell if they decide to compromise on their planned changes to reduce the openness of Android.
I had a client just deliver a big directive: "Get me a written step by step plan to get us off of #gmail and I want to move all of our workstations to #Linux. "
We are six months into my plan for moving away from #cart and #cloudflare and #google on the website, now #email and #Windows are on he chopping block.
#3DS is the biggest stumbling block
#Europäische Hersteller bauen offene #Alternative zu #Google #Play #Integrity - #LinuxNews.de
Ein erstes Arbeitstreffen unter Teilnahme von #Volla, #Murena und der #e_Foundation sowie #Iodé und #Apostrophy fand am 13. Februar statt. Mit der Initiative soll die Abhängigkeit von einem einzelnen US‑Konzern verringert werden. Ziel ist es, diese Industrieinitiative als offenes Kooperationsformat unter dem Dach der #Eclipse_Foundation zu etablieren...
https://linuxnews.de/europaeische-hersteller-bauen-offene-alternative-zu-google-play-integrity/
Termux
- platform: Android
- type: sh environment
- goal: have the power of linux sh in Android
- license: GNU GPL Open Source
- development: active
- users: more than I can imagine
Termux which is the powerful Linux sh environment for Android is constantly under attack by Google
I've installed it on many different Androids with different versions and classes of the Android operating system
The direct reaction of the Play Store daemon is the same.
Warning Termux is an unsafe program!
wtf?
Why does google lie and stay that Termux is a program that should not be trusted?
This is a false and blatant deceptive action of Google, who is snooping on the Android phone, your personal property, because Termux gives you the flexibility to look at things which Google tries to hide from you on your own phone!
The Termux distribution is regularly patched and updated just like any other regular Linux distribution which is properly maintained
Keep installing Termux it gives you freedom on your Androids
#termux #linux #OpenSource #google #false #malicious #Alphabet #flagging #GNU #GPL #programming #distro #technology
These aren’t AI firms, they’re defense contractors. We can’t let them hide behind their models.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/mar/15/ai-defense-warfare-companies
Companies like #Palantir, #Google, #Amazon, #Microsoft, #Anduril, and #OpenAI are implicated, with their AI systems integrated into military operations, blurring the lines between commercial technology and lethal weaponry. The existing international humanitarian law framework, designed for human decision-making, is unable to accommodate AI warfare, where accountability is diffused and reasoning is opaque.
#palantir #Google #amazon #microsoft #anduril #openai #Iran #usa #israel #warcrimes #dualusetech
A new European consortium led by Volla is creating UnifiedAttestation, an open-source alternative to Google's Play Integrity API 📱.
This would enable secure payments and sensitive apps on Google-free custom ROMs, reducing dependency on proprietary US infrastructure and advancing user sovereignty 🔒.
#TechNews #Android #Privacy #OpenSource #Google #Security #Payments #FOSS #Mobile #Linux #UserFreedom #DigitalSovereignty #Software #Technology #Innovation #Europe #ROM
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Microslop
https://www.s-config.com/microslop
#tech #technology #BigTech #IT #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMs #ML #MachineLearning #GenAI #generativeAI #AIAgent #AISlop #Fuck_AI #microslop #Microsoft #copilot #Meta #Google #NVIDIA #gemini #OpenAI #ChatGPT #anthropic #claude #linux #FOSS #OpenSource
#AI #Disinformation #War #BigTech #FarRight #OpenAI #Google
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Marijn Markus
AI Lead | Managing Data Scientist | Public Speaker
#BBC tech reporter spent 20 minutes writing a fake blog post, claiming he’s the world’s #1 hot dog-eating journalist. Even invented a fake championship to back it up. Within 24 hours, watch #ChatGPT and #Google repeat it as fact.
He manipulated two of the world’s most powerful #AI systems with a BS single page.
Users trust AI answers more than websites, because it feels like the answer comes directly from the tech company itself. Not from a random page somewhere on the #internet.
In the early 2000s, people learned how to game Google. In 2026, people are learning how to game AI retrieval systems.
If one blog post can convince an AI that a journalist is the world’s top competitive hot-dog eater, imagine what a coordinated #strategy by a company or foreign adversary can do for a product, a company, or a political narrative.
These tactics will be used to push falsehoods far more than truth.
Welcome to the #Disinformation Age.

BBC Headline:
I hacked ChatGPT and Google’s AI – and it only took 20 minutes
Thomas Germain
https://tecnopolitica.blog.br/#podcast
Episódio imperdível do #podcast de @samadeu@mastodon.social a ser compartilhado com quem ainda não estiver por dentro desses conceitos.
#ética #NoAI #LLM #Anthropic #OpenAI #soberaniaDigital #Serpro #nuvem #BigTech #Google #AWS #Microsoft #Oracle #Palantir #CloudAct #tecnopolítica #tecnologia
Verifying yourself on #LinkedIn?
Congratulations! "I handed a US company (Persona) my passport, my face, and the mathematical geometry of my skull. They cross-referenced me against credit agencies and government databases. They’ll use my documents to train their AI. And if the US government comes knocking, they’ll hand it all over"
Also, #Persona shares that data with #Anthropic, #OpenAI, #Amazon, #Google, and of course #Microsoft (that owns LinkedIn)
https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/
Chrome comes to Linux on ARM64
Google has announced that it will release Chrome for Linux on ARM64 in the second quarter of this year.
Launching Chrome for ARM64 Linux devices allows more users to enjoy the seamless integration of Google’s most helpful services into their browser. This move addresses the growing demand for a browsing experience that combines the benefits of the open-source Chromium pro
https://www.osnews.com/story/144592/chrome-comes-to-linux-on-arm64/
It was not so long ago that working with the military on potentially harmful technology was seen as a red line for many big tech workers.
In 2018, thousands of #Google employees launched a protest against a program to analyze drone footage for the DoD called #Project #Maven.
“We believe that Google should not be in the business of war,” over 3,000 workers stated in an open letter at the time.
Google decided not to renew Project Maven following the protests and published policies that barred pursuing technology that could “cause or directly facilitate injury to people”.
🔥In the years since the Project Maven protest, though, Google has clamped down on employee activism,
removed the 2018 language from its policies that prohibited creating technology for weaponry
and signed numerous contracts that allow militaries to use its products.
⚠️In 2024, the tech giant fired over 50 employees in response to protests against the company’s military ties to the Israeli government.
Chief executive Sundar Pichai sent a memo to employees after the firings stating that Google was a business and not a place to “fight over disruptive issues or debate politics”.
⛔️Google announced just this week that it would provide its Gemini artificial intelligence to provide the military a platform for creating AI agents to work on unclassified projects.
#OpenAI too had a blanket ban on allowing any militaries to access its models prior to 2024,
but since and now has its chief product officer serving as a lieutenant colonel in the US military’s “executive innovation corps”.
🔸The startup, along with Google, Anthropic and xAI, signed an up-to-$200m contract with the DoD last year to integrate its technology into military systems.
💥On the day that Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, declared Anthropic a supply chain risk, OpenAI secured a deal with the DoD allowing its tech to be used in classified military systems.
Elsewhere in the tech industry, more hawkish companies like defense tech firm #Anduril, founded the year before the Google Maven protests, and surveillance tech maker #Palantir have made partnering with the DoD a cornerstone of their businesses
and attempted to sway Silicon Valley politics towards their worldview.
♦️Palantir has been ahead of the curve on working with the military, contracting with military intelligence to map planted explosives in Afghanistan in the early 2010s.
🔸Chief executive Alex Karp published a book last year dedicated in large part to advocating for closer integration of the tech industry and AI with the US military, in one passage accusing the Google workers who protested in 2018 of being nihilists.
👉After Google dropped the Project Maven contract in 2019, Palantir took it over. Maven is now the name of the classified system that military personnel use to access Anthropic’s Claude, according to the Washington Post
Google Chrome kommt für ARM64-Linux
Google kündigt Chrome für ARM64-Linux an. Der Browser soll im zweiten Quartal 2026 erscheinen und die volle Google-Integration mitbringen.
➤ Sie, der Verbraucher, haben Ihr #Android -Gerät im Vertrauen auf Googles Versprechen gekauft: eine offene Computerplattform, auf der Sie jede beliebige Software ausführen können. Doch ab September 2026 wird #Google ohne Ihre Zustimmung ein Betriebssystem-Update einspielen, das dieses Recht dauerhaft blockiert und Sie vollständig von Googles Urteil abhängig macht, welchen Anwendungen Sie künftig „vertrauen dürfen“.
@keepandroidopen erzählt dir mehr.
Verbraucher: Kontaktieren Sie die nationalen Aufsichtsbehörden
Regulierungsbehörden auf der ganzen Welt sind ernsthaft besorgt über Monopole und die zunehmende Machtkonzentration im Technologiesektor – und sie möchten die Stimmen der Betroffenen hören. Wenn Sie Kontakt aufnehmen, seien Sie höflich und präzise, und beschreiben Sie genau, welchen Schaden diese Politik sowohl Verbrauchern als auch dem Wettbewerb zufügen könnte.
Beschwerden sind besonders wirksam, wenn sie von Bürgern des jeweiligen Landes oder der Region eingereicht werden und in einer der Amtssprachen der zuständigen Behörde verfasst sind. Bitten Sie um eine schriftliche Empfangsbestätigung Ihrer Beschwerde und erwägen Sie, jede erhaltene Antwort an victory@keepandroidopen.org weiterzuleiten, damit wir sie veröffentlichen und dokumentieren können.
Europäische Union
Senden Sie eine E-Mail an das zuständige Team für das Gesetz über digitale Märkte (DMA): EC-DMA@ec.europa.eu
Kontaktieren Sie das DMA-Team: https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/contact-dma-team_de ↗
Kontaktieren Sie Ihre Mitglieder des Europäischen Parlaments: https://zeyus.com/contact-mep-representative ↗
Senden Sie eine E-Mail an die Kartell-Direktion der Generaldirektion Wettbewerb: COMP-GREFFE-ANTITRUST@ec.europa.eu
Reichen Sie eine Beschwerde bei der EU-Wettbewerbspolitik https://competition-policy.ec.europa.eu/antitrust-and-cartels/contact_en↗ ein.
"Amazon, Google and others pledge $100m to cut ‘highly warming’ superpollutants"
https://www.edie.net/amazon-google-and-others-join-forces-to-reduce-highly-warming-superpollutants/
Suchmaschinen-Initiative will EU-Suche bauen
Die European Search Perspective will die EU-Staaten aus der Abhängigkeit von US-Unternehmen befreien.
#Bing #DigitaleSouveränität #EU #Google #IT #Netzpolitik #Suchmaschine #news
@heiseonline ihr habt "#Google monopolisiert #Android und macht es damit vollständig #ClosedSource" falsch geschrieben!
- Ich erwarte dass @EUCommission und @BNetzA dies umgehend verbieten!!!
Android-Chef zu Sideloading und Registrierung: „Die Warnungen sind unzureichend“
Google führt eine Registrierungspflicht für alle Android-App-Entwickler ein. Laut Android-Chef beugt sich der Konzern damit unter anderem politischem Druck.
#Android #Android #Datenschutz #Google #GooglePlayStore #Mobiles #Netzpolitik #Security #news
Using Google Maps? Here's hoping you're not led astray.
CNBC: Google brings more AI to navigation with ‘Ask Maps’ feature that lets users ask complex questions https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/12/google-brings-more-gemini-ai-to-navigation-with-ask-maps-feature.html @cnbc #Google #Gemini
"Throughout the trial, Meta argued that Kaley faced significant challenges before she ever used social media. The company’s lawyer, Paul Schmidt, said earlier this month that the core question in the case is whether the platforms were a substantial factor in Kayley’s mental health struggles."
AP: Lawyers in landmark social media addiction trial make final appeals to the jury https://apnews.com/article/meta-instagram-facebook-trial-social-media-addiction-0e99c9ba6159421720d616f9facd10f0 @AssociatedPress #Meta #socialmedia #YouTube #Google #mentalhealth
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Google impose une vérification d'identité obligatoire pour tous les développeurs d'applications, recalibrant fondamentalement les principes d'ouverture et de sécurité de l'écosystème.
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Google is instituting a mandatory developer registration to balance platform security with openness under mounting global regulatory pressure.
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Die Einführung einer globalen Entwickler-Registrierungspflicht markiert einen fundamentalen Wandel von offener Plattform zu kontrolliertem Ökosystem.
Google will Android durch Optimierungen am Kernel schneller machen
Google will Android durch Optimierungen am Kernel schneller und effizienter machen. Nutzer sollen damit reaktionsschnellere Geräte mit mehr Laufzeit erhalten.
#Android #Apps #Google #Linux #Mobiles #Smartphone #Softwareentwicklung #news
Zweiter Teil der kritischen Textreihe zu #KI von Capulcu
Die Goldgräber der künstlichen Intelligenz
"Spätestens mit der Veröffentlichung von ChatGPT hat KI den #Mainstream erreicht und genießt die volle Aufmerksamkeit der Medien. Die Leistung dieser Software scheint eine Schwelle überschritten zu haben. KI wird jetzt nicht mehr als belächelnswerter netter Versuch wahrgenommen oder als beachtenswerte Leistung in einer nerdigen kleinen Nische, sondern ist in ihre Gegenteil gekippt; eine Technologie, die auf dem besten Wege sei, die Menschheit in Sachen Intelligenz zu überflügeln. Das geht soweit, dass ein an der Entwicklung beteiligter Ingenieur bei Google nicht von der Behauptung abzubringen war, dass “seine” KI ein Bewusstsein entwickelt hat. #Google war das augenscheinlich so unangenehm, dass die Kündigung folgte.
#ChatGPT als textgenerierende KI und andere bildgenerierende KIs (z.B. Midjourney) sind Schaufensterprodukte der Branche. Ohne sie hätte die teils enthusiastische, teils beunruhigte Reaktion der Öffentlichkeit auf KI nicht stattgefunden. AlphaGo, eine KI, die den amtierenden Weltmeister im Spiel Go wiederholt geschlagen hat, hatte dazu noch nicht ausgereicht. Die apokalyptischen Warnungen aus der KI-Szene greifen genau diese Stimmung auf."
https://capulcu.blackblogs.org/2023/10/20/die-goldgraeber-der-kuenstlichen-intelligenz/
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Palo Alto: Critical: Chromium, affecting a number of CVEs, no workarounds: Monthly Vulnerability Update (February 2026) https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/PAN-SA-2026-0002
Chromium, medium-severity, affects a bunch of CVEs, no workarounds: Monthly Vulnerability Update (March 2026) https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/PAN-SA-2026-0003
There's more: https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/ #Chromium #Google #vulnerability