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

🔗 https://itsfoss.com/news/german-state-ditch-microsoft/

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

GrapheneOS is leaving France due to government pressure for encryption backdoors 🇫🇷

The move highlights risks to end-to-end encryption and user privacy when authorities demand access to secure data 🔒
Open-source privacy projects may face similar pressures globally 🌐

@GrapheneOS

🔗 https://proton.me/blog/grapheneos-france

#TechNews #Privacy #Security #OpenSource #Encryption #CyberSecurity #DataProtection #DigitalRights #UserRights #Anonymity #Internet #SecurityTech #WebFreedom #E2EE #Android #GrapheneOS #France

Amp, Inc. – Amp is spinning out of Sourcegraph

https://ampcode.com/news/amp-inc

#HackerNews #AmpInc #Sourcegraph #TechNews #Startup #News #Innovation

Has the cost of building software just dropped 90%?

https://martinalderson.com/posts/has-the-cost-of-software-just-dropped-90-percent/

#HackerNews #costofsoftware #softwaredevelopment #technews #startupinnovation #softwareengineering

No more O'Reilly subscriptions for me

https://zerokspot.com/weblog/2025/12/05/no-more-oreilly-subscriptions-for-me/

#HackerNews #NoMoreSubscriptions #OReillyAlternatives #TechNews #OnlineLearning #PersonalFinance

Microsoft has a problem: nobody wants to buy or use its shoddy AI products

https://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-has-a-problem-nobody-wants-to-buy-or-use-its-shoddy-ai

#HackerNews #Microsoft #AI #Problem #Shoddy #Products #TechNews #UserExperience

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

🔗 https://itsfoss.com/news/german-state-ditch-microsoft/

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

IBM to Acquire Confluent

https://www.confluent.io/blog/ibm-to-acquire-confluent/

#HackerNews #IBM #Confluent #Acquisition #TechNews #DataIntegration

Applets Are Officially Gone, but Java in the Browser Is Better

https://frequal.com/java/AppletsGoneButJavaInTheBrowserBetterThanEver.html

#HackerNews #AppletsGone #JavaInTheBrowser #BetterThanEver #TechNews #JavaDevelopment

Emacs is my new window manager

https://www.howardism.org/Technical/Emacs/new-window-manager.html

#HackerNews #Emacs #Window #Manager #EmacsConfiguration #TechNews #ProductivityTools

Damn Small Linux

https://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

#HackerNews #Damn #Small #Linux #Linux #Community #OpenSource #LightweightLinux #TechNews

GrapheneOS is leaving France due to government pressure for encryption backdoors 🇫🇷

The move highlights risks to end-to-end encryption and user privacy when authorities demand access to secure data 🔒
Open-source privacy projects may face similar pressures globally 🌐

@GrapheneOS

🔗 https://proton.me/blog/grapheneos-france

#TechNews #Privacy #Security #OpenSource #Encryption #CyberSecurity #DataProtection #DigitalRights #UserRights #Anonymity #Internet #SecurityTech #WebFreedom #E2EE #Android #GrapheneOS #France

A few years ago, way before "AI" and LLMs became a thing, I made a game called Detective, where the players were randomly paired either with another player, or a chatbot, and had to figure out whether they're speaking with a "robot", or a human pretending to be one.

Looks like we're all playing that game now.

"AI is trained off people, and people copy what they see other people doing. People become more like AI, and AI becomes more like people."

https://gizmodo.com/chatbot-dialect-2000696509

#news #technology #TechNews #AI #LLMs

Goodbye, Microsoft: Schleswig-Holstein Relies on Open Source and Saves Millions

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Goodbye-Microsoft-Schleswig-Holstein-relies-on-Open-Source-and-saves-millions-11105459.html

#HackerNews #Goodbye #Microsoft #Schleswig-Holstein #Open #Source #Savings #TechNews

LWDW is live on YouTube!!! 
Come have some fun and get some #Linux #News along the way!
💖😂🐧🐧🐧

#OpenSource #podcast #technews
#SwitchtoLinux #FOSS
https://shorturl.at/CbBHP

The unexpected effectiveness of one-shot decompilation with Claude

https://blog.chrislewis.au/the-unexpected-effectiveness-of-one-shot-decompilation-with-claude/

#HackerNews #oneShotDecompilation #Claude #AI #effectiveness #techNews #programming #insights

Age verification is emerging in the EU as a tool to protect minors online ⚠️. But it raises privacy risks, expands surveillance, and excludes millions from digital spaces 🔒.

Experts warn it creates a false sense of security while failing to address root causes of online harm.

@edri

🔗 https://edri.org/our-work/why-age-verification-misses-the-mark-and-puts-everyone-at-risk/

#TechNews #Privacy #DataRights #DigitalSafety #CyberSecurity #UserData #ChildRights #DigitalRights #OnlineSafety #GDPR #Inclusion #DigitalEthics #AI #Surveillance #HumanRights