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EU OS: Community-led Proof-of-Concept for a free Operating System for the EU public sector

2025-04-032025-04-03 Danie
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EU OS is a Proof-of-Concept for the deployment of a Fedora-based Linux operating system with a KDE Plasma desktop environment in a typical public sector organisation. Other organisations with similar requirements or less strict requirements […]

BlogEU, opensource, publicsector, technology

Thank You EU: WhatsApp working on cross-platform interoperability with other messengers

2023-09-112023-09-11 Danie
Smartphone screen showing time and icons along the very top, and just below that is a title saying "Third-party chats" with a back arrow to the left of it.

The European Union has recently reached an agreement on a significant competition reform known as the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which will impose strict rules on large tech companies that will have to offer users […]

BlogEU, interoperability, privacy, technology, whatsapp

EU: Samsung and other brands may be forced to bring back phones with removable backs so that we can easily replace batteries

2023-06-162023-06-16 Danie
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Gone are the days when we could easily take off the smartphone’s battery and replace it with a new one. You didn’t need a heat gun or a specialised tool to pop open the back […]

Blogbatteries, EU, ewaste, smartphones, technology

Apple is reportedly preparing to allow third-party app stores on the iPhone in the EU: It will be a ground shifting change for Apple (or not)

2022-12-142022-12-14 Danie
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Apple is planning to let users install alternative app stores on iOS, according to a report from Bloomberg. The shift would be a remarkable change from the company, which has famously only allowed iPhone and […]

Blogapple, appstore, EU, ios, technology

France says non to Office 365 and Google Workspace in school due to cloud data sovereignty, competition, and privacy rules

2022-11-222022-11-22 Danie
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In August, Philippe Latombe, a member of the French National Assembly, advised Pap Ndiaye, the minister of national education, that the free version of Microsoft Office 365, while appealing, amounts to a form of illegal […]

Blogcloud, datasovereignty, EU, privacy, technology

Europe’s Spyware Scandal Is a Global Wakeup Call

2022-11-152022-11-15 Danie
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Multiple European governments are using advanced surveillance tools to spy on their own people, according to a damning new European Parliament report. “EU Member States have been using spyware on their citizens for political purposes […]

Blog#pegasus, EU, privacy, spyware, technology

Why is software created using taxpayers’ money not released as Free Software? Code paid by the people should be available to the people!

2022-11-142022-11-14 Danie
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Free Software gives everybody the right to use, study, share and improve software. This right helps support other fundamental freedoms like freedom of speech, press and privacy. See https://publiccode.eu/ #technology #publiccode #opensource #EU

Blog#publiccode, EU, opensource, technology

EU proposes regulation to improve software update AND spare part availability for smartphones and tablets – They have to go hand in hand to make any difference

2022-09-052022-09-05 Danie
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As part of its efforts to make consumer electronics more sustainable, the EU has proposed new regulations that will require OEMs to offer at least five years of security updates and three years of OS […]

Blog#righttorepair, EU, smartphones, softwareupdates, technology

Apple’s grip on iOS browser engines disallowed under latest draft EU rules, in the interests of true competition

2022-04-262022-04-26 Danie
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Apple requires that competing mobile browsers distributed through the iOS App Store use its own WebKit rendering engine, which is the basis of its Safari browser. The result is that Chrome, Edge, and Firefox on […]

Blog#competition, apple, browser, EU, technology

Replaceable Batteries Are Coming Back To Phones If The EU Gets Its Way… Apple Will Tell Us This Is Bad For Us

2022-03-302022-03-30 Danie
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Back in the day, just about everything that used a battery had a hatch or a hutch that you could open to pull it out and replace it if need be. Whether it was a […]

Blogbatteries, environment, EU, technology

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