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Over 150 Mathematicians Warn Governments Not to “Believe the Hype” About AI

2026-06-072026-06-07 Danie
Black and white hand raised in a stop gesture against a vibrant geometric background with red, orange, yellow, and green colors.

“There is currently a strong commercial incentive on the part of the technology industry to overstate the capabilities of their products,” the declaration reads, advising policymakers to “consult with experts, including mathematicians, in forming policy […]

BlogAI, government, technology

French City of Lyon Kicks Out Microsoft

2025-07-042025-07-04 Danie
A map of France highlighting Lyon, with symbols for love, Linux penguin, and trash can representing Windows, emphasizing a preference for Linux.

“European countries have been growing increasingly wary of relying on Microsoft for critical government and public sector services. Concerns about data privacy, digital sovereignty, and potential governmental surveillance have led many to question the viability […]

BlogFrance, government, opensource, technology

Denmark’s Government Ditches Microsoft for Open Source

2025-06-132025-06-13 Danie
A stylized Tux penguin logo featuring the Danish flag, overlaid on a picturesque Copenhagen waterfront scene.

“Up to half of employees at Denmark’s Ministry of Digital Affairs will be switched to (an unspecified version of) Linux in place of Windows, and move from Office 365 to the leading open source productivity […]

BlogDenmark, government, opensource, technology

Kelsey Hightower: If governments rely on FOSS, they should fund it

2024-09-192024-09-19 Danie
Man sitting in a chair on a stage, holding a microphone. Behind is a banner saying Welcome to Civo Navigate Europe 2024

Acclaimed engineer Kelsey Hightower, who stopped coding for money in 2023, remains an influential figure in the world of software, and he’s proposing something that might stir up the open source community. Funding open source […]

BlogFOSS, government, opensource, technology

South African app receives 46,693 potholes reports — 7,842 have been closed

2024-04-162024-04-16 Danie
A tar road with gravel on the edges stretching off into the distance. On each side is short grass and bushes. The tar road though has more potholes in it than road surface.

The app is not so much about potholes themselves, but more about how transparency is needed to measure success or failure to provide services to citizens. Too often, reports just disappear into a back-end system […]

Blogaccountability, government, southafrica, technology

Apple admits to secretly giving governments push notification data: Push notifications contain useful metadata

2023-12-062023-12-06 Danie
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Push notifications are used to provide a wide variety of alerts to app users. A friendly ding or text alert on the home screen notifies users about new text messages, emails, social media comments, news […]

Bloggovernment, metadata, privacy, technology

Open Source Policy Summit: Where FOSS and government meet: Sometimes it takes a war to make people pay attention

2023-02-092023-02-09 Danie
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FOSDEM The Open Source Policy Summit is an annual event which attempts to explain the importance of software freedom to governments and policy makers. The Policy Summit is an annual event organized by the Open […]

Blogdatasovereignty, FOSS, government, opensource, technology

South African government has launched its own official app store and is inviting local developers to register

2022-05-212022-05-21 Danie
Digitech

DigiTech is a digital products portal of South Africa that is supported by the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies. The purpose of DigiTech is to collect data about digital products developed in South Africa […]

Blog#digitech, #mobileapps, government, southafrica, technology
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