Android becomes more like iOS, another key dev leaves the Asahi Linux project, Mozilla will probably keep their Google search deal, we troll Félim with some AI bollocks, GNOME can’t keep an executive director, Microsoft releases the source for an ancient BASIC implementation, friend of the show Connor is snubbed by an Irish newspaper, a brief review of a classic Bond movie, and more.
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A new layer of security for certified Android devices
With Apple M1/M2 Graphics Driver Code Working, Alyssa Rosenzweig Stepping Away From Asahi Linux
Consultation on the review of the DMA
Judge who ruled Google is a monopoly orders modest remedies
Firefox Adds CoPilot Chatbot, New Tab Widgets in Nightly Builds
Firefox 32-bit Linux Support to End in 2026 – Future Releases
Firefox ESR won’t quit Windows 7 until March 2026
AI Is Now Being Used To Help Determine Patches For Backporting In The Linux Kernel
Jimmy Wales Says Wikipedia Could Use AI. Editors Call It the ‘Antithesis of Wikipedia’
Perplexity Is Launching a New Revenue-Share Model for Publishers
Vivaldi browser capo doubles down on generative AI ban
Thanks and farewell to Steven Deobald
So short, and thanks for all the flinch
Microsoft Releases Historic 6502 BASIC
Windows 10 support shutdown offers window of opportunity for a Linux OS developed in Dublin
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