Mastodon offers a chronological social media experience without algorithms, advertisements, or clickbait. Users can follow anyone across the fediverse while maintaining a clean, straightforward interface.
Delta Chat offers secure, decentralized messaging with multi-profile support and interactive web apps, built on Internet Standards. The application combines instant messaging features with email server compatibility and end-to-end encryption. Users can access the platform across mobile and desktop devices while enjoying gaming and collaboration features.
Firefox remains a competitive browser choice in 2025, offering unique features like full uBlock Origin support, robust privacy protections, and extensive customization options. The browser maintains strong technical capabilities including offline translations, DNS over HTTPS, and superior history synchronization, while supporting user interests over advertiser demands.
Cloudflare has released its 2024 Transparency Reports with expanded content and a new format, influenced by EU's Digital Services Act requirements. The reports are now divided into two sections covering Legal Requests for Information and Abuse Processes, featuring new data points and machine-readable formats. The company maintains its decade-long commitment to transparency while adapting to regulatory changes and service growth.
Government access to personal data through tech giants has dramatically increased, with Meta, Google, and Apple sharing details of 3.16 million accounts over the past decade. The US government made nearly 500,000 data requests to Google and Meta in the last measured 12 months, exceeding all other 14 Eyes Alliance members combined. These companies' business models prevent them from implementing strong privacy protections, as they rely heavily on user tracking for revenue.
A comprehensive explanation of sideloading on iOS, focusing on recent EU regulations and Apple's implementation of alternative app stores through the Digital Markets Act, while highlighting the continued restrictions and limitations compared to true sideloading capabilities.
The UK's Online Safety Act, effective March 16, 2025, requires strict compliance from websites with UK visitors, regardless of location or ownership. Lobsters, a non-commercial hobbyist forum, faces potential geoblocking of UK users due to inability to meet complex regulatory requirements and potential $22M penalties.
Amazon US has updated their Kindle ebook purchase disclaimer to explicitly state users are buying a license rather than content, likely due to new California legislation requiring transparent disclosure of digital media licensing. Other major ebook retailers like Kobo, Apple, and Google have varying approaches to license disclosure, highlighting the ongoing discussion about digital content ownership.
Meta defends against copyright allegations by claiming they didn't seed torrented book datasets used for AI training, while arguing that torrenting itself isn't illegal. Authors, including Sarah Silverman and Ta-Nehisi Coates, allege Meta's actions constitute massive data piracy and copyright infringement.
Deepseek-ai announces plans to open-source five repositories over five consecutive days, sharing production-tested code from their AGI development efforts. The initiative aims to contribute transparently to collective progress in AI development while fostering community-driven innovation.