UK told its Big Tech habit is now a national security risk
The warning comes from Open Rights Group, whose latest report, "Tech Giants and Giant Slayers," argues that the UK has let a small group of American megacorps entrench themselves across critical infrastructure, shaping not just systems but policy itself. The result is a mix of economic drag, security exposure, and a growing inability to act independently when it matters.The risk shows up when politics is involved. The report points to US sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) for issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu, and claims Microsoft shut down email and banking-related services for affected individuals. The report says this shows how "tech powers of sanction" can cut off access entirely, and what that might look like if UK-US relations soured.
The Competition and Markets Authority says at least £500 million a year is being overspent on cloud services, and that's before you add in projects that overrun, suppliers that never quite leave, and systems everyone avoids touching.
UK told its Big Tech habit is now a national security risk
: Open Rights Group says years of reliance on US giants have left Britain exposedCarly Page (The Register)
Playnix launch their own Steam Machine-like Linux gaming console gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/play…
#Playnix #Linux #PCGaming #SteamMachine
Playnix launch their own Steam Machine-like Linux gaming console
Can't wait on the Steam Machine from Valve? Don't want to build your own? Perhaps the Playnix might be what you want then.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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I finished the Oberbank Linz Marathon last weekend, crushing my time goal and my personal best.
See my new video explaining my feuling and pacing strategies: youtu.be/Lih3NUzGEeg
It all went according to the plan despite all the setbacks in this training block and my Achilles injury.
#LinzMarathon #Marathon #MarathonTraining #RunnersofMastodon
Amazing. Congratulations!!
I sometimes manage to run at a 4'41" pace for one km. Doing it for 42.2 is wild. Well done.
Now, remember to get some rest and celebrate.
This open source dev caught a 20-year-old issue!
itsfoss.com/news/kamila-enligh…
21-year-old Polish Woman Fixed a 20-year-old Linux Bug!
She wasn't hunting for bugs. She was doing something mundane when she discovered the issue and made the fix. We need more such positive stories.Edmar Pereira (It's FOSS)
Reality-bending puzzles arrive in Uncle Lee's Cookbook: Five Recipes for Disaster on May 12 gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/real…
#Gaming #AdventureGames #PCGaming #Linux
Reality-bending puzzles arrive in Uncle Lee's Cookbook: Five Recipes for Disaster on May 12
Uncle Lee's Cookbook: Five Recipes for Disaster brings five episodes of reality-bending puzzles, witty dialogues and weird characters on May 12th.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
MMO space shooter Star Conflict is shutting down gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/mmo-…
#StarConflict #Gaming #PCGaming
MMO space shooter Star Conflict is shutting down
Say goodbye to another game as Star Conflict from Star Gem Inc. / Gaijin Network Ltd is going to be completely shutting down later this year.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Prehistoric life and farming sim Roots of Pacha gets a surprise Anniversary Update gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/preh…
#RootsofPacha #IndieGames #PCGaming #Linux #SteamDeck
Prehistoric life and farming sim Roots of Pacha gets a surprise Anniversary Update
While developer Soda Den continue working on their next game, the sweet Roots of Pacha has a surprise Anniversary Update out now with new content.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Portal 2: Community Edition Beta is out now as a playground for modding gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/port…
#Portal2CommunityEdition #Portal2 #PCGaming
Portal 2: Community Edition Beta is out now as a playground for modding
Portal 2: Community Edition has arrived now in Beta, bringing with it a whole lot of goodies for modders to play with.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 3 gets formally announced gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/drag…
#XENOVERSE3 #DragonBall #Gaming #PCGaming
DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 3 gets formally announced
DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 3 has now been properly announced, and hopefully this time around the online multiplayer will work on Linux / SteamOS.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Nagaland agriculture department launches mega oil palm plantation drive
Dimapur, March 20 (UNI) Nagaland agriculture department launched a mega oil palm plantation drive under the National Mission on Edible Oils-Oil Palm (NMEO-OP) 2025-26 at Doyapur in Chumoukedima on Friday.https://www.uniindia.com/news/east/agriculture-nagaland-mega-oil-plantation-drive/3781890.html
Mozilla has ventured into the AI client space.
itsfoss.com/news/thunderbolt-l…
#opensource #ai #mozilla
Thunderbolt Wants to Do for AI Clients What Thunderbird Did for Email
This self-hostable enterprise AI client lets you bring your own models and keep your data off third-party servers.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)
15 ways to have fun with friends on Linux.
itsfoss.com/co-op-games-linux/
15 Co-Op Games for Linux Steam Gamers in 2025
Squad up with your friends in these awesome co-op games!Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)
Good to know angle on the future for the US.
like this
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just googled "end of life" because i couldn't remember the URL for endoflife.date/ and the results were pretty depressing
usually google's all-knowing algorithm knows what i mean, like i'll look up "rust performance" and most of the top results are about the language rather than getting 120FPS in Tom Clancy's Rock Smasher
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Brands Using Deforestation Palm Oil
These brands have products that contain palm oil sourced from mills that are responsible for the destruction of precious habitats of endangered species. Just in 2020 alone, these brands (along with…Palm Oil Detectives
This is interesting. In my blogposts analyzing ATproto I had compared the shared heap vs message passing from a CS perspective
dustycloud.org/blog/how-decent…
dustycloud.org/blog/re-re-blue…
Ian Preston of Peergos did the actual formal mathematical proof of the incentive structure: peergos.net/secret/z59vuwzfFDp…
> It is interesting that this is independent of N. Let's say you have 1000 servers, and 1000 followers per user. Then the shared heap model uses about the same network bandwidth. With a small number of servers SH can be better, with many servers AP is better.
> The conclusion is that the shared-heap model builds in a structural incentive to keep M small, and thus has a natural centralizing force. Conversely there is an incentive in AP to keep F small.
Ie, there is a mathematical incentive in ATproto to only have a few large players.
Wrote an interpreter for the Rejoice programming language (wiki.xxiivv.com/site/rejoice.h…) in OCaml
Colombian Red Howler Monkey Alouatta seniculus
Red howlers are the largest of the howler monkey species. They have dense and vividly coloured fur that ranges from brown to dark red, with gold or bright orange undersides – the colour can v…Palm Oil Detectives
Added wear, dirt and dust effects.
Added detail material, working on normal map mixing (argh!).
#gameArt #3D #SciFi #Godot #GodotEngine #Robot #TechnicalArt #Shaders #Grunge
Philippine tarsier Carlito syrichta
The Philippine tarsier, Carlito syrichta, epitomises nocturnal secrecy, leading a mostly concealed life in the dense recesses of impenetrable bushes and forests. They boast large and mesmerising ey…Palm Oil Detectives
See your Markdown come to life instantly with these editors.
itsfoss.com/wysiwyg-markdown-e…
Can't Recall the Syntax? Try These WYSIWYG Markdown Editors on Linux
With WYSIWYG editors, you get a toolbar that you can use to create formatted text easily. This way, you can create Markdown documents without typing the Markdown syntax.Community (It's FOSS)
For WYSIWYG experience you also can use LibreOffice Writer. As I remember, it allow you to export to .md file...
And where is Apostrophe app?)
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