Google tried something new with this one.

itsfoss.com/news/google-code-w…

#documentation #progamming #google

Google's New AI Tool Solves a Problem for Every Lazy Developer

Code Wiki uses Gemini to create and maintain up-to-date documentation for code repositories.

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)}

🚨 #Google wants to kill #Android #freedom: Starting 2027, unverified #apps can’t be DOWNLOADED.

➡️ No installation of #independent #apps

➡️ Destroys alternative #playstores like #F-Droid

➡️ Google decides what runs on YOUR #phone

Help us fight this plan! ✊

tuta.com/blog/google-wants-to-…

#Evil #CorporateTerrorism #OpenSource #bullying #aggression #software #phones #MobilePhones #unGoogled #Orwellian #freedom #SecurityTheater #SecurityTheatre #Enshittification

Stop Google Petition:

change.org/p/stop-google-from-…

A new open source font for you to play around with:

itsfoss.com/news/google-sans-f…

#opensource #google

Google Just Made Its Sleek New Font Open Source

Everything you need to know about Google Sans Flex.

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)}

FFmpeg isn't happy with Google.

itsfoss.com/news/ffmpeg-google…

#opensource #ffmpeg #google

FFmpeg Calls Google's AI Bug Reports "CVE Slop"

Open source project pushes back on AI-generated vulnerability reports.

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)}

#Google trips over its own words, when they sell you #Android it's the best computing device in the world that does everything. After you bought it Google doesn't let you do anything *you* want to.

#Sideload is a made-up term. Putting software on your computer is simply called “installing”, regardless of whether that computer is in your pocket or on your desk.

What Do You Talk About When You Talk About Sideloading?

What does Google?

Here's #FDroid: f-droid.org/2025/10/28/sideloa…

What We Talk About When We Talk About Sideloading | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

We recently published a blog post with our reaction to the new Google Developer Program and how it impacts your freedom to use the devices that you own in th...

^f-droid.org

Google is flagging open source projects without an explanation. 😐

news.itsfoss.com/google-safe-b…

#opensource #google

Google's Safe Browsing Flags Open Source Photo App as Dangerous

Automated security system mistook legit Immich instances for phishing.

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)}

YouTube to pay $24.5m to settle Trump lawsuit over Capitol riot

As part of Monday's settlement, YouTube will pay $22m to the Trust for the National Mall, a non-profit group that is aiming to raise $200m to build a new ballroom at the White House.

Another $2.5m will be paid to other organisations and individuals who joined Trump's lawsuit, including the American Conservative Union.

YouTube is the latest major platform to settle with the president.

Legalized Extortion

#OurModernTimes #Youtube #Google #LegalziedExtortion #Trump #PostRiot #SuspendTrump

YouTube to pay $24.5m to settle Trump lawsuit over Capitol riot

The streaming giant is the last company to settle with the president after suspending his account in the wake of the 6 January attack in 2021.

^{Max Matza (BBC News)}

DuckDuckGo can be your go-to search engine with these tricks.

youtube.com/watch?v=eii-YmVVv5…

#privacy #duckduckgo #google

Please make it stop - Google Chrome to be reimagined with AI gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/plea…

#Google #GoogleChrome #AI

Please make it stop - Google Chrome to be reimagined with AI

A break from the usual gaming news to moan about Google for a moment, thanks to their new blog post we have a glimpse of the future of Chrome and it's AI AI AI.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Another candidate is Google AI Edge Gallery with different models, chat, ask questions with images and audio clip, explore prompts, and more.

github.com/google-ai-edge/gall…

The installation of the latest APK from GitHub was easy, but after everything I found was very complicated and not privacy friendly. You have to register and assign the device to the models to #huggingface, to #Google .... I don't know if anybody else has experience with that.

#Google once promised to run “carbon free 24 hours a day seven days a week 365 days a year” by 2030. But five years later the company has quietly deleted its net zero pledge from its sustainability website rebranding the section and moving the goal into an appendix.

The shift comes as #AI data centres drive surging energy use. Google’s power consumption jumped 26% in 2024 nearly matching #Ireland ’s and the #Trump administration pressures #corporations to roll back #climate goals.

1/2

Google will become the gatekeeper of Android apps if this is implemented.

news.itsfoss.com/new-android-s…

#google #android

Android Security or Vendor Lock-In? Google’s New Sideloading Rules Smell Fishy

RIP APK?

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)}

Google, hello? 🤨

news.itsfoss.com/freevpn-fiasc…

#google #privacy #vpn

Google Verified FreeVPN Caught Red-handed Spying on its Users

If it is free, you are the product. Unless it is free and open source.

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)}

"We do not use Google trackers on our website"

I checked with uBlock origin the day I posted that, and it was blocking 2 items from Google. Checking now I see Matomo instead, so thank you.

"we have our eye on publishing our videos on PeerTube in the future"

Why "in the future"? Tilvids confirmed they'd be happy to host you. I've offered to set up YouTube mirroring free of charge. There is no cost to you beyond giving permission, and yet I've been calling with no response for years.

"please do share an issue on GitHub"
2020: github.com/nextcloud/android/i…
2021: github.com/nextcloud/android/i…
github.com/nextcloud/android/i…
github.com/nextcloud/android/i…
2022: github.com/nextcloud/android/i…
2023: github.com/nextcloud/android/i…

There are more.

#Nextcloud #Privacy #Google

UnifiedPush for push notifications

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. The NC app from the Play-store uses Google Firebase Cloud Messaging to deliver push notifications. As Nextcloud is used by many privac...

^{jacktheripper19 (GitHub)}

@petrisch
Here's the thing. I don't even begrudge Nextcloud posting videos to YouTube. The part I have a problem with is that they say they're promoting decentralization, yet after all these years they refuse to post to any alternative.

Similarly, they provide no option to use @unifiedpush , but *only* allow Googles Firebase for notifications.

Using Google trackers on the website is pretty ridiculous though when such high quality alternatives exist, such as @Matomo .

They also never bother to explain WHY they continue to ignore all of these things that so obviously go against the values they supposedly stand for, Just crickets to any questions and more promotional videos / blog posts.

#Nextcloud #Google #Privacy #Peertube #UnifiedPush #YouTube

releases a new video / blogpost for Nextcloud Talk for #DataControl.

The blog post embeds Google trackers.

The video can *only* be watched on a Google surveillance platform.

The app depends on Google / Apple for notifications.

Does anyone else see the problem here? None of these are necessary.

#Nextcloud #Privacy #Google #Talk #YouTube

Google did something good. 😲

news.itsfoss.com/linux-foundat…

#opensource #google

Google Just Gave the Linux Foundation an AI Gift

Google donates the A2A protocol to the Linux Foundation.

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)}

Should Google be worried? 🤔

news.itsfoss.com/murena-find/

#privacy #murena #google

A Search Engine that Respects You! Murena Find is Here

A new privacy-first search engine has arrived!

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)}

Ich feiere diesen Humor: Alternativen gegen #Google und #microsoft anbieten aber bitte mit Upload auf YouTube – wo sonst?“

Wie wäre es zusätzlich auf #peertube ?

#Nexcloud

Generally yes, although @kagihq certainly seems to be an exception, getting better over time.

#Kagi #Search #Google #Bing

Annother reason to always use F-Droid when possible.

Google is Gatekeeping Nextcloud by Limiting Core Functionality | @itsfoss

news.itsfoss.com/google-gateke…

#Google #Nextcloud #FDroid

Google is Gatekeeping Nextcloud by Limiting Core Functionality

Nextcloud is not happy with what Google is doing.

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)}

Yet another instance of Google's apathy towards smaller organizations.

news.itsfoss.com/google-gateke…

#opensource #google #nextcloud

Google is Gatekeeping Nextcloud by Limiting Core Functionality

Nextcloud is not happy with what Google is doing.

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)}

⬆️ As part of the UN Open Source Principles initiative, the UN has invited other organizations to support and officially endorse these principles. To collect responses, they are using CryptPad instead of Google Forms.

#OpenSource #Alternative #Google #GoogleDocs #GoogleForms #Forms

Nextcloud finally ending their exclusivity arrangement with Youtube.

That's coming in 2025... right?

#Peertube #Decentralization #Privacy #FOSS #YouTube #Google #Alphabet #GAFAM

Exclusively on Youtube by Google! What open source inspiration! What a monument to privacy and decentralization!
@Karlitschek

#Nextcloud #Privacy #OpenSource #YouTube #Google #Decentralization

Abbandonare i servizi #Google per proteggere la #privacy e favorire gli sviluppatori indipendenti è possibile e auspicabile

Personalmente sono "Google free" da tempo, zero problemi e zero rimpianti

@itsfoss ha pubblicato una guida che si trova qui: itsfoss.com/leaving-google-eco…

Ma a casa nostra abbiamo @lealternative (lealternative.net/), i @devol (devol.it/), @ufficiozero (ufficiozero.org/) che offorno o consigliano servizi alternativi, liberi ed etici

Let's switch over.

How I am Moving Away From Google's Ecosystem

One service a time

^{Ankush Das (It's FOSS)}

Breaking free from Google's grip, one app at a time.

itsfoss.com/leaving-google-eco…

#privacy #google

How I am Moving Away From Google's Ecosystem

One service a time

^{Ankush Das (It's FOSS)}

Google and The Linux Foundation team up for 'Supporters of Chromium-based Browsers' gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/goog…

#Chromium #Chrome #Google #TheLinuxFoundation #OpenSource

Google and The Linux Foundation team up for 'Supporters of Chromium-based Browsers'

Google together with The Linux Foundation have announced Supporters of Chromium-based Browsers, a new initiative to fund future development of the entire Chromium ecosystem.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

You do see the irony of posting a video about the importance of digital sovereignty...

...only to YouTube.

You see that, right?

#Nextcloud #Privacy #Peertube #YouTube #Google #Alphabet #GAFAM #FAANG

¿Nos apoyarían respondiendo y/o compartiendo la encuesta?

Si eres activista y utilizas Gmail con regularidad, ayúdanos a obtener más información sobre el uso que hacen personas y grupos trabajando por la justicia social sobre éste y otros servicios de Google relacionados.

una investigación lanzada por May First con el objetivo de mejorar la comprensión de las necesidades de las personas que utilizan servicios de Google

#infrared #mayfirst #google

En español: share.mayfirst.org/apps/forms/…

Si eres activista y utilizas Gmail con regularidad, ayúdanos a obtener más información sobre el uso que hacen personas y grupos trabajando por la justicia social sobre éste y otros servicios de Google relacionados. La encuesta tomará 10 minutos y ayudará a que podamos reducir nuestra dependencia del Internet corporativo.

Responde la encuesta: share.mayfirst.org/apps/forms/… #infrared #mayfirst #google

Love how you're making the videos available on a decentralized, community-run platform like Peertube, in alignment with your stated values!

Even better is how you've continued to engage with the community on this issue rather than just ignoring it and funneling users onto centralized surveillance platforms like YouTube! Way to go!

...Right?

#Nextcloud #Hub9 #Peertube #Youtube #FOSS #Google #Privacy #Decentralization

Google and Microsoft recently admitted their emissions are soaring as they build out data centers to power the AI boom.

But new analysis from The Guardian suggests the data center emissions of Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Apple are 662% higher than the companies reporting.

theguardian.com/technology/202…

#tech #ai #datacenters #microsoft #google #apple #meta #climate

Data center emissions probably 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse?

Emissions from in-house data centers of Google, Microsoft, Meta and Apple may be 7.62 times higher than official figures

^{Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)}

Decentralization is somewhere over there... way over there... in the distance... far from any of our videos.

#Peertube #YouTube #Privacy #Decentralization #Centralization #SurveillanceCapitalism #YouTube #Google #GAFAM

So will they be made available to watch on Peertube, or at least streamed on Owncast, or will you be pushing people to a centralized, proprietary, privacy invasive, advertising platform as usual?

#Nextcloud #Peertube #Owncast #Youtube #Google #GAFAM

+1 reason why you must stop using Chrome and, if possible, Chromium browsers

(Upd: link to a post in Fediverse with tech details fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/…)

(Upd 2: MS Edge seems to have this issue; #Vivaldi also has it but it can be disabled; Ungoogled Chromium doesn't have it at all)

#Privacy #Tech #Technology #Browser #Chrome #Chromium #Firefox #Google #BigTech

Simon Willison

2024-07-09 17:54:05

It turns out Google Chrome ships a default, hidden extension that allows code on `*.google.com` access to private APIs, including your current CPU usage

You can test it out by pasting the following into your Chrome DevTools console on any Google page:

chrome.runtime.sendMessage(
"nkeimhogjdpnpccoofpliimaahmaaome",
{ method: "cpu.getInfo" },
(response) => {
console.log(JSON.stringify(response, null, 2));
},
);

More notes here: simonwillison.net/2024/Jul/9/h…

hangout_services/thunk.js

It turns out Google Chrome (via Chromium) includes a default extension which makes extra services available to code running on the `*.google.com` domains - tweeted about today [by Luca Casonato](https://twitter.

^{simonwillison.net}