Macron Vows Retaliation If Europe’s Digital Sovereignty Attacked Summary French President Emmanuel Macron warned that France and Europe will respond strongly if any country takes steps that undermine Europe’s digital…
FTC Claims Gmail Filtering Republican Emails Threatens ‘American Freedoms’ – Slashdot Summary Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson has accused Google of using ‘partisan’ spam filtering in Gmail that allegedly…
Linus Torvalds Marks Bcachefs as Now ‘Externally Maintained’ Summary Linus Torvalds updated the kernel MAINTAINERS file to mark bcachefs as “externally maintained.” The change means bcachefs code remains in mainline…
FCC Rejects Calls For Cable-like Fees on Broadband Providers Content Summary The Federal Communications Commission has turned down requests from the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and several industry trade…
Mastodon Says It Doesn’t ‘Have the Means’ To Comply With Age Verification Laws Summary Mastodon says it cannot comply with Mississippi’s new age verification law because its decentralised software and…
Why scientists are flocking to Substack Summary Katelyn Jetelina, an epidemiologist who built a large public audience during the COVID-19 pandemic, moved from social media to Substack after her accounts…
Trump called for ‘gold-standard science’: how the NIH, NSF and others are answering Summary US science agencies have begun publishing plans to implement President Trump’s executive orders calling for a…
When will life expectancy reach 100? No time soon Summary New analysis highlights that average life expectancy in high-income countries continues to climb, but the pace of improvement has slowed…
Windows Mobile Plans app to be disconnected in 2026 Summary Microsoft will retire the Mobile Plans app on 27 February 2026 and strip it from Windows. The app — available…
FTC chair accuses Google of treating GOP’s emails as spam Summary FTC chair Andrew Ferguson has written to Google CEO Sundar Pichai after a New York Post report claimed Gmail…
