»China’s lidar sensor makers Hesai, RoboSense stand to gain after fatal Xiaomi SU7 EV crash« https://www.scmp.com/business/china-evs/article/3305126/chinas-lidar-sensor-makers-hesai-robosense-stand-gain-after-fatal-xiaomi-su7-ev-crash?utm_source=rss_feed?eicker.news #China #Tech #ChinaTech #Technews

LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid subscription costs

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3840480/libreoffice-downloads-on-the-rise-as-users-look-to-avoid-subscription-costs.html

LOL This is funny to see to be honest. As much as I hate to say it, WAY TOO LATE!

Thunderbird email is going pro to better compete with Gmail.

https://www.theverge.com/news/642228/thunderbird-pro-thundermail-email-service

I drove 300 miles in rural Virginia, then asked police to send me their public surveillance footage of my car. Here's what I learned.

https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/28/i-drove-300-miles-in-rural-virginia-then-asked-police-to-send-me-their-public-surveillance-footage-of-my-car-heres-what-i-learned/ #technology #tech #innovation #engineering #business #technews #gadgets

We are live on LWDW!!!  Come have some fun and get some #Linux #News along the way!

#OpenSource #podcast #technews
https://twitch.tv/linuxgamecast

Life Imitates Mesh: R5N and Mesh Routing on Hostile Networks - Inkican

https://inkican.com/life-imitates-mesh-r5n-and-mesh-routing-on-hostile-networks/

Oh wow, the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) annual challenge for writers that started as a Yahoo! mailing list in 1999 is shutting down.

"NaNoWriMo lost significant community support when it took a stand in favor of the use of artificial intelligence in creative writing. [...] Around the same time, the nonprofit was also lambasted for inconsistent moderation on its all-ages forums, which created an unsafe environment for teenage writers, community members claimed."

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/01/nanowrimo-shut-down-after-ai-content-moderation-scandals/

President Trump told his inner circle, including Cabinet members, that Elon Musk will step back in the coming weeks. Trump also remains pleased with DOGE. #Trump #ElonMusk #DOGE #Crypto #TechNews #Politics #Business #Musk #Cryptocurrency

Roku, Amazon, and practically every company in the streaming business are inventing new ways to make money off your data.

https://www.vox.com/technology/405879/roku-amazon-netflix-moana-disney

There’s a psychological burden of digital life even heavier than distraction.

https://www.chrbutler.com/digital-echoes-and-unquiet-minds

U.S. seeks to ramp up social media data collection. Here’s what to know about Homeland Security’s plans

Officials are proposing to collect social media handles from people who have already been vetted and in the U.S. legally.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91308487/u-s-seeks-ramp-up-social-media-data-collection-heres-what-know-homeland-securitys-plans

"Being pro-labor and pro-AI is incompatible, as AI devalues the work that actual workers do, making them less valuable to the market and easier to underpay going forward."

https://www.vulture.com/article/ghibli-portrait-chatgpt-ai.html

Elon Musk and Taylor Swift can now hide details of their private jets

https://www.theverge.com/news/639468/faa-private-jet-trackers-aircraft-registration-information

John Mulaney Believes Studios Would ‘Have More Hits’ If Working Off Data Was Dependable

https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/john-mulaney-studios-more-hits-data-1235110730/

Xiaofeng Wang

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Xiaofeng-Wang-35

FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/03/computer-scientist-goes-silent-after-fbi-raid-and-purging-from-university-website/

DOGE plans to migrate all Social Security Administration systems off COBOL in months, risking the integrity of SSA infrastructure. #DOGE #SocialSecurity #TechNews #COBOL #GovernmentTech #SSA #Infrastructure #ITNews #TechChallenges

Hackers breached Oracle's Cerner servers after January 22, stealing patient data to extort US medical providers. The FBI is now investigating. #Oracle #Cerner #CyberSecurity #DataBreach #FBI #HealthcareSecurity #MedicalData #TechNews #Ransomware

#HELP

I just received a concerning email from the OTF (@opentechfund.bsky.social) stating that a major source of their funding is in jeopardy.

If you care about open-source, anti-censorship, or the open internet, please consider supporting one of the projects they fund.

#FOSS #OpenSource #TechNews
#USPol #Politics #News #PoliticalNews
#NetNeutrality #EFF
#Wikimedia #Signal #SignalApp
#TOR #TAILs #OpenVPN #VPN #LetsEncrypt #HTTPS #SSL
#Censorship #AntiCensorship

https://www.opentech.fund/projects-we-support/supported-projects/?sc=&filter1=&filter2=&order-by-selector=date-desc&pageno=1

After the article from The Atlantic, I've seen a lot of misinformation circulating among journalists. I'm not getting into the political side of things, but many are focusing on the fact that Signal was used, claiming it's "not encrypted" or "not secure." This really saddens me because it spreads the wrong message.