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The Next Step for Drop | Drop Drop began in 2012 as a place where enthusiasts came together to design and discover products across various categories. What started as a small community...

Bummer to lose drop.com, even if it's been in decline since #Corsair acquired it. My Sennheiser HD 6XX remains my favourite pair of headphones to this day. drop.com/talk/148992/...

An Open Letter to Google regarding Mandatory Developer Registration for Android App Distribution Open Letter to Google Regarding Mandatory Developer Registration for Third-Party App Distribution

Signal boosting this petition: keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/

See also this post from F-Droid, the FOSS app repository: f-droid.org/2026/02/24/o...

If you buy a piece of hardware, you own it: it's nobody's business what software you run on it.

I Spent a Year Replacing My Subscriptions. Here’s How. YouTube video by Dammit Jeff

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtgC...

Even if hardware costs are climbing, it's easier than ever to self-host and end your reliance on Google et al.

I truly hope I'm just being paranoid about this YouTube video by struthless

youtu.be/CCXnZIjSj1Q

Digital ID - Hansard - UK Parliament Hansard record of the item : 'Digital ID' on Monday 8 December 2025.

Link to the transcript: hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025...

E-petition debate relating to digital ID - Monday 8 December 2025. YouTube video by UK Parliament

Can't imagine why the #DigitalID debate was unlisted on YouTube. Certainly not because the proposal got absolutely savaged or anything. www.youtube.com/live/dCGWpaA...

It's the Christmas light video again - 2025 edition YouTube video by Technology Connections

I have now reached the age where I will happily watch a man talk about Christmas lights for 30 minutes. youtu.be/oy7BrKNmZAQ

France is Chasing Them Out. YouTube video by LMG Clips

So an "intent to conceal" your personal information is apparently sus now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMFx...

Is the Internet Making Culture Worse?—Asterisk The decline of criticism might explain the sense that our culture is stagnating. How can we bring it back?

"What happened to journalism in the 21st century is, in many ways, the story of the conflict between two utopian values: Information wants to be free and Writers should be paid."

asteriskmag.com/issues/12-bo...

We Just DEFEATED EU Mass Surveillance (Here's How) YouTube video by Techlore

While the introduction of the Online Safety Act and the threat of mandatory digital ID is discouraging, remember that we still have strength in numbers: youtu.be/bjPNl3NcWi8

The Discord Hack Just Got Even Worse... YouTube video by SomeOrdinaryGamers

So much for Discord's "transparency". youtu.be/FJjhsUXEoJE

Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs An “unauthorized party” may have accessed the names of users, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and more.

Whoever could have predicted this totally inevitable outcome that security analysts predicted? www.theverge.com/news/792032/...

"Under the guise of protecting children, the latest Chat Control proposals would require mass scanning of every message, photo,
and video on a person’s device, assessing these via a government-mandated database or AI model to determine whether they
are permissible." signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

Why the end of support for Windows 10 is uniquely troubling Groups around the world are pressing on Microsoft to extend free support. Here’s why so many experts and advocates are raising the alarm.

pirg.org/articles/why...

Mike Israetel's PhD: The Biggest Academic Sham in Fitness? YouTube video by Solomon Nelson

I've read some awful papers but this takes the cake. Shit like this degrades trust in experts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=elLI...

Stop Avoiding Politics Most engineers think workplace politics is dirty. They’re wrong. Refusing to play politics doesn’t make you noble; it makes you ineffective.

The lesson applies to every sphere of life: politics happens with or without you. terriblesoftware.org/2025/10/01/s...

Chat Control Is Back on the Menu in the EU. It Still Must Be Stopped The European Union Council is once again debating its controversial message scanning proposal, aka “Chat Control,” that would lead to the scanning of private conversations of billions of people. Chat

The EU is once again trying to push a dangerous legislative proposal that undermines encrypted communication and obliterates our rights to private conversations. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.

Well over two million signatures already! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

ChatControl wants to scan all your private messages The EU is pushing legislation that would scan all our private messages, even in encrypted apps.

"ChatControl represents a historic choice for Europe. Either we become the first democracy to normalize mass surveillance of private communications or we defend the digital rights that made Europe a global privacy leader." metalhearf.fr/posts/chatco...

THE NVIDIA AI GPU BLACK MARKET | Investigating Smuggling, Corruption, & Governments YouTube video by Gamers Nexus

#GamersNexus finally got their video back up, so here's a little signal boost: youtu.be/1H3xQaf7BFI

From Windows to Linux — rambol I’ve been a lifelong Windows user, having first tinkered with Windows 95 in primary school. No longer.

After a lifetime on Windows, I've made the jump to #Linux. Here's why. www.rambol.net/home/windows...

GitHub - nekename/OpenDeck: Linux software for the Elgato Stream Deck with support for original Stream Deck plugins Linux software for the Elgato Stream Deck with support for original Stream Deck plugins - nekename/OpenDeck

I switched to Linux this year and—while there's been a learning curve—I'm glad to have wrested back control of my own system from Microsoft.

One of my longstanding bugbears—the lack of native #StreamDeck software for Linux—has been solved with the latest #OpenDeck update! github.com/nekename/Ope...

I built my own Phone... because innovation is sad rn YouTube video by Marcin Plaza

Awesome to see not only the ingenuity but the dead ends and frustration that are inevitable in a project like this. All worth it! youtu.be/qy_9w_c2ub0

Piracy is for Trillion Dollar Companies | Fair Use, Copyright Law, & Meta AI YouTube video by GNCA - GamersNexus Consumer Advocacy

Ah, so it's not piracy if I feed it into an LLM. Gotcha! www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdtB...

Android Is Becoming More Like iOS: Google's New App Rules YouTube video by Techlore

Man, our tech overlords are really turning the screw lately: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxGj...

Screenshot of Bluesky prompting the user to verify she is an adult.

How about no?

This is the moment the internet changed forever YouTube video by Naomi Brockwell TV

"If we want a safer internet, we need to stop equating surveillance with security. Companies and government agencies claim that they're protecting you—but in reality, they're collecting sensitive data with almost no accountability." www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DwO...