🛰️ When Sanctions Go Digital: How a French Judge Was Cut Off by the U.S.
A striking example of how digital dependencies can turn into geopolitical vulnerabilities, emphasizing the urgency of Europe building autonomous digital systems.
International Criminal Court judge Nicolas Guillou found himself digitally isolated after U.S. sanctions were triggered by ICC arrest warrants against Israeli officials. The sanctions led to the suspension of his accounts with U.S. tech firms and blocked access to payment platforms and online services. Guillou warns that this reflects Europe’s dangerous dependence on American digital infrastructure and urges stronger EU digital sovereignty and protection against extraterritorial sanctions.
🔗 Read more 🔗
🎮 Powering Up Steam: Igalia and Valve’s Open-Source Collaboration
An inspiring example of how open collaboration fuels technical excellence—bridging gaming innovation and open-source development in equal measure.
Igalia showcases its work with Valve on the Steam Frame VR headset, Steam Machine, and Steam Controller. Leveraging open-source technologies like Mesa3D Turnip and FEX, the teams enabled ARM devices to run x86 games while maintaining Vulkan standards and optimizing performance through advanced debugging and kernel tuning. The project underscores the crucial role of open-source engineering in shaping the future of Linux-based gaming hardware.
🔗 Read more 🔗
📊 Wealthfolio 2.0: A Private, Open-Source Investment Tracker
A clean, privacy-first alternative to cloud finance apps, giving power back to investors who value transparency and open-source freedom.
Wealthfolio 2.0 is an open-source portfolio tracker that runs offline and prioritizes user privacy. It helps investors monitor multiple accounts, benchmark performance against indices like the S&P 500, and visualize results with simple, intuitive charts—no finance jargon required.
🔗 Read more 🔗
⚙️ Arduino’s New Terms: Has the Open-Source Icon Lost Its Soul?
A thought-provoking look at how corporate legal overreach can unintentionally dismantle the cultural and educational pillars of open hardware innovation.
Following Qualcomm’s acquisition, Arduino’s updated legal terms introduce restrictions that threaten its open-source foundation. Clauses banning reverse engineering and removing implied patent licenses have sparked backlash from the maker community, who fear these corporate policies could erode the educational and collaborative spirit that made Arduino beloved among hobbyists. Critics suggest the legal team misapplied SaaS frameworks to a community-driven ecosystem.
🔗 Read more 🔗
💡 There’s always going to be a way to not code error handling
🔗 Read more 🔗
⚡ More tales about outages and numeric limits
🔗 Read more 🔗
📶 impala – A TUI for managing wifi on Linux
🔗 Read more 🔗