Microsoft's Majorana 2 topological quantum chip just hit a major milestone - qubit reliability improved 1,000x, with lifetimes now reaching up to a full minute.
🔬⚛️ That's the kind of hardware level breakthrough that compresses timelines: Microsoft is now targeting 2029 for a commercially useful quantum computer, roughly half its earlier estimate.
Open science folks, keep watching this space!

#QuantumComputing #Majorana2 #Microsoft #OpenScience #TechNews #FediTech

Kleine Nachmittagsgedanke: Wir reden viel über "ethische KI", aber selten darüber, dass Ethik kein Feature ist, das man nachträglich draufschraubt wie ein Spoiler aufn Polo. 🚗💨

Wer am Ende eines Sprints fragt "ach ja, ist das eigentlich diskriminierend?" – der hat den Zug schon verpasst. Ethik gehört ins Briefing, nicht ins Backlog-Grab.

#KI #Ethik #FediTech

Curious if others have run into this on Bluesky: no post editing means every correction requires delete/repost. Bots reply again, and those replies stay permanently because there’s no “Clear All Notifications” option. Over time this creates a cluttered, unmanageable feed. Editing, bot controls, or notification cleanup tools would help a lot.

#Bluesky #ATProto #FediTech #UX

Innovation at the Edge: The ACTE Backpack 🛡️
A Massachusetts National Guardsman has developed the Agile Cyber Training Environment (ACTE)—a portable, self-contained "cyber sandbox" for Airmen. No enterprise connectivity required.
This is decentralized readiness in action, shrinking the gap between threat discovery and countermeasure preparation.
#CyberSecurity #InfoSec #CyberDefense #MilitaryTech #OpenSourceIntel #ACTE #FediTech #102ndIW #BadDawgSports

https://bad-dawgsports.com/2026/02/26/agile-cyber-training-environment/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Neues Jahr, neue digitale Routinen 🎮
Zwischen #Fallout4, dem #NothingPhone3, einem winzigen #Frosch & Gedanken zu #DigitaleSouveränität war einiges los.
📰 Mein aktueller Newsletter: #Gaming trifft auf Tech, Nachhaltigkeit & den #DigitalIndependenceDay.
👉 https://t1p.de/zzgfm

#GamerCulture, #FalloutCommunity, #PostApocalypticGames, #GamingNews, #TechTrends, #OpenWeb, #Fediverse, #FediTech, #AltTech, #LibrePlanet, #PrivacyFirst, #DigitalFreedom, #UnplugBigTech, #OpenSourceTools, #Netzpolitik, #CCC, #DigitalIndependenceDay, #MothershipBlog, #FeministGaming, #PodcastRecommendation, #GamersOfMastodon

🇪🇺 We're cutting through the US-centric hype to look at what matters for European Tech. Why are companies pivoting to local LLMs? It’s about Digital Sovereignty & GDPR.
Explore:
* VaultGemma: Why privacy-first isn't just a buzzword.
* The Infrastructure Gap: Why we need electricians more than prompt engineers right now.
* Agentic Coding: Is the developer role shifting from writer to reviewer?
🎧 https://open.spotify.com/episode/4HJn9cal20eIXPEj4EPaP8?si=D4nwKgWiR5Ck5bjUi9G7_w

#AI #OpenSource #TechPolicy #FediTech #DigitalSovereignty #GDPR

Been living in @Vivaldi full-time for a little over 2 years now, and I still don’t miss Chrome, Edge, or Firefox. As a Vivaldi ambassador and a security nerd, the built-in tracker/ad blocking plus per-site controls are exactly the kind of “privacy by default” I want in a browser.

I wrote up how I set up Vivaldi’s blocklists when moving people over from the big browsers: mapping common uBlock/AdGuard setups, choosing the right sources, and keeping sites usable without turning protection off globally.

🔗 https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/moving-from-chrome-edge-or-firefox-to-vivaldis-built-in-blocklists/

#Vivaldi #Privacy #Infosec #BrowserSecurity #FediTech