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Mozilla discontinues Pocket and Fakespot to focus on Firefox development:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/mozilla-kills-pocket-so-it-can-focus-on-firefox
(Or rather to focus on ToS development lol)

Signal introduces new "Screen security" feature in Windows to prevent Recall from monitoring conversations:
https://signal.org/blog/signal-doesnt-recall/

Digital payment system GNU Taler gets accepted in Switzerland:
https://news.itsfoss.com/gnu-taler-swiss-operations/

New Mullvad VPN loader available for Windows and MacOS to simplify installation:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/5/mullvad-vpn-loader-streamlined-secure-app-installation-for-windows-and-macos/

GIMP 3.0.4 released with various bug fixes, improvements:
https://9to5linux.com/gimp-3-0-4-open-source-image-editor-is-now-available-for-download-with-bug-fixes

FFmpeg FFV1 Vulkan encoder provides +35% improvement for AMD, +50% for NVIDIA:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FFmpeg-Faster-FFV1-Vulkan-Enc

Luanti 5.12.0 released with SDL2 for window and input handling (enabling touch screen controls on all devices, support for non-QWERTY keyboards, high-DPI screens, IME support for text input, F11 to toggle fullscreen), keybindings can be set in Settings and can be toggled, option to enable dig and place buttons on touchscreens, node textures displayed in inventory, hotbar and hand, Reviews tab for package pages, etc.:
https://blog.luanti.org/2025/05/24/5.12.0-released/

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GIMP 3.0 released with refined GTK3 UI, improved color management, support for loading layers from TIFF files saved in the Autodesk Sketchbook format, support for 64 bits per pixel images for the BMP format, non-destructive editing improvements, updated GEGL and babl components and more:
https://9to5linux.com/gimp-3-0-image-editor-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new
(Finally the meme is over!)

PeerTube 7.1 released with Podcast 2.0 support, hosting platform's address is highlighted for each video (can be clicked to view other videos hosted on that instance), option to verify channel with Mastodon account:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/3/peertube-7-1-brings-podcast-2-0-support-enhanced-identification-and-mastodon-verification/

Mastodon client Tusky 28 released with Android 15 support, edge-to-edge mode, more reliable push notifications, UI improvements, option to choose mute duration etc.:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/3/mastodon-client-tusky-28-brings-android-15-support-improved-notifications-and-more/

Ghost publishing platform implement beta ActivityPub integration to join the Fediverse:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/3/publishing-platform-ghost-enters-the-fediverse-with-activitypub-integration-in-public-beta/

(New record! 3 Fediverse news in a post!)

Firefox Nightly build gets experimental browser.taskbarTabs.enabled flag in about:config, Mozilla plans to support Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) but with a different approach called "Taskbar Tabs":
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/firefox-nightly-supports-web-apps-taskbar-tabs

Blender 4.4 released with support for integer sockets in the compositor, a much more accurate Fast Gaussian mode of the Blur node, a revamped Glare node for greater control, support for rendering videos using the H.265/HEVC codec etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/blender-4-4-released-with-a-big-update-for-the-experimental-vulkan-backend

Git 2.49 released with faster packing, backfill historical blobs in partial clones and more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/3/git-2-49-released-with-faster-packing-backfill-historical-blobs-in-partial-clones-and-more/

Zed gets native Git support in v0.177 release, via a new Git panel with commit, push, pull and stage options:
https://news.itsfoss.com/zed-git-support/

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Mastodon plans to add quote post feature with user controls to allow/disallow quoting, notifications about quotes, ability to withdraw posts from quotes, report feature:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/2/mastodon-is-finally-planning-to-add-quote-posts-with-user-controls-and-safety-features/

GIMP 3.0 RC3 available with enhanced Wayland support, expanded file format support, GTK 3.24.48, new method for non-destructive filter stacking, AppImage support, Google Drive integration etc.:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/2/gimp-3-0-rc3-introduces-stability-boost-enhanced-wayland-and-expanded-file-format-support/

Proton adds single sign-on (SSO) and password generator rules to Proton Pass:
https://proton.me/blog/business-sso

Proton Wallet is now available in the free plan:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/2/proton-wallet-now-available-for-everybody/

HandBrake 1.9.1 released with improved AV1 video decoding, improved support for SRT files with overlapping subtitles, various bug fixes:
https://9to5linux.com/handbrake-1-9-1-open-source-video-transcoder-improves-av1-video-decoding

Calibre 7.25 released with custom icons, import KFX files from 2024 Kindles utilizing the MTP protocol etc.:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/2/calibre-7-25-released-with-custom-icons-support-for-kfx-files-from-2024-kindles-and-more/

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