The Cloud and AI Development Act 'should embed a sovereignty provision that curtails the current “sovereignty-washing” practiced by US hyperscalers in partnership with European firms. Here, sovereignty means fostering genuine competence and capacity inside the Union, rather than relying on complex legal tricks that depend on foreign-controlled technology.'
https://www.techpolicy.press/europe-cant-defend-democracy-on-us-servers/ by Alexandra Geese, MEP (The Greens)
#EuroStack #security #independence #EU #EuropeanLaw #socialMedia #decoupling #nonAligned #EuropeAlternatives #EuropeanAlternatives #nonUS #digitalSovereignty #techSovereignty #dataSovereignty #sovereignty #privacy #dataProtection #dataCenters #energy #dataCentres #BuyEurope #BuyEuropean #Cloud #EUPol #EuropeanPolitics
Newsletter #20 of the Non-Aligned Tech Movement is out!
–> Sovereign Tech Shifts 🌐 | South Korea’s AI Play, US-China Chip Tax, & Iran’s GPS Exit
#NATM #GPS #BeiDou #WhatsApp #China #USA #EU #NonAligned
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https://nonalignedtech.net/20-sovereign-tech-shifts-%f0%9f%8c%90-south-koreas-ai-play-us-china-chip-tax-irans-gps-exit/
"The European Alliance for Industrial Data, Edge and Cloud" aims to foster the development and deployment of next generation edge and cloud technologies." The Alliance brings together businesses, Member States representatives and experts. "The work of the Alliance is facilitated by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology #DGConnect."
A new thematic roadmap was released on 8 July 2025. This 68-page document proposes and details an action plan to position open source software as a pillar of the Union's strategy for strengthening its technological autonomy vis-à-vis non-European players.
The report starts by noting Europe's dependence in the cloud, edge and IoT sectors, and proposes 70 actions to try to remedy the situation. The most significant measures include:
• the introduction of a public procurement policy that systematically favours European open source solutions,
• the creation of a dedicated funding vehicle for critical projects,
• the application of open interoperability standards to counter vendor lock-in.
Official publication: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/thematic-roadmap-open-source-and-inputs-common-trust-principles 🧵
#EU #EuropeanCommission #software #decoupling #nonAligned #EuropeAlternatives #EuropeanAlternatives #nonUS #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #digitalSovereignty #techSovereignty
How can organizations transition to open-source software?
Advices include:
• Start small with pilot programs.
• Rethink the procurement process.
• Invest in open-source education and training.
• Measure success in terms of the greater control over your digital infrastructure and the sustainable growth that open-source adoption brings.
https://xwiki.com/en/Blog/why-governments-should-invest-in-open-source
#software #decoupling #nonAligned #alternatives #EuropeAlternatives #nonUS #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #dev #design
"1. Open by default: Making Open Source the standard approach for projects.
2. Contribute back: Encouraging active participation in the Open Source ecosystem.
3. Secure by design: Making security a priority in all software projects.
4. Foster inclusive participation and community building: Enabling and facilitating diverse and inclusive contributions.
5. Design for reusability: Designing projects to be interoperable across various platforms and ecosystems.
6. Provide documentation: Providing thorough documentation for end-users, integrators and developers.
7. RISE (recognize, incentivize, support and empower): Empowering individuals and communities to actively participate.
8. Sustain and scale: Supporting the development of solutions that meet the evolving needs of the UN system and beyond."
#software #decoupling #nonAligned #alternatives #EuropeAlternatives #nonUS #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #dev #design #teamWork #DEI #UN #internationalCommunity
The United Nations Open Source United community is proud to announce a major milestone: The Government of the French Republic became the first national government to endorse the UN Open Source Principles. Additionally, 19 organizations joined France in endorsing the principles, underscoring growing international support for open source collaboration within the UN system.
@echo_xc
There are Firefox forks with Brave-level privacy. They include Waterfox and Librewolf. They choose less features than Vivaldi.
Here is the browser scene by Mastodon participants: https://techhub.social/@estelle/114377494597083228
#browsers #browsersUsage #Firefox #FirefoxForks #nonUS #nonAligned #EuropeanAlternatives #webDev
Attached: 2 images Here is a comparison on browser shares in 3 environments: the Fediverse panel, a website and commercial #stats. (The two 1st samples are heavily skewed to English-speaking higher eds.) The share of devices that have iOS or macOS in my poll went from 2% (at a hundred answers), to 14% (at a thousand answers), to 22% (at 2000 answers). Compare that with 15% of the pages served by the website and 18% for Safari+WebKit at Statcounter. This may hint that Safari+WebKit is evenly distributed except low at techies'. Beware that the %s of my poll are shares of the answerers, not shares of installations. The Gecko family (Firefox, Waterfox, Librewolf…) displays a 100% total in my poll (against 19% usage of the website and 2.5% usage at Statcounter.) Of course many devices have Firefox and Librewolf; and many have none. The Chromium family (Chrome, Ungoogled, Vivaldi, Edge…) displays a 70% total in my poll (against 53% usage of the website and 71% usage at Statcounter.) #browsers #webDev #Chrome #Vivaldi #ungoogled
You may consider hosting your social data out of the USA.
Here is a search tool of Mastodon instances that filters on country:
https://mastodon.fediverse.observer/list 🧵
#howTo #EuropeanAlternatives #decoupling #nonAligned #alternatives #nonUS #MastodonMigration #search #discoverability #MastodonGuide #privacy #GDPR #Mastodon #NewHere #Newbie #beginner #FediverseTips #FediTips #FediHelp #MastodonHelp #MastodonTips #MastodonHowTo #resource #resources
What sort of device are you reading this toot on right now?
(Please boost for a diversified panel.)
#Webdev #frontEnd #OSs #FLOSS #polls #tech #poll #usage #data #decoupling #personalData #dataPrivacy #dataProtection #EuropeanAlternatives #decoupling #nonAligned #alternatives #nonUS
Before choosing your Linux system, you must understand that rolling releases and fixed-point releases do not behave the same: https://wirekat.com/regular-release-vs-rolling-release-which-linux-distribution-model-is-better/
#distros #LinuxDistributions #desktop #FOSS #FLOSS #Linux #regularDistributions #rollingDistributions #rollingRelease #fixedRelease #decoupling #nonAligned #alternatives #nonUS #EuropeanAlternatives
Linux is a versatile and customizable operating system that powers millions of devices around the world. One of the most appealing aspects of Linux is the variety of distributions (or distros) that users can choose from, each with its own features, design, and philosophy. However, not all Linux distros are
"Solus is an unusually stable, unusually simple to use rolling release distribution. Everything is pretty straight forward, everything works (at the lower levels), everything installed and updated smoothly."
(But choose your desktop!)
a review of @Solus 4.7 and #Budgie 10.9 by @distrowatch: https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20250310#solus
Solus origin: #Ireland
website location: California
#decoupling #nonAligned #alternatives #EuropeAlternatives #nonUS #distros #LinuxDistributions #desktop #FOSS #FLOSS #Linux #Solus #SolusDistribution #SolusLinux #Budgie #BudgieDesktop #rollingDistributions #rollingRelease
Eric Maugendre about data
Juan Ortiz Freuler
Eric Maugendre on collectives