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🚨 The Conservatives (EPP) are attempting to force a new vote on Thursday (26th), seeking to *reverse* Parliament's NO on indiscriminate scanning.

This is a direct attack on democracy and blatant disregard for your right to privacy. No means no.

Take action now: https://fightchatcontrol.eu/

Fight Chat Control - Protect Digital Privacy in the EU

Learn about the EU Chat Control proposal and contact your representatives to protect digital privacy and encryption.

Peter Bunting 15h ago

Proton 16h ago

Google has known about a bug that breaks VPN apps for 7 months, leaving users exposed with no warning or error, just a VPN app that stopped working in the background.

If you're using ANY VPN on Android, you can help us by getting Google's attention to fix it.

We first reported this bug to Google in September 2025.

Others like @mullvadnet and Wireguard reported it even earlier, in August.

Google's response? "I don't see anything unusual."

Here's what's actually happening ⤵️

Peter Bunting 1d ago

PC Gamer 1d ago

Microsoft might actually make Windows 11 good as the company promises to roll back AI features and improve performance
https://www.pcgamer.com/software/windows/microsoft-might-actually-make-windows-11-good-as-the-company-promises-to-roll-back-ai-features-and-improve-performance/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Microsoft might actually make Windows 11 good as the company promises to roll back AI features and improve performance

These are the kinds of updates we've all been waiting for.

PC Gamer

Peter Bunting 1d ago

PC Gamer 2d ago

Now you can play Resident Evil Requiem in VR if that's a thing you want for some reason
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/resident-evil/now-you-can-play-resident-evil-requiem-in-vr-if-thats-a-thing-you-want-for-some-reason/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Now you can play Resident Evil Requiem in VR if that's a thing you want for some reason

You and Gideon have fun.

PC Gamer

Peter Bunting 1d ago

evacide 2d ago

For people who are concerned about having their devices seized at US airports starting Monday when ICE "assists" the TSA, EFF has this guide: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/journalist-security-checklist-preparing-devices-travel-through-us-border

A Journalist Security Checklist: Preparing Devices for Travel Through a US Border

We wrote this checklist to help journalists prepare for transit through a U.S. port of entry while preserving the confidentiality of your most sensitive information, such as unpublished reporting materials or source contact information. It’s important to think about your strategy in advance, and begin planning which options in this checklist make sense for you.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Peter Bunting 1d ago

PC Gamer 2d ago

Man pleads guilty to generating songs with AI then having bots stream them 'billions of times' to make over $8 million in royalties
https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/man-pleads-guilty-to-generating-songs-with-ai-then-having-bots-stream-them-billions-of-times-to-make-over-usd8-million-in-royalties/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Man pleads guilty to generating songs with AI then having bots stream them 'billions of times' to make over $8 million in royalties

"Although the songs and listeners were fake, the millions of dollars Smith stole was real."

PC Gamer

Peter Bunting 1d ago

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Open Web Advocacy 1d ago

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The European Commission should open a formal investigation into Apple’s compliance with Article 5(7). Without decisive action by the European Commission, Apple appears set to hold back browser, browser engine, and web app competition on iOS indefinitely.
https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/question-and-answer-with-simonetta-vezzoso--the-open-web--apple-and-the-dma/

Q&A with Simonetta Vezzoso: The Open Web, Apple, and the DMA - Open Web Advocacy

Open Web Advocacy

Peter Bunting 2d ago

Taylor Lorenz 6d ago

FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/18/fbi-is-buying-location-data-to-track-us-citizens-kash-patel-wyden

FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms | TechCrunch

FBI director Kash Patel told lawmakers that the agency is actively purchasing commercially available location data, which can track Americans without needing a warrant.

TechCrunch

Peter Bunting 2d ago

PC Gamer 6d ago

Cities: Skylines 2 boss says they 'completely overestimated' the Unity engine's capabilities
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/cities-skylines-2-boss-says-they-completely-overestimated-the-unity-engines-capabilities/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Cities: Skylines 2 boss says they 'completely overestimated' the Unity engine's capabilities

"Our mistake was to bank on something that was not yet proven," says Colossal Order CEO Mariina Hallikainen.

PC Gamer

Peter Bunting 2d ago

PC Gamer 5d ago

Clair Obscur's narrative lead says while it's 'a painful process' to write, AI has never tempted her: 'The whole point of writing is to express what I have in my head'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/clair-obscurs-narrative-lead-says-while-its-a-painful-process-to-write-ai-has-never-tempted-her-the-whole-point-of-writing-is-to-express-what-i-have-in-my-head/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Clair Obscur's narrative lead says while it's 'a painful process' to write, AI has never tempted her: 'The whole point of writing is to express what I have in my head'

Too right.

PC Gamer

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