There has been too little talk about the expansion of photovoltaic power generation in African countries, mostly because a lot of the Western mainstream press and politicians maintain a colonial view of anything that has to do with Africa. The truth is that solar installations are advancing at an incredible speed, and the removal of market distortions will probably translate in the rise of local solar panel & battery production in the mid-term.

https://www.euronews.com/2026/03/24/africas-solar-boom-was-built-on-artificially-cheap-chinese-pricing-that-era-is-now-ending

The #EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos.

https://fightchatcontrol.eu/?foo=bar

From @chatcontrol site creator, in a HN comment:

> In an unprecedented move, the #EPP is attempting to force a repeat vote tomorrow, seeking to overturn the otherwise principled March 11 decision and instead favouring indiscriminate mass #surveillance. In an attempt to avoid this, the Greens earlier today tried to remove the repeat vote from the agenda tomorrow, but this was voted down.

> As such, [today], the Parliament will once again vote on Chat Control. And unlike March 11, multiple groups are split on the vote, including S&D and Renew. The EPP remains unified in its support for #ChatControl. If you are a #European citizen, I urge you to contact your #MEPs by e-mail and, if you have time, by calling. We really are in the final stretch here and every action counts. I have just updated the website to reflect the votes today, allowing a more targeted approach.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47522709

opening my RSS feed reader and this is the first thing I see

thanks for the laugh 404 Media

[ article link - https://www.404media.co/why-its-good-to-jack-off-frequently-according-to-science/ ]

Firefox 149 adds a free VPN and finally plays nice with Linux dialogs

https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/25/firefox_149/

In other browser news, Opera now caters to penguinista gamers

<- by me on @theregister