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The Sovereign Tech Agency is exploring how to better support open source maintainers and contributors who are actively working on technology standards relevant to their open source infrastructure projects.
Open standards are foundational to a healthy open source ecosystem. They enable interoperability, enhance digital sovereignty, foster competition and innovation and ensure that critical digital infrastructure remains accessible and serves the public interest.
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And a happy FUCK OFF to AI from Emma Thompson. 😌
circa 2025 infra maps work in progress, base maps for starlink connectivity, fiber, and POP/CDNs.
@stevesong I finally got around to a better expression of the CDN concentration, LMK what you think
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
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International Repair Day 2024: Learning, advocating and celebrating repair practices | Association for Progressive Communications
International Repair Day, celebrated every year on the third Saturday of October – which falls on 19 October this year – raises awareness about the benefits of repairing rather than replacing items in this rapidly changing technological landscape. APC is proud to join this global event initiated in 2017 by the Open Repair Alliance to promote the repair movement around the world.
Dead satellites are filling space with trash. That could affect Earth’s magnetic field. Says plasma physicist and engineer Sierra Solter.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/16/dead-satellite-space-earth-magnetic-field
Harmful 5G fast lanes are coming. The FCC needs to stop them.
There's still time to fix this before the FCC votes to adopt its #netneutrality order on April 25.
Here are my thoughts: https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2024/04/harmful-5g-fast-lanes-are-coming-fcc-needs-stop-them
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Google Cloud appoints head of security unit for META region
https://itweb.africa/content/WnxpE74YELXMV8XL
Now waiting for Meta to retaliate and appoint a security head for the Germany, Oceania, Oman, Guatemala, Lesotho, Egypt region.
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