FOSS Force Mostly Open Tech News Quiz – April 11, 2025

Did you have time to keep up with the news this week? Here’s your chance to brag… or not. This week there are 11 questions. Good luck!

Results

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#1. Why did Google release an Android update on Monday?

To annoy users by putting their phones into a forced timeout.

To patch two zero-day security flaws that Google believed were being actively exploited.

To add a warning that Android is not allowed on any device made by Huawei.

To fix a bug that was causing some phones to frequently crash if using Firefox browser.

#2. What change has Yahoo been making to its corporate website over the last several months?

It's divorcing itself from Yahoo Mail.

It's removed pages and sections relating to its DEI policies.

It's removed all evidence that it was once a "web portal."

It's started reintroducing curated search results on a test basis, making them available to employees before launching them for public consumption.

#3. According to TechCrunch, AI startup Thinking Machines Lab is attempting to do what with its seed funding round?

Raise money solely through an online interface.

Raise enough money to move into a fashionable office.

Raise $2 billion, which would make it one of the largest seed rounds in history.

Incorporate advice from its AI into the fundraising effort.

#4. Why was Albert Saniger, the founder and former CEO the AI shopping app Nate, recently arrested?

For claiming the site processed orders using AI when it really relied on human contractors in a call center in the Philippines.

For using an illegal work around to avoid paying tariffs on goods imported from China.

For delivering goods that were far inferior to what was promised.

For income tax evasion.

#5. According to the International Energy Agency, the rise in AI-focused data centers will have what effect on the global power market?

It will result in frequent rotating black outs and brown outs as power demand outstrips availability.

Carbon emissions will decrease as data centers increasingly go green.

The number of online gas and coal powered generating plants will increase.

Poor countries will start rationing power domestically so they can raise funds selling power in international markets.

#6. AI researchers have lately become concerned to find AI models doing what?

Purposefully giving misleading answers.

Secretly collaborating with other AI models.

Failing to disclose reasoning shortcuts, even when they've been programmed to do so.

Hallucinating in ways that are almost impossible to detect.

#7. What’s different in Bluesky after its latest update?

Select all that apply:

It offers chat reactions in direct messages.

Trends marked as “New” or “Hot,” or how long ago they began trending.

It offers curated lists of users that newcomers can follow.

It allows users to edit posts after they've been sent.

#8. What change has happened in Ukraine regarding its use of Musk’s Starlink service?

With the help of Germany, Ukraine has developed a way to create a tunnel to supply false information to Russia.

Ukraine has been sending data back to Starlink, which has already helped Starlink provide better service to its users.

Ukraine is slowly replacing it with France’s Eutelsat service.

It's been disconnected for not paying its bills.

#9. Linda McMahon, Trump’s Secretary of Education, made what gaff at this week’s ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego?

Insisted in a panel discussion that school segregation had originally been mandated by the Constitution.

Frequently referred to AI as A1, like the steak sause.

Said that US public schools were computer free until computers were introduced by Obama.

On several occasions made references to "President Musk."

#10. What online destination that serves to take the place of OpenSource.com which Red Hat abandoned under IBM, is having its first birthday this month?

FOSS Force

Open Source Way

Techrights

We Love Open Source

#11. This week The Document Foundation announced that this year’s LibreOffice Conference 2025 will be held in what city?

Budapest

Mexico City

Tokyo

San Antonio

Finish

Nextcloud Summit 2025

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon China

ISC High Performance 2025

ATO Meetup: How AI Can Help Platform Engineers Build Better Platforms

SeaGL (the Seattle GNU/Linux Conference)