FOSS Force Mostly Open Tech News Quiz - April 25, 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!

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#1. When the new animated kids’ series “Owen Nowhere” debuts later this year, it will be the first what?

The first animated children's show to come with a crypto wallet.

The first TV series to be formatted in the new "IMAX at Home" format.

The first major network Saturday morning kids show to not be sponsored by a breakfast cereal company.

The first kids show with an "X" rating.

#2. Which of the following is true about the new partnership announced this week between Uber and Volkswagon?

Select all that apply:

It will be based-on VW's microbuses.

It will feature self-driving vehicles.

It will feature old-style VW busses that are painted in 60s style psychedelia for the geriatric hippie set.

It will allow Uber drivers to purchase new VWs at a substantial discount.

#3. What new feature is coming to the Bluesky social platform?

A premium tier with no advertising.

Direct messaging with end-to-end encryption.

The ability to edit posts.

A blue checkmark verification system similar to Twitter/X.

#4. What major technical change is coming to Ubuntu?

The company is going to slowly phase out Snap in favor of Flatpak.

Beginning with Ubuntu 26.4 it will be BSD-based so that it can offer a proprietary "Pro" version with added features.

After the upcoming 25.10 release, it will be dropping it's desktop version to concentrate on its server edition.

Beginning with Ubuntu 25.10 it will begin replacing GNU Coreutils with Rust-Coreutils.

#5. Why did the Federal Trade Commission file a lawsuit against Uber on Monday?

For having its drivers slash the tires on vehicles being used by Lyft.

For unfair competition against licensed Taxi services.

For basing its peak traffic rates on time-of-day rather than actual traffic conditions.

For charging customers for its Uber One subscription service without their consent.

#6. An executive with what company testified in Google’s antitrust that it would attempt to purchase Google’s Chrome browser if it were on the market.

OpenAI

Nextcloud

Microsoft

Brave Browser

#7. On Tuesday Google said it was scrapping what project it had been developing since 2019?

Cookies in its advertisements that can track a user even after they leave the site that displayed the ad.

Fuchsia, the operating system it's been developing as a possible Android replacement.

A commercial ad-free search engine.

The Privacy Sandbox for it's Chrome Browser that would do away with 3rd party cookies.

#8. On Tuesday, The Washington Post announced that it had entered into an agreement with what company for what purpose?

With MSNBC, to report on its articles instead of articles in the New York Times.

With Google, so it can link to WaPo article in Canadian search results.

With ChatGPT, so it can summarize and link to the Post’s original reporting in its answers.

With Lyft, to deliver its newspaper to subscribers.

#9. On Tuesday we learned that after three months of study, two Korea-based undergraduates had done what?

Devised a relatively easy method to do away with DDOS attacks that will be added to the internet next year.

Used AI to develop a new operating system that some are calling "Linux on steroids."

Have created an AI model that can generate podcast-style clips similar to Google’s NotebookLM.

Have designed and built a cold fusion reactor.

#10. On Thursday, Perplexity’s CEO said that the Comet browser it’ll release in May will do what?

Track everything users do online to sell ‘hyper personalized’ ads.

Use it's AI platform to better respect user privacy.

Harness AI to steer users away from scam websites.

Become the most used browser in the world within two years.

#11. This week Netflix announced that it’s making what changes to it’s subtitles?

Adding the option to omit profanity from appearing onscreen.

Adding a smart technology to make them easier to read.

Adding the option for subtitles that show only dialog and omit references to other audio events.

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FOSS Force Mostly Open Tech News Quiz – April 25, 2025