Boycotting Google is easier to announce than to do. After the company’s Lake America move, this editor is going to find out what it takes.
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A fork created amid claims of censorship and anti‑DEI posturing is now in the news for the same reason: not how it renders pixels, but how it treats people.
Germany’s federal “Deutschland-Stack” puts Open Document Format at the center of its digital infrastructure plans.
Since this article was published on Friday, the European Commission has added an Open Document Format version of the feedback spreadsheet, meeting the request described in this article.
With a new digital sovereignty assessment and an open framework, Red Hat is courting Europe’s policymakers and CIOs -- but homegrown EU rivals and U.S. politics make it an uphill climb.
The Austrian Ministry for Economic Affairs drops foreign clouds for a homegrown Nextcloud and LibreOffice solution, illustrating Europe’s steady move toward digital independence.
Europe wants to buy European, America wants to deregulate the world, China hacks the commons. But code knows no borders… unless we let it.
From bulletproof backpacks to banning file downloads: why our fight against 3D-printed guns keeps missing the point—and what policy leaders should really be asking.
The biggest question our man in Italy has about Linux distros and other open source software projects taking political stances is: do they do more harm than good?
Firewalls are rising, alliances are fraying, and Europe’s digital future may be written in code untouched by American hands.