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Hackaday ☛ The Browser Wasn’t Enough, Google Wants To Control All Your Software
A few days ago we brought you word that Google was looking to crack down on “sideloaded” Android applications. That is, software packages installed from outside of the mobile operating system’s official repository. Unsurprisingly, a number of readers were outraged at the proposed changes. Android’s open nature, at least in comparison to other mobile operating systems, is what attracted many users to it in the first place. Seeing the platform slowly move towards its own walled garden approach is concerning, especially as it leaves the fate of popular services such as the F-Droid free and open source software (FOSS) repository in question.
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Daniel Stenberg ☛ Dropping old OpenSSL
Starting in June 2026, we plan to only support OpenSSL 3 and later. Of course with the caveat that we might change our minds or schedule as we go along and things happen.
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Linuxiac ☛ Vivaldi Pushes Back Against AI Browsing Trend
Just a couple of years ago, AI seemed like something experimental and exotic. Now it’s the biggest trend in tech, with companies racing to pack more and more AI features into their software. Whether people actually need all of this, though, is another question entirely.
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Mozilla
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Mozilla ☛ Speeding up Firefox Local AI Runtime
Last year we rolled out the Firefox AI Runtime, the engine that quietly powers features such as PDF.js generated alt text and, more recently, our smart tab grouping. The system worked, but not quite at the speed we wanted.
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