No Bing, no Edge, no upselling: De-crufted Windows 11 coming to Europe soon

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 19:27:00
1 minute, 29 seconds

Some changes will arrive for non-EU users, too, but not the easy removals.

Using Windows these days means putting up with many, many pitches to use and purchase other Microsoft products. Some are subtle, like the built-in Edge browser suggesting you use its "recommended settings" after each major...

Arch Linux - Bugtracker Migration to GitLab

Sun, 12 Nov 2023 0:16:00
0 minutes, 20 seconds

Our primary goal is to migrate bugs.archlinux.org to GitLab, focusing on
packaging bugs and our internal projects. In this email, we'll outline
the workflow for packaging bugs and seek your assistance in testing the
migration and the bug bot in the test migration
group
.

Please pay attention...

OPNsense 23.7.8 released

Sat, 11 Nov 2023 23:46:00
0 minutes, 43 seconds

The configuration restore GUI has been improved in a number of ways due to
recent demand and Squid was updated to the new major release version 6.

A number of reliability improvements were also added to the WireGuard
kernel plugin which from our perspective is now ready for core inclusion.
The...

Microsoft lays hands on login data: Beware of the new Outlook

Sat, 11 Nov 2023 23:40:00
1 minute, 9 seconds

The free new Outlook replaces Mail in Windows, and later also the classic Outlook. It sends secret credentials to Microsoft servers.

The new Outlook is not what it seems at first glance: a replacement for Microsoft Office Outlook - at least not yet. What it definitely is, however: way too curiou...

EU bans Meta's use of personal data for behavioural advertising

Sat, 11 Nov 2023 23:34:00
1 minute, 16 seconds

The European Data Protection Board said Wednesday it had adopted a binding decision that will ban Facebook and Instagram owner Meta from using the personal data of users for targeted advertisements.

The order will "impose a ban on the processing of personal data for behavioural advertising on the...