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Windows is spyware, Fedora adds Flathub, AI tool violates FOSS

2023/2/12
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00:00 Intro

01:39 Windows 11 sends data to third parties right after install, without user consent

https://www.techspot.com/news/97535-windows-11-spyware-machine-out-users-control.html)

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/how-to-disable-annoying-ads-on-windows-11)

06:11 Fedora will now use the full flathub, instead of their subset of it

https://linuxiac.com/fedora-38-will-offer-unfiltered-flathub-access-out-of-the-box/)

09:38 An AI tool uses FOSS libraries without respecting their licenses

https://undeleted.ronsor.com/voice.ai-gpl-violations-with-a-side-of-drm/)

https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/08/voiceai_open_source/)

13:18 Stable Diffusion is now proved to regurgitate images it was trained on

https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/02/03/1067786/ai-models-spit-out-photos-of-real-people-and-copyrighted-images/)

16:56 Mycroft, the FOSS voice assistant, will close down

https://mycroft.ai/blog/update-from-the-ceo-part-1)

19:57 GNOME Software is receiving performance improvements

https://feaneron.com/2023/02/07/profiling-optimizing-gnome-software/)

23:14 Thunderbird shares their roadmap and history

https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/02/the-future-of-thunderbird-why-were-rebuilding-from-the-ground-up/)

28:49 Malware developers are abusing Google ads to distribute their software

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/02/until-further-notice-think-twice-before-using-google-to-download-software/)

32:25 Google and Mozilla are working on β€œreal” versions of their browsers for iOS

https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/03/googles_chromium_ios/)

https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/07/mozilla_google_apple_webkit/)

37:11 GNOME Weekly updates

https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/02/twig-81/)

40:00 KDE Weekly updates

https://pointieststick.com/2023/02/03/this-week-in-kde-plasma-6-starts-to-take-shape/)

41:49 Gaming News: ray tracing support, and SSD upgrades for the Steam Deck

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/02/nvidia-vulkan-beta-5254707-supports-extension-to-help-vkd3d-proton-dxr/)

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/02/framework-begin-offering-2tb-ssd-upgrades-for-steam-deck/)

44:46 Outro

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