Updated! We are now up to 20 entries in my European digital sovereignty tracker. New examples of orgs ditching US tech include media entities, the Dutch National Bank, and open source sewing software.

Thanks to everyone who has sent me examples, please do keep them coming if there are others I am missing!

There's a handful that I am still reviewing and I'm also considering in the next update including new categories (political declarations, funding, projects such as Euro-Office, etc)

drive.proton.me/urls/EG60KWHED…

#digitalsovereignty #europe #tech #opensource

Proton Drive

Securely store, share, and access your important files and photos. Anytime, anywhere.

^{drive.proton.me}

Your face is becoming your password, and you can’t change your face.

Facial recognition systems turn your identity into a permanent digital key. If that data is breached, it’s not just another hack — it’s a lifelong vulnerability that can track you, expose you and be nearly impossible to undo.
theconversation.com/facial-rec…

#tech #security #data

theconversation.com/facial-rec…

Facial recognition data is a key to your identity – if stolen, you can’t just change the locks

You can change a stolen password or credit card, but you can’t reset your face when your biometric data is breached.

^{The Conversation}

All labor is dignified!

Even pro powerwash players!

Tech Talk ThursPlays: Powerwash Simulator 2 (04/30/2026)

youtube.com/watch?v=4TJTCXCuva…

#Tech #Gaming #Podcast

#GiftArticle

#ElonMusk went to #court.

The judge wasn’t amused.


#Musk’s outsize reputation, provocative remarks & his friction with a federal #judge have dominated the trial in his case against #ChatGPT-maker #OpenAI.

#law #judiciary #tech #business #AI #TechBros #billionaires #narcissism #megalomania #assholery
wapo.st/4cK7rqN

#Maryland Is First to Ban #AI #Grocery #PriceGauging

A #state #law that goes into effect in October prohibits grocery stores & third-party delivery services from using consumer data to boost #prices.

The practice — supported by #ArtificialIntelligence & known as #DynamicPricing or #SurveillancePricing — can lead to 2 consumers paying different amounts for the same item from the same retailer, at roughly the same time.

#surveillance #tech #regulation #economy #inflation
nytimes.com/2026/05/01/busines…

A screenshot of my daily drive desktop.

as screenshotted on Apr 30 2026.

elementary OS 8.1
Linux 6.17.0-22-generic

#linux #elementaryos #foss #tech #desktop

Patreon Exclusive! Oppo Find X9 Ultra First Look: The Best Camera Hardware of the Year, and I Probably Won’t Be Buying One patreon.com/posts/oppo-find-x9…

It’s one of the most exciting devices of the year, and rightfully deserves the recognition it’s receiving.

I’m not going to be hunting one down to buy. If you’re into mobile photography, I hope you disagree with me.

#tech #technews #technology #android #androidography #photo #photography #geek #gadgets #smartphone #patreon

RE: mastodon.gamedev.place/@eniko/…

Bad intent aside, I think a lot of people intuitively think 10% is a small error rate, because the things we do often enough for 1 error in 10 to compound become routine & we overlook them.

The irony is that we can do that precisely because those things have FAR lower error rates. If your coffee maker exploded several times a week you'd fucking notice.

Just another way digital tech gets a pass we'd never afford anything else.

Discuss.

#tech #business

Show HN: Rip.so - a graveyard for dead internet things

rip.so/

#HackerNews #Tech #InternetHistory

#ElonMusk Set to Take Stand Soon in Blockbuster #OpenAI Trial

A lawyer for #Musk framed the consequential showdown with OpenAI as a moral issue [cuz Musk is so freaking “moral”]. A company lawyer said the case stemmed from Musk not getting his way.

#law #egotistical #billionaires #tech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #regulation #accountability #oversight
nytimes.com/live/2026/04/28/te…

RE: mastodon.social/@Blender/11648…

And related to this, #Blender already has Claude slop commits.

It's all fucked, Blender went dark.

github.com/blender/blender/com…
github.com/blender/blender/com…
github.com/blender/blender/com…

Not to mention one user has specifically admitted to using AI code review for commits that are in Blender's codebase.

github.com/blender/blender/com…
github.com/blender/blender/com…

#NoAI #FuckAI #AntiAI #Tech #Technology #Animation #3DAnimation #Claude

Fix: Work around MSVC codegen bug in CPPType::to_static_type_try · blender/blender@336b5d0

Several tests were failing exclusively with MSVC builds (editor_grease_pencil, blenloader, and others [1]). All crashed at BLI_cpp_type.hh:717 the BLI_assert_unreachable() inside CPPType::to_stati...

^GitHub

Blender 🔶

2026-04-28 15:18:12

Today Anthropic joins the Blender Development Fund as corporate sponsor. This support will be dedicated towards general Blender core development. More details at blender.org/press/anthropic-jo…

#b3d #DevFund

Anthropic joins the Blender Development Fund as Corporate Patron

Anthropic is joining the Blender Development Fund as Corporate Patron.

^{Francesco Siddi (Blender)}

Tools like Claude Design have an assumption baked into them: that "productivity" is fungible, and more "productivity" of artifacts leads to more value.

But if anything, the problem is that there are too MANY artifacts — and decision-making within your company begins to take on a "garbage can" model.

The solution for designers is to step out of clock time work, and think on calendar time.

productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/cl…

#UX #UXDesign #AI #LLM #tech #softwaredevelopment #design

Claude Design is a "clock time" solution for a "calendar time" problem

Orgs are betting that they can substitute sense-making with faster artifact delivery. Users are paying the price.

^{Pavel Samsonov (The Product Picnic)}

The UK isn’t a vassal state of America.

Yet Trump wants to punish us over a digital services tax.

This can be resolved by ditching US Big Tech from our digital infrastructure.

We should invest in open source to promote economic growth through greater innovation and a more competitive tech sector.

theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a…

#digitalsovereignty #trump #digitalservices #tech #bigtech #opensource #ukpolitics #ukpol #tarrif

Trump says he will ‘probably put a big tariff on the UK’ if it doesn’t drop digital services tax

President accuses Britain of trying to ‘make an easy buck’ from American tech firms, weeks after warning UK–US trade deal can be changed

^{Mark Sweney (The Guardian)}