Recently, I was asked by a friend and colleague if I were interested in speaking together at a conference. I was pleasantly surprised because I hadn’t contributed much to the project they were presenting, but I expressed interest. We met to discuss the presentation, and that’s when I learned theContinue Reading
When I go back home and talk to people in the tech industry, or any other industry for that matter, about what I do and the topics I’m involved in daily, I’m usually met with bemusement at the idea of an Open Source Programs Office (OSPO). The concept of aContinue Reading
Consumer champion Which? not amused by fruit-based giant’s alleged preference for its own cloud storage service UK consumer group Which? has filed a £3 billion action against Apple over alleged competition law breaches related to its iCloud service.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Government both excited and cautious about benefits of Muskband Starlink is in the process of procuring clearances for operation in India according to the nation’s telecom minister, Jyotiraditya Scindia.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Update for Skyline phone brings selective distraction blocking A couple of months after launch, an OS update has delivered one of the Nokia HMD Skyline’s headline features.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
CLEAR group calls for VAT to be dropped on spare parts, repairs, labor A newly formed group of UK electronics companies is advocating for the removal of VAT on electronic spare parts, repairs, and labor in the government’s upcoming autumn budget, claiming this would encourage consumers to get kit repairedContinue Reading
China will lead the way with North America trailing Tech analysts forecast that the number of electric vehicles (EVs) in use will grow by 33 percent in 2025, and 73 percent will be battery-powered (BEVs).…, Read MoreContinue Reading
The King of Monsters is having a fruitful 70th anniversary…Read MoreContinue Reading
A simple tutorial on how to increase virtual machine size in VirtualBox. VirtualBox is one of the popular virtualization software that allows you to create and manage virtual machines (VMs). One of the common issues that you may face is the running out of disk space on VMs which youContinue Reading
In the last edition, I mentioned the negative impact of AI overview on It’s FOSS future and why we want to create more videos. A few people thought we won’t write text content anymore. But that’s not the case. We’ll keep on creating text content as usual, but we’ll alsoContinue Reading
Programming is the one area where AI is being used extensively. Most editors allow you to add AI agents like chatGPT, Microsoft’s Copilot etc. There are also several open source large language models specifically centered around coding like CodeGemma. And then we have a new player entering the scene andContinue Reading
It could be all change for the PDF viewer in the next version of Ubuntu. Ubuntu’s long-time PDF viewer Evince (aka Document Viewer) is comes preinstalled in Ubuntu at present—I can’t recall using a version of Ubuntu that didn’t use it. But next April’s release of Ubuntu 25.04 ‘Plucky Puffin’Continue Reading
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A semiconductor research facility in upstate New York was selected as one of three national technology centers and will receive up to $825 million in funding as part of a broader federal effort to boost the United States’ competitiveness in the industry. U.S. Sen. Chuck SchumerContinue Reading