another-german-state-just-kicked-out-microsoft…-kind-of

The German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is done with Microsoft SharePoint, ditching it for a self-hosted Nextcloud deployment that is already serving around 5,000 employees. Eventually, that number will be scaled up to 50,000 public sector workers, covering agencies ranging from ministries down to municipal offices. What’s happening? Currently, Nextcloud isContinue Reading

technology-is-driving-an-increase-in-attacks-and-threats-to-the-uk,-senior-officials-say

LONDON (AP) — Technology and online platforms are increasingly being used to threaten the United Kingdom, including by hostile countries, extremists and far-right groups, senior British police officials said Thursday. There is a “continual battle” against threats online, said Vicki Evans, a senior national coordinator for counterterrorism at the MetropolitanContinue Reading

claude-desktop-app-for-linux-enters-beta

Anthropic has released a beta of its Claude desktop app for Linux, launching alongside an apt repo Ubuntu users can add for ongoing updates. According to the official docs, Claude desktop for Linux offers “the same Chat, Cowork, and Claude Code experience as macOS and Windows: parallel sessions, visual diffContinue Reading