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Since the Golden Age of Sci Fi humanity continuously discussed AI and explored the various threads of imagination as to what it may bring and where it might lead us.

Between amazement, utility, paradox and even fear and destruction, the Sci Fi genre imagined all. To the degree that we developed the illusion of a "native" (in fact very socially educated) way of quickly defining and reacting to it at least at a superficial, mainly conversational, level. Until you meet it.

And yes, this intro image is a mix of generative AI content. Though you simply didn't know that; without interaction - hardly a Turing test.

Intended or unintended problems will soon surface for the entire family of FOSS products if the Cyber Resilience Act in EU is not amended. It is as simple as that.

Started with good intentions as most initiatives in EU are, but lacking perspective, future proofing and due diligence as to what exactly the effects might be, the proposal here https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/cyber-resilience-act will become more likely a factor that will cripple and hinder Open Source software development in EU. And worldwide as a consequence.

Major EU guidelines regarding public procurement of software have been updated to keep up with the latest political and legal developments. The talk was given by Johan Linåker, Rasmus Frey and Patrice-Emmanuel Schmitz.

An EU regulation makes it impossible to run custom software on radio devices. This is not about the HAM enthusiasts as sometimes it has been presented, but it goes into the Wi-Fi, bluetooth, home automation and GPS realm for example being dubbed as "all devices which can send and receive radio signals".

The Radio Equipment Directive (2014/53/EU) passed in 2014 has opened up new problems for radio users. According to it, the radio manufacturers are obligated to approve the software ran for the radios.

France bans Microsoft Office365 in US data-sharing ministries.

In a circular by the State addressed to the secretaries general of ministries, Nadi Bou Hanna, Interministerial Director of Digital, considered that Microsoft Office 365 does not comply with “cloud at the center” policy of the state.