Ford promises not to sell your driving habits to data brokers

November 2nd, 2026 07:05 PM

Ford vowed to never sell customer driving data to third-party data brokers as part of a new privacy promise aimed at setting the automaker apart from competitors that have faced legal and regulatory blowback for sharing telematics with data brokers without authorization. As part of its new promise, Ford says it will strive to protect customer data by using aggregating and anonymizing techniques. It will also "provide clear and easy-to-understand information about how we use your personal...

10 questions to ask any software vendor about sovereignty

November 2nd, 2026 12:00 AM

Sovereignty is moving from buzzword to buying criterion. The European Commission’s proposed Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA) would set assurance levels for the cloud and AI services public authorities buy, defining where data should live and who can access it. Parts of it could reach private entities too.GitLab submitted its own comment on CADA because we share the goal of strengthening Europe’s digital sovereignty and security. We believe this important work should prioritize customer...

Thieves pilfer environment variables from Trigger AI workflow tool

November 2nd, 2026 04:44 PM

If you're a customer of cloud-hosted AI workflow platform Trigger.dev, take heed, because your environment variables may have been exposed in a security incident disclosed on Sunday.Trigger offered little explanation in its Sunday security incident report, noting that its investigation had identified “exposure across a subset of organizations” and that an attacker had gained unauthorized access to environment variables belonging to those organizations.Whatever exploit was used to gain access...

Justice Kagan Sounds an Alarm about the Court

November 2nd, 2026 06:51 PM

Of all the Democratic appointees, if not all nine justices, Justice Kagan has a reputation as the most restrained and institutionalist. Until now.

X for iPhone and iPad just added over a dozen new app icon options

November 2nd, 2026 06:34 PM

Since X was called Twitter, the iPhone and iPad app has supported changing the default app icon to something with a bit more flair. Today’s app update overhauls the alternative icon set with more than a dozen new options. more…

No tricks, just treats

October 30th, 2026 08:02 PM

Hi, it’s Claudio Baccigalupo. Don’t be scared this week’s changes to the Rails codebase are all treats. Let’s explore them.New guide to multiple databases in Active RecordAs part of the Rails Foundation effort, the refreshed guide is live, tackling the three-tier production configuration that new apps get by default.Tuning performance for deployment guide open for reviewA PR that updates the guide to performance tuning is open. Your feedback is helpful, especially if you have experience...

Who is hacking Europe’s supermarket fridges and freezers, and why?

November 2nd, 2026 07:07 PM

After a second apparent cyber-attack in as many weeks, we examine possible culprits and their motivesShop fridges and freezers across Europe hit by fresh suspected cyber-attackSupermarket fridges and freezers in seven European countries have malfunctioned, their thermostats remotely cranked up in some cases to 50C (122F).The EU has condemned what it said was “a deliberate attempt to disrupt our food supply chain and undermine consumers’ confidence in it”. Continue reading...

I Came for This New Linux Distro’s Aesthetic Looks and Stayed for its Window Tiling

November 2nd, 2026 05:52 PM

Yet another new Linux distribution has landed on Arch Linux as its foundation of choice. This one is called Pond, and it is Butterfly Interaction Inc.'s vision of how a desktop should look and behave.For its desktop interface, it uses Niri, a very popular Wayland compositor that is known for its scrollable tiling, where app windows sit in columns along an endless strip that gradually grows as new items are added.Pond is labeled an Early Preview, and this First Look piece covers what it...

Queen’s Domain is Incredible on the Steam Deck

November 2nd, 2026 06:27 PM

I'm loving Queen's Domain so far, and this brutal Kings Field esque action RPG runs pretty well on the Steam Deck.

Snap settles lawsuit accusing platform of fueling teen depression and eating disorders

November 2nd, 2026 07:11 PM

The plaintiffs said they started using YouTube as young as age 3 and other social media platforms at around age 9 and developed compulsive usage habits that they attributed to features such as autoplay and infinite scrolling.