Browser extensions sell what you view to AI companies, GNOME funding, Wayback progresses

Linux & Open Source News

Jul 12, 2025•27 min•Season 3Ep. 26

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02:00 Hundreds of browser extensions use AI library https://secureannex.com/blog/mellow-drama/ https://www.mellowtel.com/blog/responding-to-ars-technica-and-mellow-drama-article

05:55 GNOME Foundation will fund developers https://blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/07/05/2025-07-05-foundation-update/

08:15 Wayback is now hosted by Freedesktop.org https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayback-FreeDesktop.org

10:09 GNOME 49 alpha is out https://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-49-alpha-released/29720 https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-49-Alpha

12:12 Bazzite launches their new Flatpak app store https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-july-2025-update-bazaar-z13-kernel-6-15-steam-hardware-survey/9501

13:47 Google forces Gemini integration into Android apps https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/07/unless-users-take-action-android-will-let-gemini-access-third-party-apps/

15:56 Chromium browsers will get even faster https://blog.chromium.org/2025/07/introducing-skia-graphite-chromes.html

17:42 Plasma Big Screen lives again https://espi.dev/posts/2025/07/plasma-bigscreen/

20:17 Video game lobby push back against stop killing games https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/video-games-europe-release-a-statement-on-stop-killing-games/

23:04 German court finds Meta’s tracking illegal https://therecord.media/german-court-meta-tracking-tech