Google and the Open Web

First off, there's this big article, "Google is killing the open web, part 2". It's basically saying Google's ditching some older web tech like XSLT, and people are worried they're just pushing their own stuff too hard. The comments were pretty mixed, some folks were like, "XSLT was ancient anyway, good riddance!" But others were more about how Google's just getting too much control. Someone even linked a way to make the old stuff still work in modern browsers, which is kinda neat.

Samsung App Controversy

Then, something a bit more... political. Samsung's apparently preloading some Israeli-founded app called 'App Cloud' on their phones, and it's causing a ton of controversy. As you can imagine, the comments section blew up, people getting into heavy debates. One guy even got a warning from the mods, which you don't see every day! Also, some other comments just brought up general privacy worries with Samsung phones backing up everything by default.

Windows 11 AI Spying?

Big news for Windows users: Windows 11 is apparently adding this new AI agent that just runs in the background and can snoop around your personal folders. Yikes. Everyone in the comments is freaking out, talking about security risks and how Microsoft keeps adding 'AI bullshit' with every update. Someone even joked that running old Windows games is easier on Linux now because Windows 11 breaks everything!

Azure DDoS Attack

Microsoft had a rough day on another front too: Azure got hit by a *massive* 15 terabits per second DDoS attack, using like half a million different IP addresses. Crazy scale! The comments were mostly about how hard it is to stop these things and some people just going off on tangents about international law enforcement and geopolitics, as often happens.

Open-Source Appliance Repair

Okay, here's a cool one for the 'right to repair' crowd: someone made 'FreeMDU,' which are open-source diagnostic tools for Miele appliances. Apparently, Miele stuff is super expensive to fix, so this is a big deal for people who want to fix their own dishwashers or washing machines without paying a fortune. Comments were all