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France says it plans to move government computers running Windows to Linux, to further reduce its reliance on US technology, without providing a timeline (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/10/france-to-ditch-windows-f…

France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech | TechCrunch
France's move to ditch Windows for Linux is its latest effort to reduce its reliance on American tech giants.

France Moves to Break Encrypted Messaging
Seems every "democratic" government is jealous of the totalitarians. And totally tech ignorant.
https://reclaimthenet.org/france-moves-to-break-encrypted-messaging

France Moves to Break Encrypted Messaging
France's parliament just endorsed the one idea every cryptographer on earth has already debunked and they're calling it a compromise.

France to send its last captive orcas to marine park, not sanctuary https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/france-to-send-its-last-captive-orcas-to-marine-park-not-sanctuary/

France to send its last captive orcas to marine park, not sanctuary
The French government recently announced it has greenlit a plan to send its last captive cetaceans — two orcas and 12 dolphins — to zoos and entertainment parks in Spain. These cetaceans live in the Marineland Antibes park on the French Riviera, which closed in 2025. In 2021, France passed a law banning the breeding […]

Meredith Martin and Hannah Williams on what didn't happen in 2025, 200 years after the events of 1825: France’s Art Museums Remain Silent on Haiti https://www.publicbooks.org/frances-art-museums-remain-silent-on-haiti/

France’s Art Museums Remain Silent on Haiti - Public Books
“It wasn’t that we expected an exhibition on Charles X’s coronation to be turned into an exhibition on the double debt. But we did expect the show to complicate the narrative around France’s last king.”

Noch ein paar der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Schweizer Franken: Eidgenossen verankern Bargeld in der Verfassung

New polling suggests, in the wake of Donald Trump firing former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi #Noem from her position, that a plurality of voters would like to see the firings of numerous other Trump administration officials.
The latest Economist/YouGov poll published on Tuesday found huge support for Noem’s firing.
Just 15 percent said they disapproved of Noem being remov…

Plurality of Americans Back Firing Multiple Trump Cabinet Members
Many members of Trump’s cabinet — including Trump himself — receive low favorability ratings from Americans.

"Au Collège de France, un faux détecteur de fumée pour filmer les femmes aux toilettes"
https://www.lemonde.fr/campus/article/2026/06/09/au-college-de-france-un-faux-detecteur-de-fumee-pou…

Au Collège de France, un faux détecteur de fumée pour filmer les femmes aux toilettes
Un agent administratif du CNRS a été condamné à dix-huit mois de prison, mardi 9 juin, pour des faits de voyeurisme à caractère sexuel à l’encontre de dizaines de scientifiques d’un laboratoire de recherche en biologie.

San Francisco police arrested a suspect for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's home and also making threats outside OpenAI's headquarters (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/sam-altman-home-attack-openai-san-franis…

Suspect Arrested For Allegedly Throwing Molotov Cocktail at Sam Altman's Home
An attacker allegedly threw a molotov cocktail at the OpenAI CEO's residence before making threats outside of the startup's headquarters.

Nintendo: Frankreich bestraft Joy-Con-Drift mit 35 Millionen Euro
Frankreichs Verbraucherbehörde DGCCRF kassiert wegen driftenden Joy-Con 35 Millionen Euro von Nintendo. Der Switch-Hersteller sieht sich unschuldig.

Nintendo: Frankreich bestraft Joy-Con-Drift mit 35 Millionen Euro
Frankreichs Verbraucherbehörde DGCCRF kassiert wegen driftenden Joy-Con 35 Millionen Euro von Nintendo. Der Switch-Hersteller sieht sich unschuldig.

Endlich machen statt nur reden: Windows raus, Linux rein. Das ist der Plan der französischen Verwaltung.
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11251566