An Open Source-strategy in German states and municipalities is not that common. While the idea of decoupling those scopes from Big Tech isn’t that new (just remind the city of Munich’s failed „Linux“-project back in 2017!), reality is telling yet another story. Now, the German state of Schleswig-Holstein has recently announced a new workplace strategy based on digital sovereignty.

The use of a second factor to secure online accounts has become a must over time, long before the triumph of passkeys. Although there are already plenty of mobile apps that generate the multi-factor, Bitwarden has decided to create its own – and it has a pretty interesting roadmap!

Years ago, I took my first steps on the internet with Netscape Navigator. Today, browsers serve more than just as a gateway to the World Wide Web. They are essential software for many purposes in our digital world but also a surface for modern attacks.

With AI already being more than just „the next big thing“, it is more than clear that, with great power, there comes great responsibility. Considering this, the ultimate question whether AI should be centralized or not is surely one of the key aspects we need to talk about in the field of Artificial Intelligence. Now Emad Mostaque, CEO of Stability AI, is resigning in the wake of the current row over this issue.

Using YubiKeys for securing accounts is a premium step to a nearly ultimative security approach besides Passkeys or „simple“ 2FA. Alas, over time, those hardware tokens often fill with more and more accounts – adding them is no big deal, but getting rid of older entries isn’t that intuitive either. talk about in the field of Artificial Intelligence.

After six months of running a small, two user Mastodon-instance, I was astonished to see the media growth over the time so it was way overdue to reflect how to do some spring cleaning in this cozy, self-hosted space.

There have been many lovely events in the Internet over the years and one to cherish especially is the one where users simply blog about their favorite standard apps they are using.

Season Greetings and goodbye forever, 2023!

It was a special and somehow strange year – paired with many experiences and the proof that there are often unexpected insights into human nature.

Especially in IT, trust is everything and working with different solutions and providers is always a matter of trust. The possible fact that Microsoft's new Outlook-offshout is seemingly sending sensitive data to Redmond could shake the world IT to its very foundations – years after the once acquired mobile Outlook-app did the same.

While many people and even corporate brands are fleeing from X – formerly known as “Twitter” – the question is which service is able to provide shelter. The Fediverse with products like Mastodon or Misskey/Calckey/Firefish is definitely an option while Jack Dorsey, former Twitter CEO and Co-founder, tries to gather up the masses with his latest project, Bluesky.