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AboutCode et Dropsolid présentés au prochain webinaire de la série "Open Source by OW2"

Dans le cadre de sa série trimestrielle de webinaires, OW2 donnera la parole aux projets AboutCode et Dropsolid, le jeudi 12 mars 2026 à 16h00.

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La série « Open Source by OW2 » est dédiée aux innovations open source, aux projets et à la communauté OW2, ainsi qu’aux opportunités de financement open source dont le programme européen NGI. Découvrez de nouveaux projets, des technologies, de l’innovation, des modèles ouverts au sens large (science/données/matériel/éducation/normes/protocoles/etc.), mais aussi des biens communs numériques, des financements, des modèles économiques, de la coopération et de l’impact social. Chaque webinaire met en avant un projet OW2 et un projet financé par NGI Zero Commons Fund.

Découvrez l'agenda du 12 mars 2026 :

  • 16h : Introduction
  • 16h05 : Dropsolid : Construire la souveraineté numérique grâce à une gouvernance de l'IA transparente, par Tassos Koutlas et Paulina Ryters-Menapace, Dropsolid
  • 16h25 : ScanCode et la stack AboutCode : outil d'analyse logicielle (SCA) de référence du marché, avec Philippe Ombredanne, NextB
  • 16h40 : Conclusion

Chaque présentation sera suivie d'une session d'échange ouvert entre les intervenants et participants.
L’inscription est gratuite mais obligatoire (le lien est envoyé par mail). Les présentations ont lieu en anglais. N’hésitez pas à diffuser l’invitation autour de vous !

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Computer Scientists Caution Against Internet Age-Verification Mandates

fjo3 shares a report from Reason Magazine: Effective January 1, 2027, providers of computer operating systems in California will be required to implement age verification. That's just part of a wave of state and national laws attempting to limit children's access to potentially risky content without considering the perils such laws themselves pose. Now, not a moment too soon, over 400 computer scientists have signed an open letter warning that the rush to protect children from online dangers threatens to introduce new risks including censorship, centralized power, and loss of privacy. They caution that age-verification requirements "might cause more harm than good." The group of computer scientists from around the world cautions that "those deciding which age-based controls need to exist, and those enforcing them gain a tremendous influence on what content is accessible to whom on the internet." They add that "this influence could be used to censor information and prevent users from accessing services." "Regulating the use of VPNs, or subjecting their use to age assurance controls, will decrease the capability of users to defend their privacy online. This will not only force regular users to leave a larger footprint on the network, but will leave a number of at-risk populations unprotected, such as journalists, activists, or domestic abuse victims." It continues: "We note that we do not believe that trying to regulate VPN use for non-compliant users would be any more effective than trying to forbid the use of end-to-end encrypted communication for criminals. Secure cryptography is widely available and can no longer be put back into a box." "If minors or adults are deplatformed via age-related bans, they are likely to migrate to find similar services," warn the scientists. "Since the main platforms would all be regulated, it is likely that they would migrate to fringe sites that escape regulation." With data on everyone collected in order to restrict the activites of minors, data abuses and privacy risks increase. "This in itself increases privacy risks, with data being potentially abused by the provider itself or its subcontractors, or third parties that get access to it, e.g., after a data breach, like the 70K users that had their government ID photos leaked after appealing age assessment errors on Discord." Instead of mandated age restrictions, the letter urges lawmakers to consider the dangers and suggest regulating social media algorithms instead. They also recommend "support for parents to locally prevent access to non-age-appropriate content or apps, without age-based control needing to be implemented by service providers."

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Qualcomm CEO: 'Resistance Is Futile' As 6G Mobile Revolution Approaches

At Mobile World Congress, Cristiano Amon of Qualcomm argued that the coming 6G networks will power an AI-driven "agent economy," where devices and AI assistants constantly communicate across the network. "AI will fundamentally change our mobile experiences," Qualcomm chief executive, Cristiano Amon says. "It's going to change how we think about our smartphones. Think about our personal computing. Think about and interact with a car. The car is now a computing surface. If you actually believe in the AI revolution, 6G will be required. Resistance is futile." The company says early consumer testing could begin around the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, with broader rollouts expected by 2029. Fortune's Kamal Ahmed reports: Akash Palkhiwala is Qualcomm's chief financial officer and chief operating officer. I spent some time with him at the company's stand, as his leading engineers took me through a 6G future where individuals will have real-time information delivered to them via their glasses. Palkhiwala compliments me on my watch, which only does one thing. It tells me the time. "6G is going to be the first time that connectivity and AI come together in the network. What we're building is the first AI-native wireless network that's ever been built," he explains. "The traffic that we expect on 6G is way different than what we had before," says Palkhiwala. "Before, it was all about consumer traffic. We expect 6G to be driven by [AI] agent traffic. Think about all these use cases where there are AI agents sitting on various devices -- your glasses, your watch, your phone, your PC. These agents are going to be talking back and forth across the network to other agents and services. "The traffic completely changes. 6G is being built with this idea that the traffic that goes on the network is not just going to be consumer voice calls or downloading videos, we're going to have agents talking to each other, so the reliability of the network becomes very important." On-device capabilities (the ability of your phone to process far more data); edge computing (locally sourced IT technology rather than distant data centers); more efficient use of available bandwidth (AI-enabled load control); and greater cloud access will all come together to produce a new wireless network. [...] "Today we are in the application economy," he notes. "On the phone, you want to make a travel reservation, you go to one application. You want to order an Uber, you go to a second application. You want to order food, you go to a third application, movie tickets, etc. The user has to go through that effort. In the future, you think of the app economy moving over to an agent economy, where there's one agent I'm interacting with, and I can ask that agent to book me a movie ticket or a plane ticket, to order food for me, get an Uber for me. It knows everything about me."

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Revue de presse de l’April pour la semaine 9 de l’année 2026

Cette revue de presse sur Internet fait partie du travail de veille mené par l’April dans le cadre de son action de défense et de promotion du logiciel libre. Les positions exposées dans les articles sont celles de leurs auteurs et ne rejoignent pas forcément celles de l’April.

[clubic.com] L'open source se dote d'un fond de pérennité inédit dans la tech

✍ Naïm Bada, le vendredi 27 février 2026.

Le financement de l’open source ressemble depuis des années à une quête de bonnes volontés. Un fonds de dotation vient de changer la donne. La promesse est ambitieuse. La question, elle, reste entière.

[clubic.com] 'Open source de façade': LibreOffice s'en prend à OnlyOffice après sa 'collaboration' avec Microsoft

✍ Naïm Bada, le lundi 23 février 2026.

Vous pensiez avoir trouvé une alternative sérieuse à Microsoft Office ? The Document Foundation vient de lancer une bombe dans le camp des suites bureautiques libres. Et la cible, c’est OnlyOffice.

[clubic.com] À l'approche des élections, les mairies ciblées par l'April pour adopter d'urgence l'open source

✍ Naïm Bada, le lundi 23 février 2026.

Pendant que les candidats aux municipales peaufinent leurs programmes, l’April leur glisse un pacte supplémentaire à signer. Pour le logiciel libre. Saura-t-il survivre au premier budget voté?

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[ZDNET] Justice et Numérique: Quand l'État juge l'expertise tech 'inutile' pour ses magistrats

✍ Guillaume Serries, le lundi 23 février 2026.

Face à une décision administrative du ministère de la Justice, Jean-Baptiste Kempf, figure de proue de l’open source français, dénonce une gestion défaillante de l’État et une méconnaissance profonde des enjeux technologiques par la Chancellerie.

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After US-Israel Attacks, 90 Million Iranians Lose Internet Connectivity

CNN reports that images from Iran's capital "have shown cars jammed along Tehran's street, with heavy traffic on major roads after today's wave of attacks by the US and Israel." And though Iran has a population of 93 million, the attacks suddenly plunged Iran into "a near-total internet blackout with national connectivity at 4% of ordinary levels," according to internet monitoring experts at NetBlocks. CNN reports: Since Iran's brutal crackdown earlier this year, the regime has made progress to allow only a subset of people with security clearance to access the international web, experts said. After previous internet shutdowns, some platforms never returned. The Iranian government blocked Instagram after the internet shutdown and protests in 2022, and the popular messaging app Telegram following protests in 2018. The International Atomic Energy Agency announced an hour ago that they're "closely monitoring developments" — keeping in contact with countries in the region and so far seeing "no evidence of any radiological impact." They're also urging "restraint to avoid any nuclear safety risks to people in the region." UPDATE (1 PM PST): Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait "are shifting to remote learning starting Sunday until further notice following Iranâ(TM)s retaliatory strikes on Saturday," reports CNN.

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