Friday links for April 10th 2026
Friday, link day:
Google’s AI Overviews in search results are providing tens of millions of wrong answers every hour. That seems … fine.
2. When it comes to tech’s software dependency, what does ‘Buy European’ even mean?
Something that needs to be taken into account when choosing European software: will it stay European? It’s often one buy-out offer away from turning American. A good reason to regularly audit your stack. Side note: the content is interesting, but this article has a very strong “written with AI” smell to it.
Webloc is an ad-based mass surveillance system that monitors the movements and personal characteristics of hundreds of millions people globally based on data obtained from mobile apps and digital advertising. Ads on sites you visit every day are used to build profiles on you that are then sold to organisations like ICE and countries like Hungary.
4. France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins
Definitely a path more governments should be going down. It could take a while but you might as well get started early. “Status quo bias” is holding back so many organisations, so kudos to the French on this one.
Until next time…
Colin