The Battle for Web DNS Censorship
This week in the Weekly News Roundup, we discuss the rising use of DNS filtering to censor the web in countries where censorship is not expected. We also look at the abandonment of US cloud services and AI invading more places.

DNS Censorship
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Great-Firewall

https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/dns-resolvers-arent-a-censorship-tool-experts-warn-against-the-risks-of-growing-internet-blocking

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/congress-reviving-site-blocking-and-its-just-dangerous-ever

https://dnsatrisk.org/

https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-edit-your-hosts-file/

https://pi-hole.net/

https://switchedtolinux.com/tutorials/pihole-a-comprehensive-guide

https://nextdns.io/

The Clouds are Raining
https://www.techradar.com/pro/non-us-businesses-want-to-cut-back-on-using-us-cloud-systems

https://euro-stackletter.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/EuroStack_Initiative_Letter_14-March-.pdf

https://nextcloud.com/providers/

https://proton.me/

https://disroot.org/en

The AI Invasion
https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/ai/interactive-ai-should-be-more-optional

https://arstechnica.com/google/2025/05/the-gmail-app-will-now-create-ai-summaries-whether-you-want-them-or-not/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chriswestfall/2025/01/02/meta-opens-floodgates-on-ai-generated-accounts-on-facebook-instagram/

https://nerdschalk.com/5-ways-microsoft-is-forcing-ai-to-windows-users/

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3990498/how-microsoft-wants-ai-agents-to-use-your-pc-for-you.html

Quicklines
https://news.itsfoss.com/microsoft-fixes-linux-dual-boot/

https://securityaffairs.com/178464/hacking/two-linux-flaws-can-lead-to-the-disclosure-of-sensitive-data.html

https://www.techradar.com/pro/why-your-biometric-data-will-soon-be-more-valuable-than-money

https://browser.dating/

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/06/meta-and-yandex-are-de-anonymizing-android-users-web-browsing-identifiers/

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/a-mysterious-leaker-is-exposing-ransomware-hackers-to-the-world

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-cyber-attacks-check-point/

https://blogs.infoblox.com/threat-intelligence/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-hijacking-forgotten-dns-records-enable-scam-actor/

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/05/hugging-face-hopes-to-bring-a-humanoid-robot-to-market-for-just-3000/

https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/02/how-ai-chatbots-keep-you-chatting/

https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/04/klarna-ceo-says-company-will-use-humans-to-offer-vip-customer-service/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/microsoft-belatedly-attempts-to-tame-usb-c-confusion-with-its-rules-for-pc-oems/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/google-settles-shareholder-lawsuit-will-spend-500m-on-being-less-evil/

https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/02/diggs-founders-explain-how-theyre-building-a-site-for-humans-in-the-ai-era/

SillyVille
https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/ai-company-files-for-bankruptcy-after-being-exposed-as-700-human-engineers-3208136/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/polish-engineer-creates-postage-stamp-sized-1980s-atari-computer/