France's gigabyte tax, the ChatGPT shared-link account bug, Scribd's breach and Tangled's federated forge

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<p>Four developer stories from Saturday, October 31, 2026, each read from its own primary source. The first is a French tax on gigabytes that passed the National Assembly by one vote. The video has the walkthrough; this article keeps the quotes, numbers and links in one place. English renderings of the French text are ours.</p> <p> <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FzLsqtHLhb4" width="710" height="399"> </iframe> </p> <h2> TL;DR </h2> <ul> <li>France's National Assembly adopted amendment I-1358 to the 2027 budget bill on October 30: 0.055 euros per gigabyte, owed by the company that s

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<p>Four developer stories from Saturday, October 31, 2026, each read from its own primary source. The first is a French tax on gigabytes that passed the National Assembly by one vote. The video has the walkthrough; this article keeps the quotes, numbers and links in one place. English renderings of the French text are ours.</p> <p> <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FzLsqtHLhb4" width="710" height="399"> </iframe> </p> <h2> TL;DR </h2> <ul> <li>France's National Assembly adopted amendment I-1358 to the 2027 budget bill on October 30: 0.055 euros per gigabyte, owed by the company that s

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<p>Four developer stories from Saturday, October 31, 2026, each read from its own primary source. The first is a French tax on gigabytes that passed the National Assembly by one vote. The video has the walkthrough; this article keeps the quotes, numbers and links in one place. English renderings of the French text are ours.</p> <p> <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FzLsqtHLhb4" width="710" height="399"> </iframe> </p> <h2> TL;DR </h2> <ul> <li>France's National Assembly adopted amendment I-1358 to the 2027 budget bill on October 30: 0.055 euros per gigabyte, owed by the company that s

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France's gigabyte tax, the ChatGPT shared-link account bug, Scribd's breach and Tangled's federated forge

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