Deep Tide TechFlow News, January 23, According to Cointelegraph, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently announced 2026 as the “Year to Reclaim Computer Sovereignty” and shared the technological changes he personally adopted. Buterin has “almost completely” shifted to using the open-source decentralized document platform Fileverse and “decisively” chose Signal as his primary communication app. In 2026, he will also replace Google Maps with OpenStreetMap, Gmail with Proton Mail, and prioritize decentralized social media.\n\nButerin specifically emphasized the importance of running AI models locally, believing that sending all data to third-party services is “unnecessary.”
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Vitalik: 2026 will be the "Year to Reclaim Computer Sovereignty"
Deep Tide TechFlow News, January 23, According to Cointelegraph, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently announced 2026 as the “Year to Reclaim Computer Sovereignty” and shared the technological changes he personally adopted. Buterin has “almost completely” shifted to using the open-source decentralized document platform Fileverse and “decisively” chose Signal as his primary communication app. In 2026, he will also replace Google Maps with OpenStreetMap, Gmail with Proton Mail, and prioritize decentralized social media.\n\nButerin specifically emphasized the importance of running AI models locally, believing that sending all data to third-party services is “unnecessary.”