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2025-08-10 08:30:01
A new #EU body, called the European Board for Media Services, will oversee the implementation of the laws. The Media Freedom Act is the first-ever EU regulation related to the #press. #media
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/08/08/landmark-eu-media-law-enters-into-force-aims-to-provide-protection-for-journalists
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2025-08-08 08:50:18
A study finds plenty of #selfhosting in #Finland:
Finland (the homeland of Linux creator Linus Torvalds) is the undisputed leader in digital sovereignty.
https://linuxiac.com/finland-tops-nextcloud-first-digital-sovereignty-index/
Vacation apartment scammers grab your money, and as a bonus may steal your identity as well
2025-08-07 15:30:00
Online scammers who are specialized in renting fake or non-existing vacation villas and apartments are prospering. Statistics collected by the Spanish Ministry of Interior indicate that cheating cases concerning accommodation bookings increased 29.7% in 2024 from the year before. Other key findings were that professional criminal groups are taking over … Read >
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2025-08-06 08:57:46
#Google knows what we search for, where we go, who we email—and diligently stores it all as well. For many users, this has long been too much of a “good thing”. If you want to live a more digitally self-determined life, you can gradually turn your back on #bigtech #adtech spying. #degoogle
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2857908/de-google-your-life-these-17-privacy-obsessed-apps-will-set-you-free.html
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2025-08-04 17:20:49
There are only two kinds of programming languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses.
--- PHP proudly belongs to the first category.
https://deprogrammaticaipsum.com/the-toyota-corolla-of-programming/
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2025-07-31 08:41:16
Mark Zuckerberg wants everyone to have access to their own personal #AI superintelligence (that #Meta is developing) and he believes smart glasses will be the “main computing device” for the AI era.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/30/tech/meta-ai-superintelligence-earnings
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2025-07-29 08:40:42
Shopping at #Temu? #EU has discovered something fishy at the shop:
The EU later opened an investigation into Temu over concerns that it’s not doing enough to keep illegal products off its ultra-cheap marketplace.
https://www.theverge.com/news/714502/temu-high-risk-illegal-products-eu-investigation?eicker.news
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2025-07-27 13:43:45
For the Austrian city life in Innsbruck, the historical center Altstadt has lots of sights worth visiting, along with restaurants and cafes where people like to spend time and enjoy the classic European town atmosphere. #travel #Europe
https://klaava.com/innsbruck-may-be-renowned-for-winter-sports-but-it-really-is-a-pretty-historical-city/
Innsbruck may be renowned for winter sports, but it really is a pretty historical city
2025-07-24 16:33:00
The city of Innsbruck in Austria is in a valley in the Alps mountain range where trade routes between south and north Europe have met with the routes between east and west since the ancient times. To a certain extent, this explains the rich history of Innsbruck. The old city … Read >
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2025-07-19 09:48:23
Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Edge, Brave*) are more than rendering engines. They’re surveillance platforms cloaked in UX. #privacy
https://tomsitcafe.com/2025/07/18/kill-your-browser-how-chromium-based-browsers-are-mapping-your-mind/
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2025-07-10 15:27:50
Meta “massively violates” European data protection law by processing personal data to “profile” #Facebook users, yielding the tech giant billions in profits. The Regional Court of Leipzig in Germany ruled that #Meta tracking pixels and software development kits embedded in countless websites and apps collect users’ data without their consent and violate the GDPR. #tracking
https://therecord.media/german-court-meta-tracking-tech
Nitpicker’s travel journal: behave, or else – unwritten cultural rules in Europe
2025-07-09 15:34:00
If you think some European countries are setting new rules and restrictions just to make vacations for tourists in Europe more troublesome, you have forgotten thousands of years of culture. Many rules have always existed as unwritten behavioral etiquette that local people have followed without paying any attention to them. … Read >