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2026-05-22 09:20:37
The €5 billion EU fund should be considered a starting point, analysts said, with significantly higher levels of capital needed to put the European technology sector on par with the US — where deployed venture and growth capital annually runs into the hundreds of billions of dollars – and China – which benefits from state-backed investments. #EU
https://www.computerworld.com/article/4175860/eu-moves-forward-on-5-8b-scale-up-fund-to-keep-startups-from-leaving.html
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2026-05-20 08:59:58
Review of a #degoogled #Android:
--- Ultimately, iodéOS feels less like a “hardcore security OS” and more like a privacy-focused Android for regular people, and for many users, that may be exactly the right balance.
https://cyberinsider.com/iodeos-review-privacy-focused-android-that-doesnt-get-in-your-way/
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2026-05-18 16:12:38
The key points of the European Commission proposal for simplifying Europe-wide travel booking and #train travel are the following. #EU #Europe #travel
https://klaava.com/major-improvement-for-train-passengers-planned-in-europe-single-tickets-for-cross-border-travel/
Major improvement for train passengers planned in Europe: single tickets for cross-border travel
2026-05-17 16:15:00
EU Commission has created an ambitious plan for streamlining the booking of train tickets in European Union countries. The Passenger Package proposal aims at allowing travelers to book a single ticket for a cross-border train journey that may include multiple rail operators. Additionally, travelers are planned to have the right … Read >
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2026-05-15 09:08:31
VR headset, voice transcript device, tablet or phone with keyboard?
https://www.zdnet.com/article/i-ditched-laptop-for-xr-headset-tablet-phone-what-i-learned/
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2026-05-13 08:16:23
Early adopters want the latest tech, but the mass market will be more difficult to convince:
--- Should AI or smart glasses products from more companies end up selling as well as #Meta's version, researchers expect as many as 100 million people will buy a pair in the next few years. #privacy
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj37z8357e5o
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2026-05-10 08:40:20
The emergence of nonconsensual #cloning of coworkers, bosses and ex-partners is a new challenge to our sense of right and wrong, and yet another way #AI is challenging us to step up and figure out how to respond.
https://www.computerworld.com/article/4168535/ai-clones-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly.html
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2026-05-08 08:55:54
It takes surprisingly little to crack the average password hash. #security
https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/07/60-of-md5-password-hashes-are-crackable-in-under-an-hour/5234954
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2026-05-06 08:50:43
Misidentified as a shoplifter by face recognition #algorithm:
“It was scary but what was more scary was when I got home and started looking into Facewatch, I saw they share the information between loads of retailers.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/03/guilty-until-proven-innocent-shoppers-falsely-identified-by-facial-recognition-struggle-to-clear-their-name
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2026-05-04 08:37:34
The bad news is that software now purports to glean insights into the depths and vagaries of human emotion using #AI, and it is coming to watch you. The industry term is #emotion AI or sometimes affective computing.
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/05/worker-surveillance-emotion-ai/687029/
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2026-05-01 08:32:51
Recently, we completed a road trip to south #Europe as we have done a few times before, but this time following a new route. Perhaps the route was why I paid closer attention to the driving culture and behavior on the road in each region. #roadtrip
https://klaava.com/the-safest-countries-for-a-road-trip-in-europe/
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2026-04-29 08:43:53
The study found that AI excels at tackling complex tasks quickly, while people excel at tasks involving judgment, meaning, and responsibility.
https://www.computerworld.com/article/4162557/your-ai-strategy-is-all-wrong.html
