2025-10-23 08:57:14

The United States, China, and the European Union are each charting their own course toward this "new internet," revealing starkly different political and economic visions of our digital future. #metaverse
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-10-internet-visions-metaverse.html

2025-10-22 09:01:00

Copper thieves have discovered #EV chargers, self-driving European van in 2026, and other #travel newshttps://klaava.com/electric-vehicle-news-summary-for-travelers-self-driving-van-lamppost-chargers-strong-ev-sales-numbers-in-2025/

2025-10-22 08:53:29

Nice try, but there are large regions in the world that see it as a race:
“To safely advance toward #AI superintelligence, we must scientifically determine how to design AI systems that are fundamentally incapable of harming people, whether through misalignment or malicious use,” he added. “We also need to make sure the public has a much stronger say in decisions that will shape our collective future.”
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/steve-wozniak-steve-bannon-letter-ai-superintelligence

2025-10-20 20:41:35

This approach to sovereignty isn't just about words. In the last year, numerous #EU governments have dumped #Microsoft software and services for open-source solutions.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/europes-plan-to-ditch-us-tech-giants-is-built-on-open-source-and-its-gaining-steam/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=ZDNet%2Fmagazine%2FOpen%20Source

2025-10-18 08:33:23

Remote control for turning pages in a #book you are reading:
Kobo says the Remote control page turner is compatible with all #Kobo ereaders that have Bluetooth, which includes all the current models and several of the older ones. #ereader
https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2025/10/14/kobo-remote-page-turner-getting-released/

2025-10-17 09:09:11

Be careful on London streets:
The UK government has accelerated rule changes to allow self-driving cars on its roads, meaning that #Waymo will face competition: The British startup #Wayve also plans to launch a driverless taxi service alongside Uber next year.
https://www.semafor.com/article/10/16/2025/waymo-robotaxis-to-launch-in-europe

2025-10-16 08:25:02

Mission accomplished in Norway:
Fully electric vehicles accounted for a record 98.3% of all new cars sold in the Nordic nation last month, registration data shows, in line with a long-held aspiration in Norway of ending the sale of petrol and diesel combustion engines by 2025. #EV
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/norway-proposes-widening-ev-tax-103617453.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9tLnNsYXNoZG90Lm9yZy8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAH6X58R9ZDejYKcG_IBf_22Nic2BxOgGL5bHYsqUYFsuF4gfXYbGCuU2vJ2IE7yBrBEkqk9UB-q-S7BjhuDIXxzhgoHszE140-Osm_Wp9FDzKv1_vDL7Qtjsbb2dpTbsFzqHFMgiQdYqI7LojwMY5J7MRccCJo4QkvDNuvlLYszl

2025-10-15 17:09:24

Since then, the company has quietly built a globe-spanning #phone #tracking empire, operating in the shadows, without any apparent red lines. It has also expanded its surveillance arsenal, adding features to Altamides that allow it to intercept SMS messages, listen in on phone calls, and even #breach encrypted messaging apps like #WhatsApp.
https://www.lighthousereports.com/investigation/surveillance-secrets/

2025-10-13 08:33:34

No longer should you or your small business worry about requiring special characters, numbers, and capital letters when creating those passwords. Password length, above all other factors, is the most meaningful measure of strength. #security
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/10/your-passwords-dont-need-so-many-fiddly-characters-nist-says

2025-10-12 08:52:00

"Compact cameras came back in a huge way, mainly thanks to Fujifilm. The X100V just blew up on TikTok. And then #camera vendors realized, oh darn – people are buying compact cameras and none of us make them any more."https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/compact-cameras/the-compact-camera-conundrum-why-do-canon-kodak-sony-and-fujifilm-all-have-different-solutions-to-the-same-problem

2025-10-12 08:41:21

OpenAI is following Meta's method to break the rules,and worry about the risks later:
Motion Picture Association, a US trade association that represents major film studios, released a scorching statement urging #OpenAI to “take immediate and decisive action” to stop the app from infringing on copyrighted media. #copyright
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-sora-trouble-backlash-copyright

2025-10-11 08:35:05

Noyb announced that the regulator had issued a decision this week, which "finds that #Microsoft 365 Education illegally tracks students and uses student data for Microsoft's own purposes". #privacy
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251010-austria-finds-microsoft-illegally-tracked-students-privacy-campaign-group

2025-10-08 09:00:32

There are many ways to rank countries and cities for their living standard, such as collecting statistical data on apartment rental and food prices, safety, bureaucracy, infrastructure development, health care cost, or alternatively, asking people who actually have lived or are living in a city. #travel #retire #expat
https://klaava.com/the-best-country-to-settle-down-after-your-active-working-years-are-behind/

2025-10-07 17:56:11

Medieval fortress with a castle and village inside double walls

2025-10-06 18:12:00

The problem is: which country and which city is the best for retirement? Well, if you ask expats who have experience on how is it like to live in other countries, their answer is the city of Valencia on Spain’s Mediterranean coast. #expat #Europe #Valenciahttps://klaava.com/the-best-country-to-settle-down-after-your-active-working-years-are-behind/

2025-10-05 08:35:19

#AI may hallucinate, and direct tourists to sights that do not exist:
In just a few years, artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot and Google Gemini have gone from a mere novelty to an integral part of trip planning for millions of people. According to one survey, 30% of international travellers are now using generative AI tools and dedicated #travel AI sites such as Wonderplan and Layla to help organise their trips.
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20250926-the-perils-of-letting-ai-plan-your-next-trip

2025-10-04 08:50:44

The weak point in the passkey #security is the private key:
But the device-centric model becomes a problem when the “user” is not a person with a smartphone, but an AI agent running somewhere else. The agent cannot present a biometric factor. The workaround becomes predictable: humans will proxy their credentials to agents.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/markkraynak/2025/10/01/how-ai-agents-will-break-passkeys---and-3-ways-to-fix-them/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fprivacy

2025-10-02 08:07:12

Another goldmine of personal data:
- Users’ chats and interactions with #Meta #AI will soon be used to target them with even more personalized ads. The company will also use data from Meta AI to help decide what kinds of content users see on its site.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/01/tech/meta-ai-chatbot-targeted-ads

2025-09-29 08:35:51

New #privay report finds that Meta’s platforms and TikTok now rank as the most privacy-invasive, replacing last year’s leaders, Reddit, Snapchat, and Pinterest. The report also finds that most platforms (12 out of 15) may use personal data to train AI.
https://betanews.com/2025/09/25/the-social-media-apps-harvesting-your-data-for-ai/

2025-09-29 06:35:51

New #privay report finds that Meta’s platforms and TikTok now rank as the most privacy-invasive, replacing last year’s leaders, Reddit, Snapchat, and Pinterest. The report also finds that most platforms (12 out of 15) may use personal data to train AI.
https://betanews.com/2025/09/25/the-social-media-apps-harvesting-your-data-for-ai/