2025-09-18 08:37:56

Meta has unveiled a new range of smart glasses powered by its artificial intelligence (AI) tech, as it expands its bet that they will be a must-have accessory for users around the world. The firm also introduced a so-called neural wristband that pairs with its #Meta Ray-Ban Display #glasses to allow users to carry out tasks like sending messages with small hand gestures.
--- and how does the rest of the world protect its #privacy from the smart glasses?
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y599yz0l3o

2025-09-10 09:10:59

The fortified walls in Carcassonne #France protect medieval houses, a Gothic church and an ancient castle that all can be visited. Restaurants and shops along alleys have their open hours, but gates to the town are always open. #travel #Europe
https://klaava.com/the-medieval-fortress-of-carcassonne-in-southern-france-features-a-complete-3-km-long-double-wall/

2025-09-08 08:03:49

Gartner sees gradual evolution of AI in enterprises:
81 percent of work is currently done by humans acting alone without AI assistance. Five years from now Gartner believes 75 percent of IT work will be human activity augmented by #AI, with the remainder performed by #bots alone.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/08/ai_impact_it_departments/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky

2025-09-08 07:48:00

The impressive outer and inner walls with 52 towers are the main attractions of #Carcassonne, but it is inside the walls where local life, restaurants, bars, galleries and shops, as well as the Gothic Cathedral and the Comtal Castle await visitors. #France #travel #Europehttps://klaava.com/the-medieval-fortress-of-carcassonne-in-southern-france-features-a-complete-3-km-long-double-wall/

2025-09-06 08:39:28

Copying copyrighted books is not cool even if you are an AI business:
Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit from a group of authors who accused the artificial intelligence company of using their books to train its AI chatbot Claude without permission. #copyright #books #ai
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/05/business/anthropic-ai-settlement-authors-claude

2025-09-03 09:15:43

EU's two main pieces of legislation to manage #bigtech —the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA)—aim to keep harmful content off the internet and ensure fair competition.
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-09-eu-vows-tech-trump-pressure.html

2025-09-02 17:49:48

of Innsbruck in Austria

2025-09-02 14:55:00

Excellent initiative, but will giants like Airbnb or Booking.com change behavior? #tourism #EU"Ensure the authenticity of reviews, distinguishing reviews from guests who experienced the accommodation and those who did not.https://transport.ec.europa.eu/news-events/news/commission-welcomes-code-conduct-reliable-online-reviews-tourism-accommodation-2025-09-01_en

2025-08-31 15:29:00

But these so-called “bad” photographs that break all the rules aren’t just trending; these “terrible” photographs are what’s going to save photography from AI. #photography #AI--- hmm, I don't think AI can be dismissed so easily; new skills can be taughthttps://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/terrible-images-are-going-to-save-photography-from-ai-and-this-is-why

2025-08-31 08:20:15

Why is it so difficult to get #bigtech to behave? The scale of money and power is incredible. It really may require a consortium like the #EU to set the rules.
https://www.rebeltechalliance.org/howsopowerful.html

2025-08-28 18:13:15

Huge differences between countries in #Europe for sales of #EV in 2025 so far: on Norway 97% of new cars sold were electric, about 50% in north Europe, and 8% in Spain, 5% in Italy.
https://thedriven.io/2025/08/05/ev-adoption-in-europe-strong-in-the-north-weak-in-the-south/

2025-08-26 13:09:29

Long distance #travel by #train in #Europe is trending. Here are latest news on the development of ticketing systems, railways, night trains and tips for destinations not touched by mass tourism.
https://klaava.com/european-railway-news-summary-unified-train-systems-off-the-beaten-rail-tips-mr-bean-restaurant/

2025-08-25 15:56:00

Looks like #train #travel is trending in #Europe. Here is the roundup of latest news on the development of railways, routes, and ticketing systems.https://klaava.com/european-railway-news-summary-unified-train-systems-off-the-beaten-rail-tips-mr-bean-restaurant/

2025-08-23 08:41:56

AI hype is high, but there is no #app for that:
The real fortunes will lie where they always have, in distribution and application.
https://www.semafor.com/article/08/21/2025/what-ai-leaders-can-learn-from-thomas-edison

2025-08-21 08:47:06

New #security and #privacy risk on mobile phones: eSIM that connects you to a mobile network, but secretly does things that you didn't ask for.
https://www.itnews.com.au/news/travel-esims-secretly-route-traffic-over-chinese-and-undisclosed-networks-study-619659

2025-08-20 08:04:29

The idea of #Google, #Microsoft or any other large company having a presence abroad certainly isn’t new. But big tech companies are different from Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and Nike. They’re in the business of acquiring, refining and managing data — which can be extremely profitable. #data #sovereignty
https://www.politico.eu/article/data-tech-google-taxes-buying-habits-produce-eu-uk-us-microsoft/

2025-08-17 08:15:04

Looks like #EV has moved from early adopter market to mass market product in Europe 29% and in China 30% sales growth in the first half year of 2025.
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/08/13/global-ev-sales-up-27-in-2025-despite-anti-electrification-policies-in-the-us/

2025-08-15 08:35:50

The future of Windows as #Microsoft sees it:
Do users really want to control their #Windows PCs with touch and pen, and irritate co-workers by barking orders at the operating system in an open-plan office? Or would they prefer #AI everywhere and buy a Copilot+ PC.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/14/microsofts_windows_revision_comment_opinion/

2025-08-14 08:20:06

We shouldn't blame algorithms for toxic social media, but the concept of socializing?
- Study: the dynamics that give rise to all those negative outcomes are structurally embedded in the very architecture of social media. #socialmedia
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/study-social-media-probably-cant-be-fixed/4

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