2026-10-07 12:53:00
I made a road trip to the region in #Spain where the windmills attract tourists and some of the mills still run – after 500 years since construction – when the wind blows. #travel #roadtrip .https://klaava.com/a-tour-in-the-land-of-historic-white-windmills/
2026-10-07 08:44:10
Frances Haugen was not a natural #whistleblower. She was a true believer, a data scientist who believed the company’s mission that “connecting” the world would lead to sunlit uplands of peace, love and outbreaks of democracy around the world. Slowly, she began to realise this was not the case. #Facebook #privacy
https://www.thenerve.news/p/frances-haugen-facebook-whistleblower-interview-social-reckoning-mark-zuckerberg
2026-10-06 08:53:30
Battery-electric car sales in the #EU reached 1.64 million in the first eight months of the year, up 45%. #EV
https://thenextweb.com/news/cheap-evs-europe-salini-targets
2026-10-04 09:02:58
One more: old phone without SIM as an #ebook #ereader - download books, turn off wifi and enjoy incredible battery ilfe.
--- One way to repurpose your old #phone is to give it a single specific job. It could become a kitchen display, hiking GPS, retro gaming handheld or one of several other useful devices around the house.
https://www.engadget.com/2270823/handy-ways-reuse-old-android-phone/
2026-10-02 16:55:43
Only one book at the moment - maybe this is a market test:
--- #Audiobook company Audible introduced three new features that will allow listeners to explore a book’s characters, engage in interactive stories, and view additional imagery and bonus information about landmarks or places mentioned in the book. #books
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/01/audibles-new-features-let-you-explore-book-worlds-and-even-talk-to-characters/
2026-10-01 15:50:00
“Our mission is to celebrate the artistry of top dog photographers, uncover emerging talents, and showcase the extraordinary diversity and charm of dogs,” the competition organizers say. #photography .https://petapixel.com/2026/09/30/18-adorable-winners-from-the-dog-photography-awards/
2026-10-01 08:36:43
OpenAI, which hoovered up vast amounts of internet content amid #copyright fights, has accused individuals associated with China’s Moonshot AI of being involved in a "distillation attack" where user accounts extract its models’ reasoning at scale.
https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/09/30/irony-alert-openai-whines-that-chinese-model-stole-its-special-ip-that-it-stole-from-everybody-else/5300285
2026-09-27 15:29:48
#Microsoft AI #copyright court case witness (a Microsoft employee) statement:
---the case was about “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions." Indeed, it was possibly the “largest theft of labor in human history,” he was quoted as saying in the summary judgment brief.
https://www.theregister.com/columnists/2026/09/27/big-ais-content-problem-take-the-work-keep-the-money/5299007
2026-09-25 08:20:18
Gadgets with built-in AI and audio/video recording::
-- "If you're being recorded and you don't know it, that's a severe #privacy invasion. And we are continuing to see newer technologies get introduced whose primary purpose is to do this,"
https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/article/welcome-to-the-age-of-listening-devices-144845987.html
2026-09-24 08:53:45
My interpretation is that an #EV is more affordable to drive:
- As that mileage increases, BEVs consistently outperform petrol vehicles, demonstrating much greater reliability.
https://thedriven.io/2026/09/24/electric-cars-are-more-durable-than-petrol-equivalents-and-last-longer-major-report-finds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=electric-cars-are-more-durable-than-petrol-equivalents-and-last-longer-major-report-finds
2026-09-21 15:34:56
Meanwhile, #EU is discussing how to erase #cyber #privacy::
---Personal data “in the context of AI”, companies developing #AI are generally permitted to do basically anything. The commercial interests of AI companies should generally trump the fundamental rights of users. This general allowance would also apply to individuals who have never been customers of an AI company, for example in chats or on social media. All personal data that an AI company can somehow get its hands on would fall under the provision. There is no need to ask users for consent – companies are automatically assumed to have an overriding “legitimate interest” if they train or use any AI product.
https://noyb.eu/en/ai-eu-member-states-plan-digital-expropriation-europeans-interest-ai-companies
2026-09-19 17:10:17
#Microsoft in court:::
“Our AI content strategy has started a ‘doom loop’ that will hurt the performance of our models and the entire web at the same time,. It is highly unusual that an end-product threatens the economic foundations of its essential suppliers, but that is the situation we have created for our #LLM business with respect to its ‘content supply chain.'” #copyright
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-executive-doom-loop
2026-09-18 19:39:00
Long #train trip in #Europe from north to south:- 6,203 km with an Interrail pass, taking 23 trains run by 10 railway companies. The journey was only possible thanks to the reopening of a railway line between Haparanda in Sweden and Tornio in Finland.https://europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/from-finland-to-portugal-by-train-in-just-125-hours
2026-09-18 08:53:28
Without access to your medical records, #databrokers infer how well you sleep, if you smoke, your body mass index, and if you have health insurance.
They can also guess your religion, ethnicity, political leanings, and even the exact ages of your children.
These inferences are then sold to pharmaceutical companies, healthcare firms, and insurers. #adtech #privacy
https://themarkup.org/privacy/2026/09/16/data-brokers-have-detailed-files-on-you-heres-whats-in-them-and-how-it-impacts-you
2026-09-15 08:11:44
The failure of the European right-to-repair legislation in its first year is no failure. It's the first iteration of a new front in a very old war to protect citizens from harm. Or, if you believe freedom usurps protection, to provide citizens with the information without which freedom of choice is meaningless. #EU #righttorepair
https://www.theregister.com/columnists/2026/09/14/europes-right-to-repair-rules-are-broken-not-beaten/5295763
2026-09-13 08:35:35
The justification for turning off algorithm-driven content makes sense. ... divisive content can be pushed into people’s feeds, drawing them further and further into rabbit holes. #algorithm #socialmedia
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/sep/11/i-turned-off-my-instagram-algorithm-opt-out-social-media-reforms-australia
2026-09-12 08:38:26
Pony.ai and Verne have started fully driverless passenger rides in Zagreb, the first anywhere in #Europe, with nobody in the driver’s seat and Uber taking the bookings. #China #EV
https://thenextweb.com/news/europes-first-truly-driverless-robotaxi-is-running-in-croatia-on-chinese-software
2026-09-11 08:21:49
What is the future of #Wordpress ?
---- "Matt #Mullenweg is currently on leave from #automattic. Mark Davies, Automattic’s CFO, will lead the company as interim CEO. The Board has full confidence in Mark Davies' leadership and in the team's ability to execute against the company's priorities.
https://www.404media.co/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-put-on-leave-of-absence/
2026-09-10 08:50:58
Better strategy than #ageverification:
-- Australian government released draft legislation outlining a Digital Duty of Care. It would allow Australians to switch off the algorithmic feed that social media platforms deliver automatically to users, instead allowing them to see content from friends and creators they choose to follow.
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/09/the-push-to-stop-algorithms-controlling-social-media-feeds-has-begun
2026-09-09 11:03:00
Overall, the data that affects this particular ranking measures the quality of infrastructure and services the society provides to residents. Does it measure #happiness of people or actually something else can be debated, but it is called Happy City Index anyhow. #travel .https://klaava.com/happiest-cities-in-the-world-are-happy-to-provide-residents-and-travelers-services-they-need/