Netzpolitik.org: Verhandlungen der EU-Staaten sind festgefahren
Die EU-Kommission will Internetdienste verpflichten, sämtliche Nutzer anlasslos zu durchsuchen. Der Juristische Dienst des Rats hält diese allgemeine und unterschiedslose Chatkontrolle für illegal. Das EU-Parlament will einen Anfangsverdacht voraussetzen.
EFF: European Court of Human Rights Confirms: Weakening Encryption Violates Fundamental Rights
In a milestone judgment—Podchasov v. Russia—the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that weakening of encryption can lead to general and indiscriminate surveillance of the communications of all users and violates the human right to privacy.
Ars Technica: A big boost to Europe’s climate-change goals
Euronews: Plastic industry knew recycling was a farce for decades yet deceived the public, report reveals
Voices of Open Source: The European regulators listened to the Open Source communities!
The Register: Apple redecorates its iPhone prison to appease Europe
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs described the computer as a bicycle for the mind. But he failed to let that metaphor shape his greatest achievement, the iPhone, which has become a shackle for the soul.
The iPhone is a computer; you just can't use it as one most of the time because it's a closed system. You're not free to install software that Apple has not approved, unless you "jailbreak" the device – the very term suggesting unlawful transgression rather than a right that follows from ownership.
CNN (via YouTube): The world sees what America does not. Fareed Zakaria explains
CNN's Fareed Zakaria details why America is in a better place than most Americans believe.
The Guardian: Brexit has completely failed for UK, say clear majority of Britons – poll
A clear majority of the British public now believes Brexit has been bad for the UK economy, has driven up prices in shops, and has hampered government attempts to control immigration, according to a poll by Opinium to mark the third anniversary of the UK leaving the EU single market and customs union.
Donald Norwood: Statement about the EU Cyber Resilience Act
Loeber on Substack: Why Europe Fails to Create Wealth
Unite.AI: Paris-based Startup and OpenAI Competitor Mistral AI Valued at $2 Billion
Mistral AI stands at the forefront of innovation with its flagship product, Mistral 7B, a large language model (LLM) renowned for its efficiency and advanced capabilities. Released under the open-source Apache 2.0 license, Mistral 7B represents a significant leap in AI technology, characterized by its customized training, tuning, and data processing methods.
ORF: Hauptbahnhof in Europa auf Platz zwei
Erstmals ist der Wiener Hauptbahnhof im Europäischen Bahnhofsindex vertreten – und das gleich auf Platz zwei hinter dem Hauptbahnhof Zürich. Auch der Bahnhof Meidling wurde ist unter den zehn besten Bahnhöfen Europas.
Proposal on implementing permanent time zones in the European Union
The proven benefits of clocks being aligned with solar time and the negative impact of misaligned clocks on health, the economy, education, safety, and the environment urge for the implementation of permanent time zones as close as possible to solar time (natural time) in Europe.
Atlas Obscura: The Muddled Origins of the Word ‘Viking’