Good news:
The Dutch Government - after a months-long saga - is *finally* blocking the US take-over of Solvinity, the company that manages the Netherlands' highly sensitive online identity management system (which basically underpins most government services).
nos.nl/artikel/2615...
Dat is volgens Aerdts (Economische Zaken) "ter bescherming van het publieke belang".
Spain achieved ~78% carbon free electricity in May with solar power taking the top spot with 33.4%.
Nuclear: ~17%
Wind: ~15%
Gas: ~14%
Hydro: ~13%
Other: ~5%
www.expansion.com/empresas/ene...
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El pasado 29 de mayo fue el dÃa con mayor generación solar fotovoltaica en la historia en España, con un total de 269 gigavatios hora (GWh), que aportaron el 33,4% de la...
but pray tell - which surveillance Ray-Bans did she buy, Instagram ðŸ«
The UK announced its legislative path today, Canada did so last week and the G7 Summit also has child online safety on the agenda.
But is there a smarter #SocialMediaBan?
Indeed, we at FOTI believe there is #ASmarterBan.
Read our proposal for a smarter ban now:
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This I expect will turn out to be a big deal in the tech sovereignty devates www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/t...
Am I the only one who is surprised that this only happened now?
Degoogled my entire business in Jan 2025 because I half-expected this to happen with Google/Microsoft products.
This isn't about posturing: the man with whom @president.europarl.europa.eu is shaking hands there runs a company that *knowingly* makes 10% of its revenue — $16bn/year — from ads for scams. This primarily harms the most vulnerable (youth and elderly).
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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This I expect will turn out to be a big deal in the tech sovereignty devates www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/t...
Sometimes I imagine a world in which European leaders like @president.europarl.europa.eu spent as much time supporting the European model of tech as they do cosying up to foreign oligarchs with openly anti-democratic projects and anti-European foreign interference activities. 🧵
