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The EU is about to sell our most sensitive data to the US for visa-free travel - European Digital Rights (EDRi) #privacy

The European Commission is currently finalising negotiations with the Trump administration to conclude an “Enhanced Border Security Partnership” (EBSP) Framework Agreement allowing border control authorities to screen travellers against biometric databases and profile them for security concerns. The leaked draft text suggests that the Commission significantly caved in to US’s excessive demands for unfettered information access, exacerbating travel surveillance and putting our fundamental rights at risk.

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It's getting harder to focus every day | Glyphack #productivity

The distractions are not one particular thing. A few examples:

• I want to do something and I remember there’s a post related to this. I go to find it and in between I click on some links and end up reading something completely unrelated.
• I am waiting for something then I go browse the web and I get distracted.
• I’m working on something and I face a challenge I have to think for 10 minutes. I get up to get some water and check my phone along the way and get distracted. Sometimes I get distracted by making the bed.

MouthPad: the hands-free touchpad, from Augmental #technology #accessibility

MouthPad translates small, natural movements into cursor control, clicks, scrolling, and dragging. No hands. No wires. Worn discreetly inside your mouth.

US prosecutors charge Atlanta man after GrapheneOS phone wipes itself during airport search | TechSpot #privacy

Prosecutors say the OS erased evidence, but advocates warn the case could criminalize security tools

OpenAI’s accidental cyberattack against Hugging Face is science fiction that happened #ai #security #software #longread

The short version: OpenAI were running a cybersecurity test against an unreleased model, with the model’s guardrail features turned off. Rather than solve the test, the model broke its way out of OpenAI’s sandbox, then found exploits to break in to Hugging Face, all so it could cheat on the test by stealing the answers.

Free Ink · An open ecosystem for e-readers #diy #opensource

Free Ink is an open-source collective building the software, firmware and hardware for e-paper readers. Every layer ships in the open, so anyone can pick it up, extend it, and make it their own.

Castle Map — Explore 2,438 Castles, Fortresses & Palaces Worldwide #history #rabbithole

Map of the world's great castles & fortresses 2,438 notable landmarks · 130 countries · one map

'VPNs are lawful technical tools,' says EU Court in landmark Anne Frank copyright ruling | TechRadar #copyrights #privacy

For everyday internet users, the "So What?" of this ruling is deeply reassuring. It validates that using a VPN to encrypt your online traffic, hide your IP address, or bypass digital borders is a legitimate use of consumer technology.

The judges explicitly shielded VPN companies from collateral damage in piracy lawsuits, a topic that has sparked intense debate among European ISPs and rightsholders. The court specifically argued that the provider of a VPN or similar services is not liable for users bypassing restrictions.

By placing the legal burden on publishers to maintain "state-of-the-art" digital fences, rather than demanding absolute, impossible perfection, the EU has drawn a pragmatic line in the sand.

Publishers aren't expected to build unhackable walls, and VPN providers aren't responsible for the actions of users who climb over them. Ultimately, this ruling proves that the borderless internet can still coexist with territorial copyright laws, provided everyone uses the right technical safeguards.

from ducks to spaceships: 'weird buildings' explores unconventional architecture worldwide #architecture #interesting #fun

Weird Buildings, with text by Imogen Fortes and published by Hoxton Mini Press, explores some of the most unusual and imaginative architectural creations around the world. The book collects photographs of structures that challenge conventional design, showcasing buildings that are playful, provocative, and visually surprising. From homes and hotels to museums and roadside landmarks, the collection presents architecture that stretches beyond function to explore creativity, eccentricity, and experimentation.

Airbus takes flight from AWS. What happens next is critical #digitalsouvereignty #software

European aerospace giant Airbus has lined up on the runway and is pushing the throttles forward as it prepares to evict apps from America.

Airbus has named French cloud services provider Scaleway as the destination for some 900 applications, with an initial 70 getting priority onboarding, as it seeks to put critical systems and data under European control. AWS, like all American platforms, can't protect Airbus's crown jewels from Donnie the Data Burglar, so it's best to repatriate them sharpish.

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