Germany’s AfD party on Wednesday banned its leading candidate from appearing at EU election campaign events, after France’s main far-right party announced a split with the Germans over a slew of scandals involving the politician.
Is Google signaling the end of the open web? That’s some of the concern raised by its new embrace of AI. While most of the fears about AI may be overblown, this one could be legit. But it doesn’t mean that we need to accept it....
Take StreetComplete with you when you’re out and do pokemon-style quests while at the same time improve the map of the area you’re in.
It’s very fun and quite addictive, and the data you’re providing is open source so it’s not free labour for some huge company.
Macron To Meet Scholz, Marking First State Visit By A French President To Germany In 24 Years - News18 (www.news18.com)
1 in 4 UK adults now prescribed antidepressants - leafie (www.leafie.co.uk)
ICQ, One of the Oldest Instant Messengers, Is Shutting Down (www.pcmag.com)
ICQ will stop working on June 26. It’s encouraging users to migrate to a messaging app from Russia-based VK, its parent company....
Sweden orders review after 'explosion' of ADHD cases (insiderpaper.com)
Texas doctor who said nine-year-olds can safely give birth appointed to maternal mortality committee (www.theguardian.com)
“The Spark” - Kabin Crew & Lisdoonvarna Crew (www.youtube.com)
Surprisingly good music from some kids in Cork.
Right-wing group at European Parliament excludes AfD – DW – 05/23/2024 (www.dw.com)
ECB pressures banks to speed up Russia exits on fear of US action (www.ft.com)
The new Dutch coalition faces imminent EU reality check (euobserver.com)
Germany’s far-right AfD bans leading candidate from EU election events (www.france24.com)
Germany’s AfD party on Wednesday banned its leading candidate from appearing at EU election campaign events, after France’s main far-right party announced a split with the Germans over a slew of scandals involving the politician.
Ukraine and EU push to start membership talks in June (www.politico.eu)
In case of paywall: archive.ph/nsd1X
Decentralized Systems Will Be Necessary To Stop Google From Putting The Web Into Managed Decline (www.techdirt.com)
Is Google signaling the end of the open web? That’s some of the concern raised by its new embrace of AI. While most of the fears about AI may be overblown, this one could be legit. But it doesn’t mean that we need to accept it....
Post-Brexit trade border controls to cost UK $6 billion – DW – 05/20/2024 (www.dw.com)
European far-right leaders gather ahead of EU elections (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/21515008...
The May 2024 Organic Maps update with bookmarks and tracks sorting by name, better paved/unpaved paths colors, GPX import fixes, drive-through, and many other changes (organicmaps.app)
Headscarf ban not against freedom of religion right according to EHCR (www.vrt.be)
EU Bans Distribution Of 4 Russia-Linked News Outlets (www.ndtv.com)
Europe is uncertain whether its ambitious Mercury probe can reach the planet (arstechnica.com)
Big Tech to EU: "Drop Dead" (www.eff.org)
2.5.2 Release - Blog - I2P (geti2p.net)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15475769...
NASA's Juno provides high-definition views of Europa's icy shell (phys.org)
Ok, so it’s not Europe but Europa. Close enough, I hope.
Schools told not to teach about gender identity (www.bbc.co.uk)
Moldova defies Russia with EU security pact (www.ft.com)
In case of paywall: archive.ph/C3um4