Manuel Erhardt @erhardt@librem.one

Spanish company launches reusable rocket in breakthrough for European space ambitions

Startup PLD Space says launch of Miura-1 is ‘just the beginning’ amid European drive to send satellites into orbit

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/oct/07/spanish-company-launches-reusable-rocket-in-breakthrough-for-european-space-ambitions

#News #EuropeanNews #Europe #EU #EuropeanUnion #Spain #Space

Norway wants Facebook behavioural advertising banned across Europe.

Norway has told the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) it believes a countrywide ban on Meta harvesting user data to serve up advertising on Facebook and Instagram should be made permanent and extended across Europe.

https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/29/norway_facebook_behavioral_ads/

#Europe #Norway #EU #EuropeanDataProtectionBoard #EDPB #Facebook #Meta #Advertising #Privacy

The European Commission is ready to approve the start of negotiations with Ukraine regarding EU membership.

The European Commission is expected to recommend launching a years-long accession process next month. But it may insist on progress in some priority areas including corruption as interim steps.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-22/eu-commission-preparing-to-recommend-ukraine-membership-talks#xj4y7vzkg

Scientists have recovered a complete DNA transcriptome from...

wait for it...

a THYLACINE!!!!

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-rna-recovered-extinct-species.html

European governments shrinking railways in favour of road-building, report finds

Rail networks in most countries have been starved of funding while motorways lengthen, study shows

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/19/european-governments-railways-road-building-report-motorways-funding-rail

#Climate #News: Plant-based food alternatives could support a shift to global sustainability: Replacing 50% of meat and milk products with plant-based alternatives by 2050 can reduce agriculture and land use related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 31% and halt the degradation of forest and natural land, according to new research.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230912113522.htm

Maybe when the computer asks "are you a robot?" it's just trying to find its family. Ever think about that? No, you only think about yourself.

Seit Jahren dominiert die SVP mit ihrer Zuwanderungskritik die öffentliche Debatte. Eine Recherche der Republik zeigt nun: Die Partei gibt falsche Antworten – auf die falschen Fragen.

Kriminalität, Wohnungsnot, verstopfte Strassen: Das sind nicht Zuwanderungsprobleme, «sondern, wie in jeder wachsenden Gesellschaft, Verteilprobleme».

Die zentrale Erkenntnis: Die Schweizer Bevölkerung wird immer älter. «Die Schweiz hat nicht zu viele Zuwanderer. Sondern bald zu wenige.»

https://www.republik.ch/2023/09/09/die-schweiz-hat-nicht-zu-viele-auslaender-sondern-zu-wenige?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=cm&utm_content=zu-wenig-zuwanderung

Verbot von Überwachungswerbung:

Keine verhaltensbasierte Werbung auf Instagram und Facebook ohne gültige Einwilligung, darauf hatte die norwegische Datenschutzbehörde Meta festgenagelt. Der Konzern wehrte sich gerichtlich dagegen. Doch ein Bezirksgericht stellte sich heute klar hinter die Datenschutzbehörde und gegen Metas Geschäftsmodell.

https://netzpolitik.org/2023/verbot-von-ueberwachungswerbung-meta-verliert-vor-gericht-gegen-norwegische-datenschutzbehoerde/

Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, Microsoft

These are the first 6 companies designated as ‘gatekeepers' under the Digital Markets Act.

They have 6 months to ensure their core platform services comply with our rules, including:

✔ Allowing users to unsubscribe and remove pre-installed services
✔ Allowing the download of alternative app stores

❌ Banning tracking outside of their services without consent
❌ Stopping ranking their products more favourably

➡ https://europa.eu/!NbfBbn

#DMA

#GuteNachrichtenSamstag 🇺🇦

#Fürstenwalde

Ein seltener ostdeutscher Leserbrief in der "Märkischen Oder Zeitung" zum #UkraineKrieg:

📷 via #MOZ

Murena Fairphone 5, the brand-new deGoogled and sustainable phone is available with /e/OS 🥳, the operating system protecting your data.

Pre-order now at murena.com and get a free protective case!

See the details at: https://murena.com/murena-fairphone-5-is-now-available-for-pre-order-at-murena-com/

#choosefreedom #opensource #deGoogled #fairphone5 #privacy #smartphone
@gael @e_mydata @Fairphone

Bauer Dirk Hopmann macht das, was Bundesagrarminister Özdemir und Umweltverbände propagieren: weniger #Tiere, aber die besser halten. Die Umwelt profitiert, der Bauer ist glücklicher. https://taz.de/Umstieg-auf-Biolandwirtschaft/!5953515/ #Landwirtschaft #Ostsee #Tierschutz #Bio #Hunger

Tiny, yet impactful – we're talking about microchips.

They make our smartphones, trains and entire factories work.

Massively adopted by the European Parliament, the #EUChipsAct will tackle the chip shortage by:

- Accelerating permits for rapid chip investments.

- Empowering SMEs with enhanced chip design support.

- Implementing a crisis response mechanism for supply issues.

- Securing €3.3B for chip research.

- Establishing competence centres to attract talent.

➡ https://europa.eu/!mcjNCV

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