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2026-09-08 08:04:24
European cities dominate the top 20 – only three cities out of 20 are non-European (two in Japan and one in Australia). #travel #Europe
https://klaava.com/happiest-cities-in-the-world-are-happy-to-provide-residents-and-travelers-services-they-need/
Happiest cities in the world are happy to provide residents and travelers services they need
2026-09-07 17:09:00
When you travel to a city you haven’t visited before, do you appreciate that essential services for residents and travelers are readily available? Sure, each country and city has its own infrastructure, priorities, and culture that defines what is available and the way local people … Read >
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2026-09-07 09:06:45
Carmakers have woken up to value of our private data::
- Carmakers also want access to your telemetry data, by which I mean things like routing habits, or how often apps are used. When you load up #CarPlay or #AndroidAuto, it's only app developers and Apple or Google that have any access to this.
https://www.pocket-lint.com/why-some-cars-dont-support-carplay-or-android-auto/
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2026-09-02 08:40:11
#Meta now estimates that less than one tenth of a percent of all glasses sold have been tampered with (the recording light has been disabled). The company didn’t provide specific figures, but 7 million glasses were sold in 2025.
https://www.semafor.com/article/09/01/2026/meta-disables-cameras-on-thousands-of-tampered-smart-glasses
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2026-08-30 08:28:45
The investigation found that trackers embedded in (mostly) free #VPN apps for phones can collect information including advertising identifiers, device models, network types, mobile carrier details, and other device data. #cyber #tracking #privacy
https://cyberinsider.com/proton-finds-85-of-us-downloaded-vpn-apps-contain-trackers/
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2026-08-27 08:34:31
#EU officials were hit with what a state-sponsored spearphishing attack on #Whatsapp. That means a government-backed campaign built around specific named people rather than a mass mailing. Attackers used social engineering, writing personalised messages designed to make a particular official click a link or open an attachment.
https://thenextweb.com/news/eu-officials-whatsapp-spearphishing-deepseek-chinese-hackers
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2026-08-26 08:50:08
Over-the-air updates to #Android car software #hacked and used as a proxy for attacks:
- This is the first documented case of malware infecting a car head unit through an attack specifically designed for this type of device. Previous attacks against such systems have typically relied on physical access to a vehicle or vulnerabilities in their operating systems and other components.
https://therecord.media/android-botnet-china-hackers
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2026-08-23 08:40:04
A positive take on #cyber #privacy trend::
- In 2026, privacy is no longer a dusty toggle buried in the settings menu. It’s becoming the main event, a core selling point that companies are building their reputations on.
https://thenextweb.com/news/privacy-software-killer-feature-2026
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2026-08-19 08:31:36
Did you ever fly on Spirit Airlines? Or work there? Or send an email to someone who worked there? Then your information will soon be feeding #Google’s artificial intelligence model.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/08/18/business/google-spirit-airlines-data
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2026-08-16 08:48:56
The strike at #Tesla factories in Sweden began on 27 October 2023 with about 120 mechanics across seven Swedish workshops. It became the longest industrial conflict in modern Swedish history.
https://thenextweb.com/news/tesla-sweden-strike-ends-if-metall-buyouts
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2026-08-14 08:36:18
#EU legislators are demanding that #internet users be informed whether they are engaging with AI and whether the content they see is the output of bots or the creation of a human.
--- AI behemoth Anthropic announced that all its future models would support watermarking to comply with the EU rules.
https://www.politico.eu/article/artificial-intelligence-ai-watermark-big-tech/
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2026-08-11 08:34:36
In other words: Formula E can use 150% of its #battery capacity during a race::
"One of the things I love about Formula E is that we start with roughly 50% of the energy actually required to complete the race. Everything else comes through regenerative braking and the energy-management strategy we deploy. That’s something you could never do with a combustion engine.” #EV
https://www.t3.com/auto/electric-vehicles/how-formula-e-cars-finish-races-with-0-1-percent-battery-0826
