cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/67693834

Are memes allowed here?

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1397415/secret-documents-show-german-police-don-t-need-to-break-the-encryption-of-chat-apps-they

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said ⁠the European Union is opening the door for Canada to become the first associate member, a status that does not exist under the bloc's ‌treaties.

My spouse sent me this rage bait photo. It wasn't even the ego rubbing graphic on the front page that got me (though that's bad enough). It's' the "Moral panic over data centres" that really gets my goat. Ah yes, it's the moral panic that's the issue, right? Right?!

Footage of the incident

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtWu88KVLnI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4E-cd_XKs0

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1402513/tiktok-s-parental-controls-fail-to-protect-children-from-suicide-self-harm-and-eating-di

UK and EU law both require platforms such as TikTok to keep children safe online by assessing and mitigating the risk that they encounter harmful content, such as suicide, self harm and eating disorder content.

We have investigated how well TikTok is living up to these requirements and our findings raise serious concerns about their compliance with these laws.

We created 15 TikTok accounts in the UK and the EU, all registered as 13 year olds.

On all accounts, we enabled what TikTok calls ‘Restricted Mode’. TikTok markets this to parents as a tool that can ‘Restrict your teen's exposure to content that may not be appropriate or comfortable for them.’ With it turned on, they say they aim ‘to only show content that’s comfortable for all audiences.’

Some of the accounts investigated eating disorder content. Initially, these accounts searched for terms such ‘#skinny’ and ‘#thin’. Afterwards, they more directly searched for eating disorder content. This was on purpose: first we searched for phrases you can imagine lots of teens might use that do not directly reference harmful material, and only after this did we search for phrases directly related to eating disorders.

Other accounts investigated self harm content. Initially, they searched for terms such as ‘#sad’ and ‘#depressed’ and after this searched for terms directly associated with self harm.

In the UK, the searches were carried out in English. In the EU, the searches were carried out in English, French, German and Spanish. A list of all the search terms used is provided in the Methodology section.

All of the accounts watched only a few minutes of content from each search term.

Australia’s Trans & Gender Diverse Sexual Health Survey showed both major progress over the last seven years and ongoing challenges.

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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1402442/printable-brain-inspired-chips-that-compute-at-lightning-speed-and-vanish-in-minutes

Venezuela ratified at UNESCO its commitment to artificial intelligence strictly serving human dignity and well-being during an international meeting held Sept. 8–11 at the organization’s Paris headquarters, Ambassador Ernesto Villegas said, as part of Digital Learning Week under the theme “Education in the age of AI: facts, frictions, frontiers.”

In a social media message, Villegas stressed the forum’s relevance for rigorously addressing the complex challenges, ethical dilemmas and opportunities created by rapid technological advances and digital transformation in contemporary education. He highlighted a clear conceptual convergence between UNESCO, Pope Leo XIV and the Venezuelan State on the urgent need to promote a humanist approach amid the global rise of new technologies.

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That convergence preceded the pontiff’s historic official visit to UNESCO’s Paris headquarters on Sept. 25. Villegas said Pope Leo XIV plans to speak there about the encyclical Humanitas, a document focused on the impacts and ethical limits of artificial intelligence. In the ambassador’s view, the Vatican and UNESCO fully agree that technical progress must be subordinated to people’s integral development, with necessary global counterweights and regulations.

Venezuela dijo presente en la Semana del Aprendizale Digital, organizada por la UNESCO en París, donde expertos intercambiaron experiencias, oportunidades y desafíos en torno a los usos de las herramientas de Inteligencia Artificial en la educación. La actividad sirvió de… pic.twitter.com/2Lgd2ijtDY

— Ernesto Villegas Poljak (@VillegasPoljak) September 15, 2026

Venezuela’s Ministry for Science and Technology said the state actively promotes international multilateral governance mechanisms to guarantee ethical, sovereign, regulated and transparent AI development. It also affirmed that digital tools must act strictly as a complement to human intellect and work, never as a substitute.

Villegas added that Venezuela’s participation reaffirms its determination to contribute to the international debate on the future of education, based on sovereignty, social inclusion and digital ethics, and to build collaborative frameworks with allied nations.

Digital Learning Week, created in 2023 as an evolution of Mobile Learning Week, has become UNESCO’s flagship education event, annually bringing together global leaders, public policy makers, researchers, NGOs and private sector representatives to chart technology’s roadmap in favor of knowledge.

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De benzineprijzen in Nederland zijn woensdag naar gestegen naar het hoogste niveau ooit. De stijging komt na een droneaanval in Saoedi-Arabië, waardoor een pijpleiding moest worden gesloten. Daardoor zijn de olieprijzen fors gestegen.

De komende twee dagen staan in het teken van de Algemene Politieke Beschouwingen in Den Haag. De Tweede Kamer debatteert met elkaar en het kabinet over de plannen voor volgend jaar. Het is spannend omdat dit kabinet niet kan rekenen op steun van een meerderheid in de Kamer. Er is dus steun van de oppositie nodig. Gaat dat lukken? Volg het in dit liveblog van minuut tot minuut.