To Enforce Its Proposed Social Media Ban for 450 Million Pre-Teens, EU Builds an Open Source App
The European Commission “proposed on Thursday banning children under 13 from social media, with parent-supervised accounts until 15,” reports Reuters.

“Enforcement would rely on a tool Brussels built itself” — a free, open-source age verification smartphone app “that tells a platform … ⌘ Read more

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Khronos Group opens EU Entity to support European Projects with open standards
Khronos Group, who oversee various open standards like Vulkan and OpenGL, have formally opened up a Brussels-based European entity.

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Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/khronos-group-opens-eu-entity-to-support-european-projects-with-open-sta … ⌘ Read more

August Was World’s Joint-Hottest Month On Record, Scientists Say
Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from the BBC: August was the joint-hottest month ever recorded, tying with July 2023, according to the EU’s climate service. The record was driven by a combination of climate change and the rising influence of El Nino, pushing heat into the atmosphere across the Pacific. Temperatures for the month wer … ⌘ Read more

Google Will ‘Degrade’ Search In Europe to Avoid EU Fines
Google says it will overhaul Search in Europe to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act, giving more prominence to comparison services like Expedia and Hotels.com while stripping some real-time features from hotel, airline, and restaurant results. “These changes degrade the user experience for Europeans – boosting online intermediaries at the expense of local … ⌘ Read more

@arne@uplegger.eu @movq@www.uninformativ.de Achtung, der Uplegger ist im Anmarsch! Dreht die Karten auf links! Entspannte Reise und gute Erholung! :-)

@arne@uplegger.eu https://movq.de/v/f4336262a1/da-muss-man-aber-seinen-kopf-ein-bisschen-drehen.mp4

@arne@uplegger.eu Wohl bekomms!

@arne@uplegger.eu Auweia, was ein absoluter Saftladen. Unfassbar.

@arne@uplegger.eu @movq@www.uninformativ.de Wurde dann doch noch ein wenig anstrengend gegen Ende hin. Für mal so zwischendurch geht’s. :-)

@arne@uplegger.eu @lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Je öfter man die hört, desto besser werden’se. 🤣 Passt perfekt in den Zeitgeist, dieses Chaos. (Pardon, „Mikrotonalität“.)

Und handwerklich echt beeindruckend.

@arne@uplegger.eu @movq@www.uninformativ.de Ui, heiße Kostüme! Und klingt gar nicht schlecht. Je länger ich es anhör, desto besser gefällt es mir. Nur die „Ansagen“ und den „Gesang“ – oder was auch immer das Geschepper sein soll – bräucht es wirklich nicht.

@arne@uplegger.eu They’re everywhere, send help

@arne@uplegger.eu Einfach so als Wahlergebnis verkünden. Dann denken die alle: „Ach, Mist, wie blöd, schon zu spät, na dann muss ich ja nicht mehr hin.“ Fertig. ✅

@arne@uplegger.eu Dann müssten bloß noch die anderen auch so abstimmen. Viel Glück Euch, ihr werdet es brauchen.

Apple Lowers App Store Fees In Europe to Settle Dispute With EU
Apple is overhauling its EU App Store fees to settle its Digital Markets Act dispute, simplifying the fee structure and “[resolving] Apple’s disagreements with the Commission over business terms and alternative distribution.” MacRumors reports: The initial acquisition fee and store services fee are being removed for apps distributed outside of t … ⌘ Read more

@arne@uplegger.eu Schade um diese ganzen Giganten. Das wird uns zukünftig öfters blühen.

@arne@uplegger.eu Achso, klasse Atlas, dieser Copernicus-Browser! Danke, kannte ich noch nicht.

@arne@uplegger.eu Also von da oben sieht das meiner Auffassung nach wirklich hübsch aus, da kann man echt nichts sagen. Mir gefällt’s prächtig. Gut, wenn man dieser Brühe dann auf Meereshöhe begegnet, ist das sicherlich ‘ne andere Sache.

Reddit Bans 11-Year Account for GPL Game Post, Testing the EU’s DSA
Longtime Slashdot reader DF5JT writes: On July 26, I posted a single announcement in r/backgammon: GNU Backgammon for Android, GPLv3, the first standalone backgammon engine on F-Droid. Reddit’s spam filter removed the post and permanently banned my 11-year, 30,000-karma account – the result is publicly visible at reddit.com/user/OE1FEU. To t … ⌘ Read more

@arne@uplegger.eu @david@daiwei.me Most do actually look really good, but of course I prefer the birds. :-)

Can’t have them all, because it’s even harder to spot counterfeit notes I reckon.

Big Tech Accused of Stonewalling European Social Media Researchers
European misinformation researchers say TikTok, X, and Meta are obstructing access to platform data required under the EU’s Digital Services Act through rejections, restrictive quotas, costly APIs, and burdensome security demands. Although regulators have fined X and pushed platforms to improve access, researchers remain skeptical that the ch … ⌘ Read more

‘Inside the Dystopian World of Germany’s Free Speech Crackdown’
Thousands of Germans have been threatened with fines or prison sentences for social media posts, reports The Telegraph, calling the country’s political speech laws “unusually stringent for an EU member state.”
One German had his home raided for calling a minister a “Schwachkopf [dummy]” while another was fined €2,000 (£1,700) for calling Friedrich Me … ⌘ Read more

Trump Threatens New Tariffs Against EU Over Google Fine
President Trump threatened a “substantial” new tariff on the European Union after Brussels fined Google more than $1 billion over alleged illegal trade practices. “The European Union will pay a very big price for this illegal and highly unethical conduct, which I have consistently warned them about,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “The penalties will be entirely reve … ⌘ Read more

@arne@uplegger.eu Diese Karten sind ja echt winzig. :-)

Aber da fällt mir ein, ich sollte mir auch mal wieder ein Taschenmesser zulegen. Hab ich es doch über all die Jahre geschafft, alle schlussendlich zu verlieren.

@arne@uplegger.eu hahahahaha! They are swimming pool covers, also called lanais. They are to keep leaves, and any other debris, and any wild animals, out of the swimming pool. A swimming pool enclosure, pretty much.

@arne@uplegger.eu I’ve tried Matrix before, it was all good and dandy until servers started getting spammed with stuff no sane human being should see (if you know what I men). So, I took down my server and never looked back.

Wow! @arne@uplegger.eu isn’t kidding! See: https://rz.uni-greifswald.de/dienste/allgemein/instant-messaging-chat/

@arne@uplegger.eu You have Matrix at work? No Teams, Google Chat, Slack, Discord, whatever, but Matrix? Really? Where do you work, is this Socialist Russia?!

@arne@uplegger.eu Really?! Wow! 😳

@arne@uplegger.eu Whoah! „Schaffung eines Aufenthaltsraumes für Nichtraucher!“ Irre, dass es einen solchen vor dem 1. Mai 1975 nicht gab. Kann man sich heute überhaupt nicht vorstellen.

Cool, schönes Heftchen hast Du da gesetzt. :-) Die Lochkartenanzahlen sind auch der absolute Wahnsinn.

🥳 NEW FEED: @rodolpho@twtxt.rodolpho.onoeck.eu

@arne@uplegger.eu @movq@www.uninformativ.de Oh! Von wann ist denn das? Und ja, Innenaufnahmen wären richtig fein. :-)

@arne@uplegger.eu Wie sah’s denn drinnen aus? 😅

@arne@uplegger.eu Ah, ein Jahresband. Man darf dann auf Beiträge dazu im Blog demnächst gespannt sein. :-)

@arne@uplegger.eu LOL really? 😅

@arne@uplegger.eu Ist die Zahl 2000 ein Verweis auf das Erscheinungsjahr oder einfach nur eine fortlaufende Nummerierung der Zeitungsausgabe und bei Erreichen der zweitausendsten Ausgabe dann als Bonus beigelegen? Frohes Schmökern!

@arne@uplegger.eu Yay! So I’m the only one who fucked it up. 🤪🙈

@arne@uplegger.eu Success!

@arne@uplegger.eu Foo, bar, and baz! Does it work? Is the houseplant happy?

@arne@uplegger.eu if you see this reply threaded nicely then yes you did! 😅

@itsericwoodward@itsericwoodward.com This will never end. Chat control in the EU is back as well, it seems. 🙄

Digital Euro Expected To Launch By 2029 After EU Backing
The European Parliament’s economic committee has backed a digital euro designed to reduce Europe’s dependence on US-controlled payment networks such as Visa and Mastercard. The ECB-backed currency is targeted for launch by 2029 after a full parliamentary vote and negotiations with EU member states. Euronews reports: Under the proposal, consumers would be able to … ⌘ Read more

EU To Soon Classify AWS and Azure As Gatekeepers Under DSA
The European Commission is reportedly preparing to provisionally classify Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure as “gatekeepers” under the Digital Markets Act, bringing cloud infrastructure under the law’s stricter competition rules for the first time. The designation could require greater interoperability and data portability, making it easier for customers to … ⌘ Read more

Stop Killing Games Fails To Secure EU Law Despite 1.3 Million Signatures
The European Commission has declined (PDF) to propose a law requiring publishers to keep discontinued video games playable, despite the Stop Killing Games initiative collecting nearly 1.3 million verified signatures. Instead, it plans to develop a voluntary industry code covering end-of-life transparency and preservation. Dextero … ⌘ Read more

Binance Set To Lose Permission To Operate In EU
Binance is expected to lose permission to serve EU customers in July after Greek regulators reportedly decided to reject its MiCA license application. Reuters reports: Under new EU rules, called MiCA, crypto firms have until the end of June to obtain a licence to allow them to keep servicing clients across the bloc. Binance’s application, made to Greece’s market regulator, is set … ⌘ Read more

New UK Referendum Would Flip ‘Brexit’ Result of a Decade Ago, Poll Finds
It’s the 10-year anniversary of Britain’s “Brexit” vote withdrawing from the European Union.
But a new UK poll “shows that a new Brexit referendum would reverse the vote that led to Britain’s departure,” reports Bloomberg:

Fifty-two percent of Britons think the UK should rejoin the EU, according to an Ipsos survey of 1,137 British … ⌘ Read more

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New privacy frontier: Europe eyes crackdown on smart glasses
Article URL: https://www.politico.com/www.politico.eu/article/new-privacy-frontier-europe-eyes-crackdown-smart-glasses/

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Kaum Änderungen bei Fluggastrechten in EU
Die langen Verhandlungen zu den Rechten der Fluggäste dürften sehr bald ein Ende finden. Am Freitag wurde eine Einigung zwischen EU-Staaten und EU-Parlament gemeldet, die keine Verschlechterungen für Verbraucherinnen und Verbraucher bringen soll, im Gegenteil. Am Montag muss aber noch final abgestimmt werden. ⌘ Read more