#China has installed more #solar panels in the past 6 months than #Germany did in the past 25 years. (via @Volker Quaschning) #renewables #energytransition #greentransition
#FollowTheMoney requested access to an unredacted version of #X’s first #DigitalServicesAct risk report from the @European Commission – a request that the EU executive denied. After the request, the Commission updated its internal rules to generally presume such reports to be confidential. The European #Ombudsman found this to be “unreasonable” and that it amounted to maladministration.
I just heard another renown professor argue #Mastodon is too hard, even they failed. Choosing a server is simply too difficult. And I'm wondering: how the heck does everybody have an email address? #decentralisation #federation
When people say "#Mastodon is like early Twitter," they often refer to the absence of algorithmic amplification & ads or the functionality set. But what makes it like early #Twitter in my opinion, isn't that. It's that the #Fediverse enables you to easily connect with real, awesome humans from anywhere: makers, celebrities, community leaders, top experts in their fields. Just tag them with an honest post and you'll have wonderful interactions such as this one. 🤩
Tech firms are spending more than ever on #lobbying the #EU amid mounting opposition to the bloc’s digital rules, according to @npub19gkv...xllu. The 733 digital #industry groups registered in #Brussels now spend €151 million a year pushing their interests, up from €113 million 2 years ago. Meta is the overall largest lobby spender in the EU (€10 million). There are now an estimated 890 lobbyists working to shape the tech agenda, up from 699 in 2023.