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Katja Muñoz @katjamunoz.bsky.social · 4d

Sandra Wachter @swachter.bsky.social · 4d

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Trump Administration Providing Weapons Grade Plutonium to Sam Altman

The White House is providing plutonium to Sam Altman's Oklo, one of four US companies chosen to test experimental reactor designs.

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 6d

The European Commission just announced that, under the new DSA rules, researchers will gain access to data from large online platforms. Here's Daphne Keller's take on what the rules have said thus far and what it means for platform accountability research in Europe.

Determining Which Researchers Can Collect Public Data Under the DSA | TechPolicy.Press

The DSA opens important opportunities for researchers collecting publicly available data, but leaves key questions unresolved, writes Daphne Keller.

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Katja Muñoz @katjamunoz.bsky.social · 5d

Such a nice setting to talk about impact in think tanking. Also loved seeing Wiebke again..

DGAP @dgap.org · 6d

Our social media expert @katjamunoz.bsky.social kicks off today’s @wonkcomms.bsky.social breakfast at @bertelsmannst.bsky.social on the topic „Influencing the influencers“, co-organised by Soapbox & our Think Tank Lab.

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 6d

A survey of 16K+ creators in eight countries: 86% use creative GenAI tools, 60% use multiple, 48% use them for ideation, and 52% for creating video and more (Adobe Newsroom)

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 6d

Grokipedia is not a 'Wikipedia Competitor.' It is the antithesis of Wikipedia in every possible way, and it is not going to work:

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Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Everything That Makes Wikipedia Good, Useful, and Human

Grokipedia is not a 'Wikipedia competitor.' It is a fully robotic regurgitation machine designed to protect the ego of the world’s wealthiest man.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 8d

"How Microsoft has managed to avoid disclosing such basic details is baffling. The company in its financial reports identifies OpenAI as an equity-method investment. That means OpenAI, by definition, is a related party of Microsoft under the accounting rules."

Microsoft Needs to Open Up More About Its OpenAI Dealings

The company’s disclosures on its OpenAI stake are scant. That is no longer tenable.

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Katja Muñoz @katjamunoz.bsky.social · 8d

In unserem Beitrag für @internationalepolitik.de beschreiben @kzenner.bsky.social &ich einen 🇪🇺 Weg der digitalen Souveränität - eine wertebasierte Alternative, die sich bewusst vom 🇺🇸 Techno-Kapitalismus & 🇨🇳 Digital-Autoritarismus abgrenzt.

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Europas digitale Zeitenwende

Die Europäische Union braucht eine wertebasierte Grand Strategy für das digitale Zeitalter

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 12d

We are publishing an "Ideas for Europe" series from leading experts on how Europe can turn its sovereignty ambitions into action. In this piece, MEP @alexandrageese.bsky.social asks: Does Europe lack control over the digital infrastructure it depends on?

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Martijn Rasser @martijnrasser.bsky.social · 11d

The Chinese Communist Party’s new five-year plan emphasizes self-sufficiency and advanced manufacturing as a rivalry with America looms large

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China Gears Up for More Tech Confrontation With U.S.

China will seek to become more self-sufficient technologically over the coming five years, the ruling Communist Party said in a new economic blueprint.

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 11d

French lawmakers have voted in favor of a fivefold increase on the taxation of tech giants in France amid ongoing negotiations on the country’s 2026 budget.

French lawmakers vote to hike tax on American tech giants

President Donald Trump has warned he would retaliate against any move that targets U.S. companies.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17d

News Analysis: After President Trump's phone call with President Vladimir Putin of Russia, Trump appeared to express doubts about supplying Ukraine with more powerful weapons.

Putin Plays to Trump’s Ego as U.S. Wavers on Ukraine Aid

After Thursday’s phone call with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, President Trump appeared to express doubts about supplying Ukraine with more powerful weapons.

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NPR @npr.org · 18d

An amateur satellite tracker stumbled across the signal which is coming from Starshield satellites in a "hidden" part of the radio spectrum. n.pr/3WGaS8X

A classified network of SpaceX satellites is emitting a mysterious signal

An amateur satellite tracker stumbled across the signal which is coming from Starshield satellites in a "hidden" part of the radio spectrum.

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Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 18d

My Trade Secrets column today. Trump's been thrashing round with his tariffs for nearly nine months now but the global economy's doing....not too badly?

I look at why, and also note there's a much bigger threat from the AI bubble and the US's renewed addiction to fossil fuels.

The AI bubble is a bigger global economic threat than US tariffs

[FREE TO READ] America’s use of import duties has been constrained by financial markets and economic reality

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Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 18d

The Economist with good reporting on the case - with some reflections from my side.

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The Dutch seize control of Nexperia from its Chinese owner

The most aggressive move yet in Europe’s effort to save its semiconductor industry

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 20d

By capturing our social and economic infrastructure, tech companies have made it difficult for us to take up the question, ”Is this what’s best for us?” The time has come to insist that it is, writes Emily Tucker.

To Have Democracy, We Must Contest Data | TechPolicy.Press

Emily Tucker makes the case for redlines for data, not AI—real limits on corporate data collection to protect democracy and political self-determination.

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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 20d

Really great work by my @cfr.org colleague Matthew C. Waxman on the legality of Trump's "counterterrorism" drone strikes near #Venezuela, finding that the White House "hasn't persuasively made the legal case that cartels are waging a war against the U.S." www.cfr.org/expert-brief...

Armed Conflict? Trump’s Venezuela Boat Strikes Test U.S. Law

The White House may have reason to believe that international drug trafficking is a grave threat to Americans, but it hasn’t persuasively made the legal case that cartels are waging a war against the…

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Katja Muñoz @katjamunoz.bsky.social · 21d

Gerade gestern darüber geredet wie Vertrauen weg von political establishment hin zu Individuen hin migriert und jetzt dieser Artikel… 🚀

taz @taz.de · 21d

Die SPD ist out, aber auch andere Parteien haben es schwer – sogar die AfD. Vier Lehren aus den Bürgermeisterwahlen in Brandenburg am Wochenende.

Bürgermeisterwahlen in Brandenburg: Partei? Nein danke!

Die SPD ist out, aber auch andere Parteien haben es schwer – sogar die AfD. Vier Lehren aus den Bürgermeisterwahlen in Brandenburg am Wochenende.

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 21d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Katja Muñoz @katjamunoz.bsky.social · 21d

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CNN @cnn.com · 21d

This is just the latest twist in a years-long effort to remove the popular video app from the control of its China-based parent company, ByteDance, over concerns that it could put US user data at risk and threaten US national security. https://cnn.it/3J5pVpt

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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 22d

A quiet bombshell in Europe’s tech world

The Dutch government seems to have effectively frozen operations of Nexperia, the Chinese-owned chipmaker, citing national security, according to corporate filing today - via @zichenwanghere

Dutch govt accused of freezing operations of Chinese semiconductor giant's chipmaker Nexperia

Wingtech, the Shanghai-listed parent, denounces what it essentially calls a boardroom coup involving the Dutch government and local executives

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Katja Muñoz @katjamunoz.bsky.social · 25d

Not only denying Trump the Nobel peace prize… but also, saying why…

Reuters @reuters.com · 25d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Katja Muñoz @katjamunoz.bsky.social · 25d

The most powerful tech we have developed ever, but some do the biggest players opt to create - and I know I am exaggerating… but not by much… AI boyfriends / girlfriends or platforms that blatantly violate our personhood rights with safeguards that can be easily bypassed.

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Katja Muñoz @katjamunoz.bsky.social · 25d

My take after playing around with Sora2…

it's disappointing to see this incredibly powerful tool released in this way

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Katja Muñoz @katjamunoz.bsky.social · 26d

Visualizing the infrastructure links of AI … investments carousel has the purpose to reinforce narratives of AI dominance etc.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 26d

Disinformation, now in 3D.

Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 26d

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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