NIS2 can unlock Europe’s AI potential – new research reveals a readiness gap   www.linkedin.com/pulse/nis2-c...

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How steep is Trump’s democratic backsliding? - www.ft.com/content/b474... via @FT

‘There’s no way my daughter would have jumped’: why are so many Turkish women falling to their deaths?

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La tentation confusionniste de Sophia Chikirou, candidate LFI à Paris www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran...

‼️That's CRAZY :50c again in AUSTRALIA and on the Southern coast The mother of all heat waves of the Southern Hemisphere is just getting wilder with these insane records: 50.0 Port Augusta 49.7 Tarcoola 49.6 Woomera 48.3 Coober Pedy 🌡️5 consecutive days >49C! and more tomorrow

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What the US TikTok takeover is already revealing about new forms of censorship | Paolo Gerbaudo

@johnspringford.bsky.social au @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social, estime que cet écart de PIB représente une perte de revenus équivalente à 2000 livres (2100 francs suisses) par habitant et un manque à gagner en recettes fiscales de 40 à 80 milliards de livres (42 à 84 francs suisses).

There a drive across Republican-run states to legislate what is taught and to punish those professors and students who speak of prohibited ideas

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The slopaganda era: 10 AI images posted by the White House - and what they teach us

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Despite waves of sanctions, shadow tankers have chugged along, allowing Iran and Russia, now the biggest user, to ship crude to China and India. Now this flotilla faces a perfect storm

The unsettling truth revealed by the attempted attack on Ilhan Omar www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Ma grand-mére est décédée dimanche matin et voici ce qui devrait vous inquiéter pour vos proches et toutes celles et ceux que vous aimez: -dans son EPADH depuis novembre, les décès s'enchaînent. Bronchiolite, grippe, COVID. -au fil des mois, le personnel a baissé. Les résidents étaient "calmés" à ⤵️

Le calvaire d'une adolescente de 15 ans tombée dans le piège tendu par quatre mineurs: "Ils ont tout filmé" www.lalibre.be/internationa...

The Minneapolis debacle - © Chappatte in The @bostonglobe.com Globe via @globeopinion.bsky.social 👉 www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/28/o...

Berlin fait plier Paris sur la souveraineté numérique www.linkedin.com/pulse/berlin...

Why does China want so many aircraft-carriers? It is becoming clearer that the country aspires to be top gun far beyond its shores

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NEWS: Sergey Brin is making a $20 MILLION donation in California politics, his most significant and visible political investment ever. The Google co-founder is going to play in the 2026 midterms. Comes just after he left California over its wealth tax. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...

The recent assault on Rep. Ilhan Omar shows what University of Chicago professor Robert Pape already knew: America’s new era of violent populism is already here.

Are we now in a police state? Not quite. The right to protest and challenge Trump’s reign of violence remains. But Trump, Miller, and the rest are attempting to smother opposition to the point they’re justifying and whitewashing the brazen murders of American citizens.

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China’s AI models are world-class. Yet revenue from Chinese consumers and businesses is negligible. Difficult times lie ahead

Microsoft had pledged to save water. But now, driven by the artificial intelligence frenzy, the tech giant is projecting that water use at its data centers will more than double by 2030 from 2020, including in places that face shortages.

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Les États-Unis basculent, la France au bord du précipice www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran... @mediapart.fr

Yale recently joined several U.S. colleges and universities with programs that provide free tuition for undergraduate students from families who fall below a certain income threshold. Here’s how it works.

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EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas called for replacing unanimity with qualified majority voting on EU foreign and security policy, saying vetoes slow decisions and prevent Europe from acting with the needed speed. #EU