Mavytan

And battery tech

I stand corrected on my assumptions about commuting distances in North America.

It would be interesting to see what happens if Dacia tries to establish itself there

Looks like a little, simple car that’s great for city use. The range isn’t too bad for day to day use. It’s probably only a viable option in European cities though

I don’t get how you come to that conclusion. If you properly read the article you would have seen that the €30k limit is for a subsidy/emission reduction scheme by a governmental organization in Italy bringing the car prize down to €3900. That’s far from pushing the people into debt…

I don’t know what typical ranges are for given kWh, but it’s probably worth noting that it’s quite a lightweight car and that number is for city use, i.e. low speed

One more: criminalize data brokers, make it hard to combine data from different sources, make it impossible for one single entity to have access to all your data and create a complete picture of your life.

They really keep trying to ratchet further and further to taking full control over what should be private, with all the negative consequences it has for democracy.

We should push ratcheting in the opposite direction. Start with various levels of crazy and sensible ideas. Make privacy a human right anchored in law with no exceptions, it should not even be possible to propose laws that weaken privacy. Make it a punishable crime to come even close to violaring privacy, put the CEOs and people making the technical implementations in jail. And require encryption to the point that if data is leaked, the data hoster is guilty if the data is readable. If any data is leaked, then the data of the leaker becomes public property. Etc.

If they can go crazy with the proposals to remove any semblance of privacy, then backtrack a little, but not completely, when there’s opposition, then so can we.

They have those… Currently limited to the web app

Not just populating with content, but also create revenue in some way. Otherwise creators won’t post their content there, they have to make a living from whatever platforms they’re on after all

I just briefly went through what’s in the update. It’s mostly visuals and some minor integrations? Or am I missing something?

I think you’re on point with the malicious compliance. Google doesn’t want to give up power and control. Requiring all installations to run through them seems to be their workaround.

He rightfully points out in the video that even if the data isn’t sold, it could still be leaked and then proceeds to show how insecure the camera systems are. This kind of surveillance infrastructure just shouldn’t exist to begin with.

Check out the Collabra Office android app. It probably covers your needs.

What you describe might be true for Canada, but it doesn’t apply to all universities. Many universities have two primary tasks: research and education. These are two separate tasks with overlap.

I do find it understandable if publicly funded universities place restrictions on how many students they accept per program as it’s their duty to give back go society.

Ugh, this shit again…

Are there any initiatives out there to call a stop to this? Or even better, initiatives to introduce legislation that forbids setting up this kind of surveillance infrastructure altogether?

It doesn’t have to be email. Denmark has such a system, called e-boks. It’s essentially your digital mailbox where you can receive most letters from government agencies and banks (no more paper!). Other institutions and companies can use it too (not sure about who can and can’t use, maybe you can send ‘letters’ from one individual to another too?). I think it’s also possible to respond in some cases.

That’s more or less my point. They won’t come out ahead but at least they won’t have to raise the prices as much so they’ll be more completive compared to manufacturers that don’t include electronics

I’m not so sure about that. With tarrifs of over 100%, manufacturers can add over a 100% to the cost of production and still come out ahead… Alternatively they could move production, but that only makes sense to do if it’s cheaper than adding just enough electronics to make the items exempt from tarrifs

Ooh, nice to know!

It impacts the form factor a bit, but in most projects that’s easy to work with