Democratic and authoritarian countries are competing to see which of them can carry out mass surveillance most and best (worst).
https://mullvad.net/en/why-privacy-matters/state-mass-surveillance
That's not the competition we want...
#privacy #offrehacked

FIFA World Cup AI: The data workers powering football analytics - Rest of World
https://restofworld.org/2026/fifa-world-cup-ai-data-workers/?utm_source=Rest+of+World+Newsletter&utm_campaign=38cc6d3098-row-newsletters-global_2026-06-23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-38cc6d3098-446333518
Human annotators in Brazil, Cambodia, and the Philippines are tracking every movement in the football tournament for teams, broadcasters, and the betting industry.
#ai #enshitification #offrehacked

VPN ban update for UK households as government looks at 'age-gate' - Birmingham Live
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/vpn-ban-update-uk-households-34141063
New VPN rules are set to be issued by the Labour Party government as part of the under-16 social media ban. The government has not revealed any plans to regulate them, but ministers have said details about action alongside the social media ban, including regarding VPN use, will come in July.
UK just making "The children of Men" into RL. #privacy #offrehacked

Swiss Parliament Lifts Ban on New Nuclear Power Plants
https://www.bluewin.ch/en/news/switzerland/parliament-lifts-ban-on-new-nuclear-power-plants-3257535.html
Parliament Lifts Ban on New Nuclear Power Plants After Marathon Debate
The construction of new nuclear power plants is set to become possible again in Switzerland. Following the Federal Council and the Council of States, the National Council now shares this view. On Thursday, it approved the counterproposal to the Blackout Initiative. #energy #nuclear #politics #offrehacked

Microsoft's new Outlook takes 10 seconds to do what Outlook Classic does instantly on Windows
https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/06/15/microsofts-new-outlook-takes-10-seconds-to-do-what-outlook-classic-does-instantly-on-windows/
New Outlook takes 10 seconds to go from notification to the respective mail #software #microsoft #enshitification #offrehacked

GPT‑NL: a sovereign language model for the Netherlands
https://www.tno.nl/en/digital/artificial-intelligence/gpt-nl/
With GPT‑NL, TNO - together with SURF and the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) is building an independent Dutch language model and ecosystem. This strengthens the digital autonomy of the Netherlands and Europe, and provides a solid foundation for responsible AI applications.
#ai #digitalsouvereignty #offrehacked

It's an economical war.
#Econom #crime #eu #offrehacked
Albania Is Not for Sale: Kushner's $4 Billion Resort Triggers 'Flamingo Revolution', Asset Freeze and an EU Warning
https://www.yacnews.com/albania-is-not-for-sale-kushners-4-billion-resort-triggers-flamingo-revolution-asset-freeze-and-an-eu-warning/
Anti-corruption prosecutors have frozen developer accounts as people nationwide demand the cancellation of a Trump family-linked megaproject carved from protected wetlands.

[SECURITY]: Malicious npm releases detected across `@redhat-cloud-services/` scope · Issue #492 · RedHatInsights/javascript-clients
https://github.com/RedHatInsights/javascript-clients/issues/492
#software #security #offrehacked