🔔 Deadline 9 April! Join @ECMWF 's 2026 Code for Earth: tackle challenges in data visualisation, machine learning & software development, plus a dedicated Africa stream, many leveraging #C3S & #CopernicusAtmosphere data.

Details:
🔴 https://climate.copernicus.eu/ecmwfs-code-earth-2026
🔵 https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/ecmwfs-code-earth-2026

You can also explore the challenges on GitHub 👉 https://github.com/ECMWFCode4Earth/Challenges_2026

#CodeforEarth

QGIS 4.0 Norrköping is released!

The wait is over! We are pleased to announce the new major release of QGIS 4.0. Installers for Windows, Linux, and Mac are already out.

What's new? On the surface, existing users should expect to engage with a QGIS experience familiar to what they have come to know and love from previous releases. Under the hood, however, 4.0 introduces significant changes to maintainability and usability.

http://blog.qgis.org/2026/03/09/qgis-4-0-norrkoping-is-released/

#osgeo #GISChat #OpenSource

During last year's national elections, I volunteered in the campaign activities of #GroenLinksPvdA. With so many volunteers, keeping track of areas covered and with which flyers can be a real challenge.

To help with that, I built the "Brievenbussen App" using #QGIS & @merginmaps. #OpenSource tools that align perfectly with the values of our political party.

Yesterday, we piloted the app with volunteers in Rotterdam, ahead of the municipal elections on 18 March. First experiences were positive!

Dutch university to start handing out only Fairphones to employees, instead of buying iPhones or Samsung.

source: https://tweakers.net/nieuws/243746/radboud-universiteit-geeft-werknemers-fairphone-smartphones-als-werktelefoon.html

#BuyFromEU #Europe #EU #FairPhone

We are happy to announce that the QGIS User Conference 2026 will take place on 5–6 October 2026 in Laax, in the heart of the Swiss Alps.

https://blog.qgis.org/2026/01/08/qgis-user-conference-2026-in-laax/

Tailwind CSS has had to layoff 3 out of 4 developers due to impact of AI on their business.

Their business model is to upsell to their paid UI components from their developer docs. But AI usage has caused traffic to their docs to drop -40% and revenue has dropped -80%. Like StackOverflow, another casualty of AI coding tool adoption.