Mastodawn

Europe’s $24T breakup with Visa & Mastercard has begun. ECB’s Lagarde warns almost all EU card/mobile payments still run on non‑European rails, sending spending data outside the EU. Now EPI + EuroPA are launching Wero, a pan‑EU wallet for 130M users to pay cross‑border without US networks. A huge shift for payment sovereignty—and data privacy.

#payments #fintech #eu #wero #datasovereignty

https://europeanbusinessmagazine.com/business/europes-24-trillion-breakup-with-visa-and-mastercard-has-begun/

Europe vs Visa & Mastercard: The $24 Trillion Payments Shift

Europe is building its own payments system and reducing reliance on Visa and Mastercard. Here’s why the $24 trillion shift matters now.

European Business Magazine

Bernd Helmle Feb 18

MikroTik Feb 18

Our Android app F-Droid repo is also now listed on our webpage: https://mikrotik.com/download/mobile

Soon we will add other apps and will also remove 3rd party crash analytics.

MikroTik

MikroTik makes networking hardware and software, which is used in nearly all countries of the world. Our mission is to make existing Internet technologies faster, more powerful and affordable to wider range of users.

Bernd Helmle Jan 21

Ralph Ruthe Jan 21

Todeslost, unser Bundeskanzler.

Bernd Helmle Dec 19

PGConf.EU Dec 19

All PGConf.EU 2025 Recordings Are Now Online! https://www.postgresql.eu/events/pgconfeu2025/news/all-pgconfeu-2025-recordings-are-now-online-195/

#pgconfeu #postgresql #database #riga

PGConf.EU 2025

A 3-day, 4-track PostgreSQL conference with a day of community activities and events in Riga, Latvia.

Bernd Helmle Nov 2

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Wilhelm Gere Nov 1

@JamesPadraicR @cstross

This should explain things

Bernd Helmle Oct 28

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Fedora Project Oct 28

Fedora Workstation 43 brings a few niceties like @gnome 49 and a new video player, but also an important change.

With this release, Fedora Workstation will be Wayland only as we finalize the migration to the new display server. It's been a long road getting to this point, but the day has come. Excited to continue to make progress in this space!

➡️ https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-fedora-workstation-43/

#Fedora #GNOME #Linux #Wayland #OpenSource

What’s New in Fedora Workstation 43 - Fedora Magazine

Below are a few noteworthy changes in the latest release of Fedora Workstation that we think you will love. Upgrade today from the official website, or upgrade your existing install using GNOME Software or through the terminal with dnf system-upgrade. GNOME 49 Fedora Linux 43 Workstation also ships with the brand-new GNOME 49 release, bringing […]

Fedora Magazine

Bernd Helmle Oct 24