Mastodawn

Almost 50 cities in France have already done away with paid tickets... "Nearly three million people in France can now use urban public transport without paying a fare. That number is likely to grow after the municipal elections... given the proliferation of proposals to make urban transport at least partially free."

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2026/03/12/french-cities-steady-march-toward-free-public-transport_6751388_19.html

French cities' steady march toward free public transport

Ahead of the municipal elections, candidates across the country have promised fare-free transport. Almost 50 cities have already done away with paid tickets, compared to just six before the 2000s.

Le Monde

Robert Wetzlmayr 🇪🇺4d ago

c't Magazin 4d ago

GrapheneOS & Co.: Mit Custom-ROMs mehr Datenschutz für Android | c’t uplink

Das eigene Smartphone soll keine Petze mehr sein? Wie man den Datenschutz von Android mit und ohne Custom-ROMs verbessert, erklären wir in c’t uplink.

https://www.heise.de/news/GrapheneOS-Co-Mit-Custom-ROMs-mehr-Datenschutz-fuer-Android-c-t-uplink-11210085.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Android #ct #ctuplink #DigitaleSouveränität #IT #Journal #LineageOS #news

GrapheneOS & Co.: Mit Custom-ROMs mehr Datenschutz für Android | c’t uplink

Das eigene Smartphone soll keine Petze mehr sein? Wie man den Datenschutz von Android mit und ohne Custom-ROMs verbessert, erklären wir in c’t uplink.

heise online

Robert Wetzlmayr 🇪🇺6d ago

Open Web Advocacy 6d ago

In a significant win for smaller browsers, the open web, and the 🇪🇺EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), Google has agreed to place the browser selected through the EU browser choice screen directly in the Pixel homescreen hotseat (replacing Chrome).

https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/google-backs-down--will-grant-hotseat-in-eu-browser-choice-screen/
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Google Backs Down: Will Grant Hotseat in EU Browser Choice Screen - Open Web Advocacy

Open Web Advocacy

Robert Wetzlmayr 🇪🇺Mar 6

TIL „Weißt du”, sagte er, „Kartografen haben jahrhundertelang erfundene Orte in ihre Karten eingebaut. Trap Streets. Wenn jemand die Karte kopierte, konnte man es beweisen.” Er machte eine Pause. „Aber nur, wer das Gebiet kannte, erkannte die Fälschung.”

„Trap Streets” ... sind bewusst fälschlich eingezeichnete Straßen oder Orte, die in Wirklichkeit nicht existieren. Ein Wasserzeichen für Landkarten sozusagen. Dieser Satz lässt mich nicht mehr los. /via https://barbarageyer.substack.com/p/ki-fachkompetenzschwelle

KI-Fachkompetenzschwelle

Zur Kritik des kritischen Denkens

KI in Lehre und Weiterbildung

Robert Wetzlmayr 🇪🇺Mar 2

GrapheneOS Mar 2

We're happy to announce a long-term partnership with Motorola. We're collaborating on future devices meeting our privacy and security standards with official GrapheneOS support.

https://motorolanews.com/motorola-three-new-b2b-solutions-at-mwc-2026/

Motorola News | Motorola's new partnership with GrapheneOS

Motorola announces three new B2B solutions at MWC 2026, including GrapheneOS partnership, Moto Analytics and more.

Global Blog

Robert Wetzlmayr 🇪🇺Mar 2

"Do you want to be a wedding photographer? = Do you want to spend every Saturday night as the only sober person in a hotel ballroom?"

https://www.experimental-history.com/p/face-it-youre-a-crazy-person

#fotografie

Face it: you're a crazy person

OR: why your brain needs a boxcutter

Experimental History

Robert Wetzlmayr 🇪🇺Mar 1

Per Axbom Mar 1

Developer making use of Google Fonts? Don't.

You could try Bunny Fonts.

"Easily integrate Bunny Fonts into your website with a Google Fonts drop-in compatible API. But without the tracking!"

https://bunny.net/fonts/

Bunny Fonts | Explore Faster & GDPR Friendly Fonts

Take complete control of your privacy and speed up your web applications with Bunny Fonts that help make the internet faster, safer, and GDPR compliant!

bunny.net

Robert Wetzlmayr 🇪🇺Feb 25