"Bureaucrats in Brussels" are unfairly challenging Apple's closed ecosystem and denying users the "magical, innovative experience" that makes the firm unique, Apple said.

The so-called walled garden that combines Apple's products and software ensures a safe and high quality experience for users, it says, but EU regulators counter that it unfairly shuts out rivals.

Apple steps up war of words with European regulators

‘Unfair’ EU rules are delaying features for European users, the tech giant says.

^{Lily Jamali (BBC News)}

FIAB Federazione Italiana Ambiente e Bicicletta, aderente a ECF European Cyclist's Federation, attraverso le associazioni locali tra le quali FIAB L'Aquila, persegue obiettivi di salvaguardia dell'ambiente urbano ed extraurbano e di promozione dell'uso della bicicletta, sia per gli spostamenti in città che per la pratica del cicloturismo.

FIAB L'Aquila fa advocacy nei confronti delle Amministrazioni Locali per ottenere interventi e provvedimenti a favore della circolazione sicura e confortevole della bicicletta e, più in generale, per migliorare la vivibilità urbana attraverso la realizzazione di strade e piste ciclabili, di provvedimenti di moderazione del traffico, di politiche di incentivazione, di uso combinato bici+mezzi collettivi di trasporto, ed altro.

L'associazione ha sempre cercato un dialogo costruttivo con gli enti locali senza distinzione di colore politico alcuno.
FIAB ha creato il progetto Comuni Ciclabili che valuta il grado di ciclabilità dei comuni, vale a dire quell’insieme di infrastrutture e azioni che li rendono adatti ad essere vissuti e visitati in bicicletta.

Inoltre FIAB L'Aquila organizza iniziative, eventi e manifestazioni per chi va in bicicletta e sviluppa proposte e progetti per promuovere il cambiamento verso l’utilizzo di comportamenti quotidiani sostenibili e un utilizzo sempre più diffuso della bicicletta. Tra gli eventi più importanti a carattere nazionale ci sono Pedalare Resistere Pedalare, Bimbimbici, la Settimana Europea della Mobilità; si contano numerosi altri eventi solo locali come corsi, convegni, gite cicloturistiche urbane ed extraurbane, progetti soprattutto nelle scuole e nelle aziende.
La certificazione “Azienda Bike Friendly” (CFE-ITA) per l’Italia, all'interno di un Consorzio di 16 partners europei, consente alle aziende di misurarsi con l’unico standard europeo volontario per le sedi lavorative.

FIAB L’Aquila crede fermamente che la bicicletta è uno degli strumenti per il miglioramento ambientale, sociale, economico, della salute e della sicurezza, che contribuisce alla vivibilità della città di cui ogni cittadino ha diritto e necessità.

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Given the following homomorphism (morphism, analogy) between microblogs like Mastodon and the forumverse:

I wish to interact with microbloggers as a piefed user. Piefed could render microblog posts that contain a hashtag as a forum post within a "community" named by this particular hashtag. Also, microblog accounts could be viewed like regular user in piefed.

Pros: Lemmy posts and communities are visible and subscriptable in Mastodon already. Piefed should support

Cons: Re-interpreting microblog posts as forum entries could lead to some misunderstandings which again lead to defederation. But I cannot think of any.

Human rights group says hundreds of skeletons found exposed or buried just below ground during research into killings of civilians

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Mass grave reveals scale of unlawful killings by Egyptian army in Sinai, say campaigners

^{Kaamil Ahmed (The Guardian)}

The S$13 billion programme has reached more than 20 million recipients so far.

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Indonesia urged to halt free school meals plan after mass food poisoning

The S$13 billion programme has reached more than 20 million recipients so far. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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The Israeli military has arrested more than 360 medical and health workers in the Gaza Strip since the outbreak of the war on 7 October 2023, according to a report released Sunday by the Palestine Centre for Prisoners’ Studies. The group said at least four detainees have died in custody as a result of torture and medical neglect.

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An Israeli drone strike killed five people, including three children, in the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil on Sunday, Lebanon’s health ministry said.

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An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3 has awakened a number of people in the San Francisco Bay Area with a sharp jolt.

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The wealthiest New Yorkers are desperately to rally support – and millions of dollars – for Andrew Cuomo to defeat the democratic socialist

How the billionaire class and wealthy landlords are conspiring against Zohran Mamdani

^{Adam Gabbatt (The Guardian)}

Unions put pressure on Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni over backing for Israel.

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Workers stage massive strike across Italy in support of Gaza

^{Hannah Roberts (POLITICO)}

It was the Trump show at the Charlie Kirk memorial, where the US president pushed hate, fear, and downright conspiracy theory

Trump uses Charlie Kirk memorial to brag and spout hate

^{Willem Moore (The Canary)}

Inside the “psychological torture” regime targeting migrants who can't be sent home.

They’ve won in court, but ICE is still detaining and trying to deport them

^{Mother Jones}

Greater unionization rates improve the environment, income equality and public health, according to a new CCPA report.

Unions Improve Social Well-Being Even For Non-Members

^{Adam D.K. King (The Maple)}

The retirement age for airline pilots may be raised from 65 to 67. Is this a sensible change, or does it compromise aviation safety?

Airline Pilot Retirement Age Could Be Raised To 67, And It’s Controversial

^{Ben Schlappig (One Mile at a Time)}

LinkedIn is preparing to switch on generative-AI training that draws from European members’ data, setting November 3, 2025 as the go-live date. The company says it will rely on “legitimate interests” as its legal basis and will offer an opt-out so members can refuse use of their data for training—promising that private messages are excluded. The change applies across the EU/EEA, United Kingdom, and Switzerland.

LinkedIn will soon train AI models with data from European users - Hostvix

^{Alex Ivanovs (Hostvix)}

The EU’s Chat Control law would scan private messages and weaken encryption. Sign Mozilla Foundation’s petition to defend privacy and protect our digital future.

Tell the EU: Don’t Break Encryption with Chat Control

^{Mozilla Foundation}

Ukrainian forces targeted a key Russian ammunition depot in Bohdanivka, eliminating precision rounds and drones used by occupying troops in Luhansk.

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Ukraine Destroys Russian Ammo Depot With Over 19,000 Drones and Rare ZUBK14 Tank Missiles

^{Ivan Khomenko (UNITED24 Media)}

Egyptians have expressed outrage after a 3,000-year-old bracelet belonging to an ancient pharaoh was stolen from Cairo's Egyptian Museum and melted down for gold.

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NATO member Poland will not hesitate to shoot down objects that violate its airspace and pose a threat, but will take a more cautious approach to situations that are less clear-cut, the prime minister said on Monday.

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68% of FTSE100 chairs were privately educated. 62% of judges were. 50% of newspaper columnists too. See a pattern, here?

Privately-educated elite still dominate the UK's most powerful roles

^{The Canary}

Hi,

I trying to test two condition together (AND) under bash but it's not working...

The goal is ti have True when two variables are either not set or empty (empty string)

I've tried

if [[ -n VARIABLE1 && -n VARIABLE2 ]]; then
    echo "OK"
fi

Thanks.

Allegations of environmental breaches dog Anglo American’s mining operations. Now the company has been given the go-ahead for plans that communities say risk disaster

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Illness, animal deaths and water shortages: life inside Chile’s polluted ‘sacrifice zones’

^{Grace Livingstone (The Guardian)}

Over the two years until July 2022, Kmart captured the facial data of "tens or hundreds of thousands" of customers at store entrances and return counters

[...] after a three-year investigation, privacy commissioner Carly Kind found Kmart's use of FRT was disproportionate, and the company did not gain consent to use it on shoppers

As part of the finding, Kmart has been ordered not to repeat the practice in the future, and will have to publish a statement on its website within 30 days explaining its use of FRT and the regulator's finding against it

TL;DR: As usual for this sort of thing, Kmart faces no real consequences (not even a fine ffs!). Meanwhile the Australian government is pushing forward with its mandatory age verification laws in spite of (or because of..) huge public backlash. I hate this country

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^{Ange Lavoipierre (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)}