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Rheinmetall to deliver Skyranger counter-drone systems on Leopard chassis to Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/09/rheinmetall-to-deliver-skyranger-counterdrone.html

Starting this week in the U.S., Instagram rolled out a new map view, which you access at the top of the direct-message inbox.
The map, confusingly, combines two forms of location sharing:
First, it includes locations you have actively tagged in recent Instagram stories or posts.
Second, the app nudges you to opt in to a new form of passive location sharing
— letting friends see wherever you last opened the app,
even just to scroll through it.

Many users…

Instagram Map lets your friends, and possibly exes, track your every move
A guide to how Instagram is now sharing your location and how to stop it.

Or even early 50s!
https://fosstodon.org/@saramg/110533658857413797

AI-based satellite survey offers independent assessment of migratory #wildebeest numbers in the Serengeti: https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/4/9/pgaf264/8249339?login=false -> AI satellite survey challenges long-standing estimates of Serengeti wildebeest numbers: https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09-10-ai-satellite-survey-challenges-long-standing-estimates-serengeti-wildebeest-numbers

YES!
GDP growth is effectively dead.The motor is broken.
Now it's time to face reality and share the wealth that is so evidently present.
An economy for life!
#degrowth
Blow to Chancellor as UK economy shrank unexpectedly in May

Blow to Chancellor as UK economy shrank unexpectedly in May
The UK economy contracted unexpectedly in May, marking the second month in a row of falling output and heaping further pressure on Chancellor Rachel Reeves. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 0.1% in May, following a 0.3% drop in April. Most economists had expected the economy to rebound […]

Hoping for a #flare: During the final days of our 2 week observation campaign with #GREGORSolarTelescope on Tenerife, scientists work remote from the “GREGOR Operations Center” at #MPSGoettingen

Temporary order blocks IRS from sharing taxpayer data with ICE
https://www.kark.com/news/politics/temporary-order-blocks-irs-from-sharing-taxpayer-information-with-ice/

#SteadyCommunityContent #KIMissbrauch #Retröt
Undurchsichtige KI-Entscheidungen sorgen für Probleme.
Wie fair sind KI-gestützte Entscheidungen bei der Wohnungsvergabe…

KI bei der Wohnungsvergabe: Diskriminierung durch undurchsichtiges KI-Scoring
Der Fall Mary Louis zeigt: Diskriminierende KI-Scoring-Systeme in der Mietvergabe benachteiligen Menschen. Warum Transparenz und Regulierung nötig sind.

An Adaptive Scoring Framework for Attention Assessment in NDD Children via Serious Games
Abdul Rehman, Ilona Heldal, Cristina Costescu, Carmen David, Jerry Chun-Wei Lin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08353

An Adaptive Scoring Framework for Attention Assessment in NDD Children via Serious Games
This paper introduces an innovative adaptive scoring framework for children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders (NDD) that is attributed to the integration of multiple metrics, such as spatial attention patterns, temporal engagement, and game performance data, to create a comprehensive assessment of learning that goes beyond traditional game scoring. The framework employs a progressive difficulty adaptation method, which focuses on specific stimuli for each level and adjusts weights dynamically t…

🚬 Cars Are Caught in an Endless Cycle of Bigger Screens Nobody Really Likes
https://www.thedrive.com/news/cars-are-caught-in-an-endless-cycle-of-bigger-screens-nobody-really-likes

Cars Are Caught in an Endless Cycle of Bigger Screens Nobody Really Likes
J.D. Power's 2025 Initial Quality Study is out, and infotainment is once again the villain.