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NHS England cancels £300m Digital Pathways Framework
Would have modernised GPs with interoperable systems
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4269294/nhs-england-cancels-gbp300m-digital-pathways-framework

NHS England cancels £300m Digital Pathways Framework
NHS England (NHSE) has scrapped a £300 million project aimed at modernising GP services.

Telegram launches Stars, a new in-app currency for the purchase of digital goods and services in Telegram mini apps; developers can convert Stars into TON (Sander Lutz/Decrypt)
https://decrypt.co/234246/telegram-ton-linked-stars-currency-toncoin-…

Telegram Launches TON-Linked 'Stars' Currency After Toncoin Hits All-Time High Price
Developers of mini apps on Telegram will now be able to sell digital goods and services for Stars, which can be converted into Toncoin.

How New Zealand's Stuff is using a sentiment tracker, which asks readers for their response to stories, and a softer explainer-style for contentious stories (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digita…

News avoidance: Publisher rewrites journalism rulebook for most contentious stories
New Zealand's Stuff dropped the inverted pyramid structure for its "most contentious" stories as part of its battle against news avoidance.

Der in Artikel 40 Digital Services Act verankerte Forschungszugang weckte große Hoffnungen, aber die Umsetzung im Digitale Dienste Gesetz enttäuschte: der Artikel 40 kommt dort weiter nicht vor, Akkreditierungsfragen sind nicht wirklich gelöst und ein Forschungsetat von 300.000 € beim Digital Services Coordinator ist auch - überschaubar. Hier kann man aber auf dem laufenden bleiben:

Technological Perspective on Digital Sovereignty
Matthias Stuermer
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.03266 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2406.03266<…

Technological Perspective on Digital Sovereignty
This report for the attention of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) makes a scientific contribution in the context of postulate 22.4411 "Digital Sovereignty Strategy for Switzerland" by Councillor of States Heidi Z'graggen. The report shows what digital sovereignty means from a technological perspective and what activities are currently being carried out in this regard in Switzerland and abroad. It also provides strategic directions and specific recommendations for a future "Swiss…

I miss the old Sony

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.17451 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csNI_…

Wireless Network Digital Twin for 6G: Generative AI as A Key Enabler
Digital twin, which enables emulation, evaluation, and optimization of physical entities through synchronized digital replicas, has gained increasing attention as a promising technology for intricate wireless networks. For 6G, numerous innovative wireless technologies and network architectures have posed new challenges in establishing wireless network digital twins. To tackle these challenges, artificial intelligence (AI), particularly the flourishing generative AI, emerges as a potential solut…

Q&A with Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins on running the world's foremost open source intelligence agency, AI-generated content, legal accountability, and more (Samanth Subramanian/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-lead-army-of-digital-sl…

Q&A with Bellingcat's Eliot Higgins on how being declared a foreign agent by Russia has affected his work, helping lawyers use open source evidence, and more (Samanth Subramanian/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-lead-army-of-digital-sleu…

Sources: Bakkt, Intercontinental Exchange's digital-asset marketplace launched in 2018, explores a sale, after issuing a going concern warning earlier in 2024 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20