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A few days ago the EU released an updated #PPWR FAQ:
https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/ad14cb8f-8d4f-11f1-9262-01aa75ed71a1

Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) - Publications Office of the EU
Regulation (EU) 2025/401 establishes a harmonised legal framework for packaging and packaging waste across the European Union. Its primary objective is to ensure the smooth functioning of the internal market while significantly reducing the environmental and health impacts associated with packaging throughout its life cycle. By replacing Directive 94/62/EC2, this regulation introduces clearer, stricter, and more uniform requirements for all economic operators and Member States, fostering a tran…

Spotify expands audiobooks to 180 markets, bringing its catalog to 750M users, and adds 350K titles in 120 languages in partnership with 300 publishers (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/07/spotify-expands-audiobooks-to-over-180-mark…

Spotify expands audiobooks to over 180 markets | TechCrunch
Spotify will make 350,000 titles available in over 120 languages for this expansion

Spotify expands audiobooks to 180 markets, bringing its catalog to 750M users, and adds 350K titles in 120 languages in partnership with 300 publishers (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/07/spotify-expands-audiobooks-to-over-180-mark…

Spotify expands audiobooks to over 180 markets | TechCrunch
Spotify will make 350,000 titles available in over 120 languages for this expansion

More Latin American species are surfacing at a Bangkok wildlife market https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/10/more-latin-american-species-are-surfacing-at-a-bangkok-wildlife-market/

More Latin American species are surfacing at a Bangkok wildlife market
More Amazonian species, in larger numbers, are appearing for sale on the other side of the planet in Southeast Asia’s exotic pet trade, reports contributor Gloria Dickie for Mongabay. Over the past two years, Scott Roberton, who leads the countertrafficking program for U.S.-based nonprofit Wildlife Conservation Society, has observed a rise in Latin American species, […]

Viture stellt günstige Display-Brille und USB-C-Dock für Nintendo Switch 2 vor
Viture bringt ein Budget-Modell auf den Markt und bietet neues Zubehör, das die eigenen Display-Brillen mit der Nintendo Switch 2 kompatibel macht.

Viture stellt günstige Display-Brille und USB-C-Dock für Nintendo Switch 2 vor
Viture bringt ein Budget-Modell auf den Markt und bietet neues Zubehör, das die eigenen Display-Brillen mit der Nintendo Switch 2 kompatibel macht.

Marjojen mahtavat ominaisuudet yllättävät – saatko kaikki oikein marjatestissä? #Marjat

Marjojen mahtavat ominaisuudet yllättävät – saatko kaikki oikein marjatestissä?
Marjat ovat superruokaa. Tässä jutussa voit testata tietosi niiden terveysvaikutuksista. Saat myös vinkkejä, miten lisätä marjoja ruokavalioon.

KI-Schäden: Versicherer prüfen Kosten und investieren
Versicherer prüfen, wie KI-Schäden ihre Kosten beeinflussen könnten und investieren gleichzeitig verstärkt in den KI-Markt.
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KI-Schäden: Versicherer prüfen Kosten und investieren
Versicherer prüfen, wie KI-Schäden ihre Kosten beeinflussen könnten und investieren gleichzeitig verstärkt in den KI-Markt.

A record 12.7M graduates are entering China's workforce in 2026 as AI adds uncertainty to an oversaturated job market with a shrinking pool of entry-level roles (Yan Zhuang/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/202…

China’s New Graduates, Facing a Dire Job Market, Must Also Contend With A.I.
A record 12.7 million young people are looking for jobs as the country embraces artificial intelligence — and as the technology begins to upend the work force.

Blockstream's Liquid Network halts new transactions after "purported white-hat hackers" withdrew ~4,000 of the 4,200 bitcoin held in its federation wallet (Omkar Godbole/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/…

North American startup funding hit $92B in Q3, down 35% QoQ but up 50% YoY, with $61B to AI startups; there were 11 $1B acquisitions and IPOs remained quiet (Joanna Glasner/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/q3-2026-north-amer…

North America’s Startup Funding Falls In Q3 As AI Giants Eye The Public Markets
In total, investors poured $92 billion into seed- through growth-stage rounds for U.S. and Canadian startups in the third quarter, per Crunchbase data. That’s a 35% decline from the prior quarter but up 50% from year-ago levels.