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eu_procurements_alt: EU national procurement networks (2008-2016)
These 234 networks represent the annual national public procurement markets of 26 European countries from 2008-2016, inclusive. Data is sourced from Tenders Electronic Daily (TED), the official procurement portal of the European Union.
This network has 8956 nodes and 13905 edges.
Tags: Economic, Commerce, Weighted, Temporal

Studien: KI senkt Produktivität von Programmierern / Ostdeutsche skeptisch
Betriebe in Ostdeutschland setzen KI weniger ein als westdeutsche Unternehmen. Das muss kein Nachteil sein, weil KI die Produktivität auch senken kann.

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How to slow down a program? And why it can be useful.
https://stefan-marr.de/2025/08/how-to-slow-down-a-program/
saved 2025-08-27

How to Slow Down a Program? And Why it Can Be Useful.
Making programs slower can be useful to find...

Ukraine launches a program to test weapons on the battlefield | News Pulse: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/18/ukraine-launches-a-program-to.html

CAIDA Ark now has an active measurement programming environment for qualified researchers. https://www.caida.org/projects/ark/programming/

Getting Started: Ark Integrated Active Measurement Programming Environment
CAIDA’s Archipelago (Ark) infrastructure provides a programming environment

This week, the France-based ArianeGroup aerospace company announced that it had completed the integration of the
Themis vehicle,
a prototype rocket that will test various landing technologies, on a launch pad in Sweden.
Low-altitude hop tests,
a precursor for developing a rocket's first stage that can vertically land after an orbital launch,
could start late this year or early next.

After a very slow start, Europe’s reusable rocket program shows signs of life
Although Themis is making progress, the program is several years behind schedule.

New study: 60% of the world’s land area is in a precarious state, putting at risk the ability of the plant world to acquire enough energy through photosynthesis to maintain the material flows of carbon, water and nitrogen that support the ecosystems.
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60 percent of the world’s land area is in a precarious state
15.08.2025 – A new study maps the planetary boundary of “functional biosphere integrity” in spatial detail and over centuries. It finds that 60 percent of global land areas are now already outside the locally defined safe zone, and 38 percent are even in the high-risk zone. The study was led by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) together with BOKU University in Vienna and published in the renowned journal One Earth.

Apple sues Jon Prosser and Michael Ramacciotti over iOS 26 leaks, alleging a plot to access Apple employee's iPhone for trade secrets; Prosser denies the claim (Eric Slivka/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/07/17/apple-sues-jon-prosser-ios-26-leaks/

Apple Sues Jon Prosser Over iOS 26 Leaks
Earlier this year, YouTuber Jon Prosser shared multiple videos showing off what he claimed to be re-created renderings of what was then presumed to...

Aboriginal Elders Lead Prescribed Burn–and Rare Orchids Appear by Thousands https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/aboriginal-elders-lead-prescribed-burn-and-rare-orchids-appear-by-thousands/

Aboriginal Elders Lead Prescribed Burn–and Rare Orchids Appear by Thousands
Burned by the cataclysmic bushfires of 2019, a national park called the Barrington Tops exploded in rare veined doubletail orchids.

Kupyansk under pressure: Russian forces use pipelines to infiltrate, strike with guided bombs and artillery: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/19/kupyansk-under-pressure-russian-forces.html