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Sales of second-hand electric cars in Sweden 🇸🇪 have risen by 51%, whilst sales of diesel cars have fallen by 20%. In fact, 25% more second-hand electric cars were sold than diesel cars.
https://alltomelbil.se/rusning-efter-begagnade-elbilar-upp-51/

Rusning efter begagnade elbilar – upp 51% – Allt om Elbil
Försäljningen av nya elbilar ökade med nästan 30 procent i mars. Men när det kommer till begagnade elbilar är ökningen ännu större. På begagnatmarknaden

Nach Drohnenangriff: AWS schwört Nahost-Kunden auf lange Ausfallzeit ein
Ein Drohnenangriff im März legte zwei AWS-Regionen lahm. Bis der Betrieb regulär weiterläuft, könnte es noch lange dauern.
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Nach Drohnenangriff: AWS schwört Nahost-Kunden auf lange Ausfallzeit ein
Ein Drohnenangriff im März legte zwei AWS-Regionen lahm. Bis der Betrieb regulär weiterläuft, könnte es noch lange dauern.

Google launches Gemma 4, its "most intelligent" open model family, purpose-built for advanced reasoning and agentic workflows, under an Apache 2.0 license (The Keyword)
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/gemma-4/

Gemma 4: Byte for byte, the most capable open models
Gemma 4: our most intelligent open models to date, purpose-built for advanced reasoning and agentic workflows.

This is a fantastic write up from someone very anti AI who took a large chunk of time to really use and experience using it. A great write up of what many of us feel.
Well worth the long read by @…
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The Funeral of Handwriting: What We Lose When the Hand Stops Moving
In 2010, the Common Core State Standards Initiative dropped cursive instruction from its recommended curriculum. The decision arrived without ceremony. No public debate, no period of mourning, no recognition that a cognitive practice stretching back to the Sumerian reed stylus was being retired from American education. Forty-one states adopted the standards. Cursive, along with its slower sibling…

The Funeral of Handwriting: What We Lose When the Hand Stops Moving | David Boles, Blogs
In 2010, the Common Core State Standards Initiative dropped cursive instruction from its recommended curriculum. The decision arrived without ceremony. No public debate, no period of mourning, no r…

Is there a good video* on microfilm/microfiche and the various readers? Ideally a video that shows how to use a reader, what formats there are and what to look for when buying a reader. Perhaps with some recommendations for specific models.
*usually I prefer written articles, but in this case "hands-on" demonstrations are better

Detektivarbeit, die süchtig macht: Wörther Familienforscher erzählen
#Wörth. Wer waren meine Vorfahren? In Wörth haben sich Ahnenforscher zu einem Stammtisch zusammengetan. Zu entdecken gibt es viel, auch totgeschwiegene Familiengeheimnisse oder verborgene Schicksale.

Rossmann testet ersten humanoiden Roboter in der Logistik
Die Drogeriekette Rossmann testet einen humanoiden Roboter an ihrem Logistikstandort nahe Hannover. Der Roboter kann eigenständig seine Batterien wechseln.

xAI launches Grok 4.3, featuring "always-on reasoning", 1M token context window, and low API pricing, and releases a voice cloning suite called Custom Voices (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)
https://venturebeat.com/technology/xai

Pretty sure I just got my first AI-bot spam question about an item I have listed on eBay.
The account was from 2017 and had 0 feedback.
If you're a seller on eBay, I recommend not answering "weird" questions and immediately block the account via the buyer blocking feature. (https://www.ebay.com/bmgt/BuyerBlock)