Another thing about the Fediverse which I really love is that the scope of data collected about me is exclusively things I choose to share. No hundred page long list of data points being sold to the highest bidder.

#Fediverse #data #privacy

The first four months of 2025 have marked a record-breaking surge in #China’s #online #sales of #digital #products, with #smart #technology and #eCommerce #integration driving unprecedented #growth. According to the latest government #data, digital #product #sales climbed 8.4% year-on-year, fueled by skyrocketing demand for smart #robots and #home #automation #systems. https://cnbusinessforum.com/chinas-digital-product-sales-surge-as-smart-tech-and-e-commerce-boom/

Another cool website that shows different visualization of population data.

#cool #website #data #population #tinywebsite #Tech

https://www.maximiliankiener.com/neighbors/

#China’s national #railways are #powering ahead in 2025, with #freight #volumes climbing steadily as the country strengthens its #logistics #backbone. From January to April, #railway moved a staggering 1.3 billion tonnes of #goods, #marking a 3.6% increase compared to the same period last year, according to the latest #Chinese #data.
https://cnbusinessforum.com/chinas-rail-freight-surges-in-early-2025-fueling-economic-growth/

Change is coming.

#gdpr #privacy #data #eu #bigtech #regulation #digitalsovereignty

GDPR is cracking: Brussels rewrites its prized privacy law

https://www.politico.eu/article/brussels-gdpr-technology-rewrites-prized-loathed-privacy-law/

#China’s #economy continues to #demonstrate steady #momentum as #retail #sales of #consumer #goods, a key measure of domestic #demand, grew by 5.1% year-on-year in April 2025, according to the latest #data from the National Bureau of #Statistics (NBS). The figures #highlight the #resilience of consumer #spending amid #global #economic uncertainties, reinforcing China’s #role as a driving force in global #consumption. https://cnbusinessforum.com/chinas-consumer-market-shows-resilient-growth-as-retail-sales-climb-5-1-in-april/

#Global #carbon #emissions by #country

#NorthAmerica #SouthAmerica #Europe #EU #Africa #Asia #China #CN #UnitedStates #US #India #IN #Russia #RU #Brazil #BR #Indonesia #ID #Japan #JP #Iran #IR #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #FossilFuels #co2 #climate #world #international #pollution #emission #graphics #data #DataViz

#otd #startrek #thenextgeneration #secondchances #picard #riker #troi #laforge #data #worf #drcruhser #thomasriker #maejamison #startrek58 @trekcore

#China’s #industrial #sector continues to show robust #growth, with value-added industrial #output rising 6.1% year-on-year in April, according to the latest #data. The figures #highlight a strong performance across #key #sectors, particularly #HighTtech #manufacturing and #equipment manufacturing, which saw double-digit growth, #reinforcing the country’s push toward #advanced industrial #development. https://cnbusinessforum.com/chinas-industrial-output-surges-in-april-led-by-high-tech-and-equipment-manufacturing/

DumPy: NumPy except it's OK if you're dum

https://dynomight.net/dumpy/

#HackerNews #DumPy #NumPy #dum #programming #humor #data #science

Webinar Recording From Aspen Digital: Balancing #Fairness and #Privacy in #Data Collection https://www.aspendigital.org/blog/fairness-and-privacy-in-data-collection/

European Commission Seeks Views on the Use of #Data to Develop Artificial Intelligence https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-seeks-views-use-data-develop-artificial-intelligence ||| Call For Evidence https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14541-European-Data-Union-Strategy_en #ai

So: Written sentences in English are getting shorter

and this isn't some "TV and screens" thing

it's been going on for *centuries*

Item #2 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter, free to read and subscribe to here: https://buttondown.com/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-35-diasimocracy-four-loko-collectors-and/

#language #data #history

Learn why keeping data in the EU is important.

https://www.infobits.io/blog/cloud-providers-eu-vs-us

#privacy #data

@HannahRuschemeier
Würde den Artikel gerne lesen, die Website meint aber bzgl. Ablehnung/Annahme der #cookies :

"Please make a selection for the following #data #processing:
Data processing by advertising providers including personalised #advertising with profiling
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Die Ironie geht dabei nicht verloren :)

"The Department of Government Efficiency said on social media this week that five surveys costing $16.5 million that are conducted by the statistical agency for other federal agencies have been 'terminated' but didn’t specify which ones. Some of the questions on the eliminated surveys asked about alcohol consumption and the frequency that respondents used the internet in their home, according to the post."

https://apnews.com/article/census-bureau-doge-federal-surveys-fe560e377be69e913660a6d90c1ee419

#PublicHealth #census #data #DOGE #USpol

Canine Waste Dispensers
Source: https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/5npv-j6gn
#nyc #data #dataviz

An interesting article that highlights how difficult it can be to be "private" in our modern time. It shows that privacy is seen as a luxury instead of right.

#privacy #data #moderntimes

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/extreme-personal-data-privacy-protection/682867/?gift=201cWZnM2XBz2eP81zy0pNQmVUbkEoRhVbNYae_fh8Y&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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https://overland.org.au/2025/05/data-visits-like-a-minor-god/

#data #diabetes

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