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#digitaltransition

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Co-signatories: @APPLiA_Europe @DIGITALEUROPE @EuroventEU @LightingEurope @Orgalim_EU @TIEtoyEU @forumweee

#CCIAeurope #circular #digitalEU #DigitalTransition #EUdigital #WEEE #Sustainability #TechPolicy

The quirky aspect of the #digitaltransition is that while its just another tech (electricity, wires, silicon etc.) it can encode, process and transmit facets of the social domain like never before.

That has been recognized and has at times given rise to a lot of optimism but it is also borne out by the current dystopia. The gazillionaire #techbros is not what anybody wanted or needed, but their mere existence signals the immense potential for new "social tech" if we ever learn to tap it.

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🎧 @DanielAlvesFCSH foi o convidado do terceiro episódio do Podcast “Digital Transition”, do ICNOVA NOVA FCSH, onde esteve à conversa sobre as #HumanidadesDigitais e o modo como as circunstâncias tecnológicas potenciam ou inibem a produção de saber.

👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHrTPTk8Pcc

#Histodons #HistoryInThePublicSphere #DigitalHumanities #DigitalTransition #HistóriaNaEsferaPública #SciComm #SciComPT

Around the 1:38:00 mark, Pat and Chewie have an intriguing chat about the practical challenges they see in trying to get off corporate social media platforms;

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/pat-brittenden/episodes/BHN-Brooke-Van-Velden-cancels-Equal-Pay-Act--Chris-Hipkins-on-Erica-Stanfords-emails--Luxon-ban-on-under-16s-on-social-media-e32evtg

Challenge accepted! I'm planning a blog post about what they can try out right now, and what we could build if regulation forced corporate platforms to interop with services/ apps offered by smaller competitors and not-for-profit groups.

Suggestions and perspectives welcome.

#SocialMedia #DigitalTransition

The human condition has been shaped by 2D geography: metric distance, barriers to movement, communication and exchange. The #digitaltransition does not eliminate this reality but it does create a new topology, a wormhole from the physical into a networked infoverse en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormhol...

Wormhole - Wikipedia

⚠️ Microsoft Teams Classic is disappearing soon! Don’t get caught off guard—learn how to make the switch smoothly before July 1, 2025. Ensure no disruption to your workflow with these essential tips! #MicrosoftTeams #TechTips #DigitalTransition

https://pupuweb.com/ready-switch-how-avoid-disruption-microsoft-teams-classic-end-july-1-2025/

The decades-long failure of the US to properly regulate its #bigtech is in some sense a more consequential impact than the backward looking MAGA politics, as it derailed the entire #digitaltransition of society. Nobelist Acemoglou urges the EU to grab the moment. www.ft.com/content/2b78...

The US ruled against Google’s ...

You should not need a surveillance device from Apple or Google to access #banking services via mobile devices

Not while physical branches are being deprecated as fast as they can and desktop access is almost 100% via browser software of the same two companies

This unacceptable system-wide bottleneck reveals how shortsighted, disconnected and flawed the regulation of the so-called #digitaltransition

The universe is crying out for an #opensource mobile for the masses that serves vital functions

Rushing to 100% "digitize" the economy and society (e.g. #cashfree, no physical stores, #cloudification etc.) is problematic and risky in the best of scenarios.

When you don't even control control the technologies involved, it goes beyond monumental incompetence and gets into suspicious territory.

The #digitaltransition is an unstoppable force. Like the harnessing of fire, it will empower those who can handle it and turn to ashes those who cannot.

The storied physical bookstores of #amsterdam bundled their energies to create an online presence.

Kudos. If we don't want to turn the planet into a giant automated Amazon warehouse that pushes and pulls our consumption strings we need to support local entities.

NB: In terms of social media presence alas they just feature the usual Meta links. Exception is Athenaeum (it is on #bluesky but not on #mastodon)

https://bsky.app/profile/athenaeum.nl

#buylocal

#digitaltransition

https://athenaeumscheltema.nl/

Tired: Dollarized economy
Wired: Metastasized economy

(where phone=whatsapp and web site=facebook page)

While the EU reluctantly wakes up to its severe dependence on US digital technology (and at least pretends to have a sovereignty ambition), large parts of the world have no such luxury.

Many less developed countries have become de-facto digital colonies, or digital banana republics if you wish, with the "cash crop" being their population.

#digitaltransition
#opensource
#selfsovereign

Microsoft is retiring Skype in May 2025 😱, making way for Teams to take over! If you're still relying on Skype, it's time to prepare for the transition. Here’s everything you need to know to switch smoothly! #Skype #MicrosoftTeams #TechNews #DigitalTransition

https://pupuweb.com/microsoft-to-retire-skype-in-may-2025-teams-takes-over/

The drama and implications of rapid #digitaltransition (and #digitalliteracy corrolary) play at every level of society where human agency is expressed via physical or legal persons

as individuals trapped in the user-as-product paradigm

as small businesses being at the mercy of bigtech algorithms

as large businesses being "disrupted" and hollowed by a tech oligarchy

as the public sector losing its autonomy and sovereignty

"move fast and break things" is the scariest phrase of recent times

Major milestone achieved – end of the transition period. 36 countries are using Phase 5 of the New Computerised Transit System (NCTS) as of Jan 21st, enhancing efficiency & security in Union & Common Transit. #NCTS #DigitalTransition
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91% of transit declarations now use the new NCTS phase 5 system. Remaining countries will transition by 21/01/2025. This represents a major step towards better management & control of goods under Union & Common Transit. #NCTS #DigitalTransition 👉https://europa.eu/!xCMdqc
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https://nitter.privacydev.net/EU_Taxud/status/1879833226627490277#m

Sweden is a nearly cashless society – here’s how it affects people who are left out
#Sweden #World #CashlessSociety #DigitalEconomy #Cash #Tech #SocialImpact #DigitalExclusion #Poverty #Economy #DigitalTransition #UnBankedPeople #CashlessEconomy
https://the-14.com/sweden-is-a-nearly-cashless-society-heres-how-it-affects-people-who-are-left-out/

🌍#ADI #DataCenter #BasqueCountry is building its 'sovereign' #DataCentre in #Mondragon.

This #multistakeholder initiative led by
@enMONDRAGON
supports #DataSovereignty #TrustworthyAI #DigitalTransformation via #AI #IoT #CloudComputing #DigitalTransition

https://www.tulankide.com/eu/adi-data-center-euskadi-bigarren-zentroa-eraikitzeko-prest

#NewBook
Nel volume collettaneo #DigitalTransition and the European #IndustrialPolicy,studiosi provenienti da diversi settori si confrontano sul tema della #PoliticaIndustriale e i suoi sviluppi, soprattutto in ambito europeo. In particolare vengono affrontati i temi della #transizione #digitale e delle #infrastrutture per l’#archiviazione dei #dati, argomenti centrali per comprendere i cambiamenti in atto nelle nostre società⬇️

https://doi.org/10.54103/milanoup.180

#politicaindustriale #transizionedigitale

L'immagine mostra la copertina di un libro dal titolo "Digital Transition and the European Industrial Policy", a cura di Maria Letizia Giorgetti e Lorenzo Zirulia. Casa editrice: Milano University Press

For Karl Tombre, Vice-President for European and International Strategy at Université de Lorraine and a member of EUA’s Expert Group on #Innovation, universities need broad innovation strategies to tackle the immense challenges of this century, but this means looking beyond the technology transfer office and moving past outdated concepts.

Read his #EUAExpertVoices article at https://www.eua.eu/our-work/expert-voices/innovation-is-bigger-than-technology-transfer.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social-mastodon-20-10-2024

#beyondtechnology #GreenTransition #DigitalTransition #TwinTransition #EUAinnovation