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  • The government wants to limit freedom of association after the USA's terror label

    Published 17 June 2024 at 09.51 Domestic. After the US labeled the Nordic Resistance Movement (NMR) a terrorist, Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer (M) opens to limit freedom of association, reports Sveriges Radio. Share the article TwittraShare The government was quick to express his support for the US State Department's decision to list NMR and three…

  • One killed in shooting

    Published 18 June 2024 at 06.34 Domestic. A man in his 20s has died after being injured in a shooting in Salem. Share the article TwittraShare The police received a call at 10.42pm on Monday evening about that explosions were heard, and a man was found injured in a wooded area in Salem. At 3…

  • Putin's charm offensive against North Korea

    Published 18 June 2024 at 07.49 Foreign. Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea – for the first time since 2000. The Russian president declares at the same time that Russia supports Pyongyang's fight against the “treacherous” West. Share the article TweetShare Ahead of his trip to North Korea on Tuesday, Putin has written an article…

  • YouTube is testing QR codes for channels and AI summaries of live chats

    YouTube is testing two new features. It will become possible, among other things, to share YouTube channels via QR codes. Users can also have chat conversations from live streams summarized with AI. A banner is added at the top of live chats with a summary of recent conversations. It appears automatically when users open a…

  • 'European Commission wants to sue Apple and Meta for violating DMA rules'

    The European Commission plans to sue Meta and Apple for not complying with the rules of the Digital Markets Act. Reuters writes this based on insiders. It would be the first time that the EC has charged companies for this reason. The European Commission wants to announce the preliminary results of the investigation into Meta…

  • openSUSE Leap 15.6

    OpenSUSE Leap version 15.6 has been released. Leap 15 is based on SUSE Linux Enterprise and should therefore combine the stability of an enterprise edition with the versatility of a community-driven operating system. In openSUSE Leap 15 we find, among other things, a new partitioner, Firewalld is used for the firewall, there is a new…

  • Sigil 2.2.0

    Version 2.2.0 of Sigil has been released. Sigil is an open source e-book editor with extensive features that is being developed for Windows, Linux and macOS. The program can import both EPUB and HTML files, including formatting and images. Full support is provided for both EPUB 2 and EPUB 3. It can also generate a…

  • Crime in Malmö dropped during Eurovision

    Published 17 June 2024 at 12.15 Domestic. The police are satisfied with their work during Eurovision in Malmö. Only one man was arrested and detained on suspicion of crimes connected to the event, and otherwise fewer crimes were committed than usual. Share the article TwittraShare With upwards of 100,000 visitors in Malmö during Eurovision week,…

  • Woman who gave birth demanded to be called “Dad” – reports discrimination

    Published 17 June 2024 at 14.56 Domestic. A woman who claims to be “transman” was nevertheless called “mother” in the medical record after giving birth. Now the Discrimination Ombudsman, DO, Region Sörmland, reports Södermanland's Nyheter. Share the article TwittraShare In connection with the birth at the Nyköping hospital, the staff at the hospital respected the…

  • Ukrainians are to start being registered in the population register

    Published 17 June 2024 at 15.49 Domestic. The EU countries have agreed to extend the mass migration directive until March 4, 2026. As a result of the announcement, the Tax Agency can start registering Ukrainians who have had a residence permit with temporary protection for at least two years and plan to continue living in…

  • Swedish classrooms messiest in Europe

    Published 17 June 2024 at 16.55 Domestic. Problems with mess, noise and lack of study in the classroom are commonplace for many of Sweden's students and teachers. Statistics from the OECD show that Sweden is the country in Europe with the worst classroom discipline. Share the article TwittraDela Swedish schools have major problems with both…

  • Rod Stewart pays tribute to Zelenskyi – gets booed

    Scroll for video… Published 17 June 2024 at 18.11 Cultural news. British pop star Rod Stewart paid tribute to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj during a concert in Leipzig, Germany – and was booed by the audience. Share the article TwitterShare During the performance in on Friday, wearing a yellow shirt and a blue blazer, Stewart…

  • AP: law that allows the government to proactively point out benefits must be clearer

    The bill that allows Dutch government agencies to approach people who are entitled to benefits or allowances still needs changes. This was stated by the Dutch Data Protection Authority after assessing the bill. With the so-called SZW Proactive Services Act, the UWV, the SVB and municipalities can exchange data to check whether people may miss…

  • The province of South Holland must draw up an action plan to improve cybersecurity

    The Dutch province of South Holland must draw up an action plan on how to improve cybersecurity within the province. A motion to this effect by JA21 was unanimously adopted by the Provincial Council of South Holland. State member Luuk Wilson of JA21 submitted the motion and pointed to the accountant's report on the 2023…

  • Meta rolls out audio codec MLow to WhatsApp

    Meta is rolling out its new audio codec Meta Low Bitrate, or MLow, to WhatsApp. It is already available in Instagram and Messenger. The codec should make it easier to make audio calls on poor internet connections. Meta previously used the open-source codec Opus from 2012 for audio calls. However, the sound quality of MLow…

  • Microsoft closes easily exploitable vulnerability in Outlook

    Microsoft has patched a critical vulnerability in Outlook in its June Patch Tuesday update. The remote code execution flaw can be exploited without any user interaction required. The vulnerability in question, tracked as CVE-2024-30103, was discovered by researchers at security firm Morphisec. The flaw allows attackers to execute proprietary code on affected systems, which can…

  • Former NSA chief joins OpenAI's board of directors

    Paul M. Nakasone, the former head of the US National Security Agency, has joined OpenAI's board of directors. Nakasone will also contribute to the company's cybersecurity. Nakasone previously served as a general in the US Army. Between 2018 and February this year he was the director of the NSA. At OpenAI, Nakasone will not only…

  • Photo that won third place in AI photo competition turns out to be a real photo

    Photo competition 1839 Awards had a category for the best AI photo this year. Third place was won by a special photo of a flamingo hiding its head. However, there was a problem: the photo was taken by a photographer and was therefore not generated by AI. The photographer, who works under the alias Miles…

  • Belgian company wants to use Vision Pro as a 'guide dog'

    The Belgian company In The Pocket and the Dutch expertise center for the blind and partially sighted, Royal Visio, are working together on a proof of concept. They are investigating whether the Apple Vision Pro headset can help people with visual impairments navigate. With the right software and adjustments, the Vision Pro could be a…

  • AOC introduces two budget 4K monitors with IPS panels

    AOC has released two 4k monitors: the U27B3A and the U27B3AF. These monitors have a 27″ IPS panel with a refresh rate of 60Hz and a UHD resolution of 3840×2160 pixels. The U27B3A has a suggested retail price of 249 euros and the U27B3AF costs 259 euros. In general terms the U27B3A and the U27B3AF…

  • More convicted Iranians want to avoid prison after Kristersson's dictatorship deal

    Published 16 June 2024 at 10.22 Foreign. Ulf Kristersson has released the torturer Hamid Noury ​​in a prisoner exchange with Iran to bring home the imprisoned Swedish citizens Johan Floderus and Saeed Azizi. Now more Iranians want to avoid prison and feel “discriminated” by the Swedish government. Share the article TwittraShare The Iranian KI researcher…

  • Middle-aged woman arrested for pub rape

    Published 16 June 2024 at 12.02 Domestic. During Saturday night, the police were called to a restaurant in Luleå where a 35-year-old woman allegedly committed a sexual assault, alternatively rape, SR P4 Norrbottensnytt reports in its 10:30 broadcast. < h2>Share the article TwittraShare – A woman was taken on site for questioning and later arrested…

  • Gets 8.5 million in parachute for “Ausländer raus”

    Published 16 June 2024 at 13.45 Domestic. MP David Lång (SD) will not be in any trouble after he left the Riksdag as a result of his singing efforts at SD's EU election vigil. The politician is covered by old generous rules that make it possible for ex-politicians to live as high contributors – for…

  • Kristersson: “Don't understand” the immigrant criticism

    Published 16 June 2024 at 14.57 Domestic. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) doesn't care much for the criticism directed at him from SD and various immigrant groups after the prisoner exchange with Iran. – I don't really understand, he says to Godmorgon världen on the radio's P1. Share the article TwittraShare SD has criticized that Sweden…