In this week’s episode: 🇳🇱 The Netherlands makes stricter rules on aviation emissions 💨 World Vapers’ Alliance is back in Strasbourg (w/ Michael Landl) 🚗 European Parliament supports petrol car ban You can follow Michael Landl on Twitter @LandlMichael. Check out World Vapers’ Alliance February 16, 2023 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: […]
In this week’s episode of ConsEUmer: 💸 The EU considers its options in response to the Inflation Reduction Act ⚕️ Proposed Commission changes on patents are a bad idea (w/ Fred Roeder) 🧪 What makes us afraid of chemicals? (w/ Dr. Angela Bearth) You can follow Dr. Angela Bearth on Twitter @a_bearth, or on her […]
L’Union européenne veut réagir aux subventions américaines de la pire façon qui soit, mais certains pays se sont heureusement déjà opposés à cette solution… La loi sur la réduction de l’inflation (Inflation Reduction Act/IRA) – nouveau programme de relance économique et environnementale aux Etats-Unis – est un mauvais texte de loi, et pas seulement parce […]
If you’re connected to Wi-Fi while reading this article, you might be interested in testing your internet speed, which you can do with a simple online search to check your download speed. The highest median download speed in the United States is in Minnesota, with 100 megabytes per second, which is great for all work and […]
We’re back from Davos! In this week’s episode: 🌱 What’s the future of the EU Farm to Fork strategy? 🎵 Tick-tock for TikTok (w/ Zoltán Kész) 🌐 The importance of browsers (w/ Kush Amlani) Zoltan quoted on TikTok: https://dailynewshungary.com/will-tiktok-be-banned-in-the-eu-and-hungary/ Mozilla research on browser competition: https://research.mozilla.org/browser-competition/ February 2, 2023 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: […]
It is episode 100 of the ConsEUmer podcast! Happy birthday to us! Joining us this week as a co-host is Fabio Fernandes! These are our topics: 🪫 New consumer electronics tech presented at the ESC in Las Vegas 🎶 Does Netflix’s “The Playlist” tell the whole story on Spotify? You can follow Fabio Fernandes on […]
Dans quelle mesure devons-nous être prudents lorsque nous adoptons des solutions technologiques chinoises ? TikTok est la star incontestable des réseaux sociaux actuellement, attirant plus d’utilisateurs nouveaux et de longue date que n’importe lequel de ses concurrents. L’entreprise chinoise a mis au point un algorithme qui permet aux utilisateurs de rester « accrochés » pendant des heures […]
The Biden administration has released an updated security memorandum, which outlines the threats to the American agricultural system, as well as ways to address them. “To achieve this, the Federal Government will identify and assess threats, vulnerabilities, and impacts from these high-consequence and catastrophic incidents – including but not limited to those presented by CBRN […]
In this week’s ConsEUmer episode: 🇮🇪 Alcohol labelling rules in Ireland upset France, Spain and others 🇫🇷 French opposition bemoans effects of new ETS2 rules 🇭🇷 How does Croatia take the Euro? (w/ Ivan Bertović) Follow Ivan Bertović on Twitter @ivbertovic. January 12, 2023 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: […]
Dans une société moderne, dépendante d’un Etat omniprésent dans nos vies, la résistance à l’Etat est plus difficile que jamais. La polarisation de la politique est devenue la pierre angulaire de toute analyse politique soi-disant intelligente. Chaque cycle électoral est couvert d’un vaste éventail de commentateurs qui nous disent que nous sommes de plus en […]
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