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The EU Has Cut Red Tape for Finding Out Who You Are Online

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vlgr Sep 11, 2026

The EU Has Cut Red Tape for Finding Out Who You Are Online

Europe has finally found some bureaucracy it would like to remove. Unfortunately, it was standing between a prosecutor and the person who wrote a comment online.

Austria Bans School Headscarves, Forgets Most Teachers Aren’t Dumbledore

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vlgr Sep 9, 2026

Austria Bans School Headscarves, Forgets Most Teachers Aren’t Dumbledore

Austria has banned Islamic headscarves for schoolgirls under 14. The Foreign Funded Islamic Organisations are Outraged. Opponents provide instructions for delaying enforcement, parents reportedly being assured the fines will be paid. Teachers asked to police this between mathematics and lunch.

OpenAI Solves a Century-Old Math Problem Using a Method Previously Known as “The Customer”

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vlgr Sep 9, 2026

OpenAI Solves a Century-Old Math Problem Using a Method Previously Known as “The Customer”

OpenAI says its AI has cracked a famous mathematics problem. Researchers who put their unpublished work into its tools would like to know how much of the intelligence was artificial.

The EU is securing a peaceful Arctic from the deck of a 35-year-old ship that almost wasn’t there

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vlgr Sep 7, 2026

The EU is securing a peaceful Arctic from the deck of a 35-year-old ship that almost wasn’t there

Trump’s push for American control of Greenland has given EU a reason to explain how they intend to secure it. Ursula von der Leyen has a forthcoming strategy and a 35-year-old Danish patrol ship whose sister vessel could not deploy for lack of sailors. Greece might recognise the level of reassurance.

Ukraine Just Got More Expensive for Europe.

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vlgr Sep 5, 2026

Ukraine Just Got More Expensive for Europe.

The Biden administration supplied Ukraine with billions of dollars in American weapons. Donald Trump has now concluded that this may have been an accounting error and says Washington intends to collect the bill after all.