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Lady Gaga bomb plot: Thwarted plan lifts veil on the gamification of hate and gendered nature of online radicalization

Open Data Editor in Action: Streamlining data governance and unlocking the potential value of urban data in Croatia

The City of Zagreb was able to reduce error-resolution time, comply with open data standards and foster a culture of data literacy across different city offices in the capital of Croatia
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W&R Talk: Admissible Inference for the Structure of the Covariance Matrix in High Dimensions

The Quantitative Economics Division of the Department of Economics cordially invites you to the W&R Talk entitled “W&R-Gastvortrag: Admissible Inference for the Structure of the Covariance Matrix in High Dimensions“.
Speaker: Professor Werner Ploberger, Thomas H. Eliot Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, USA
When: Wed. June 18, 2025, 14:00-15:30

Ivana Feldfeber: ‘There is no evidence that more technology makes people better’

DataGénero co-founder joins us for the fifteenth #OKFN100, a series of conversations with over 100 people about the challenges and opportunities facing the open movement
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Iran’s Morality Police Use AI to Track Women. Here's How to Stop Them.

Quasiteilchen auf der Oberfläche von Halbleitermagneten entdeckt

Alexey Chernikov und sein Team sind auf den Nachweis optischer Quasiteilchen mit ultraschneller Mikroskopie spezialisiert. Jetzt konnten sie gemeinsam mit internationalen Forschenden ein neues Quantenphänomen sichtbar machen: Sie haben leuchtende Quasiteilchen – Exzitonen – auf der Oberfläche eines Halbleitermagneten gefunden. Bislang wusste man nur, dass sie innerhalb solcher Materialien entstehen können. Für ihre Entdeckung untersuchten die Forschenden die nur wenige Atomlagen dünnen Kristallschichten des antiferromagnetischen Quantenhalbleiters Chromium-Sulfid-Bromid (CrSBr).

Hubland-Mensa wieder in Betrieb

1.050 Sitzplätze, verteilt auf gut 2.000 Quadratmeter, bis zu 4.200 warme Mahlzeiten am Tag und ein Angebot, das so gut wie keine Wünsche offenlässt: Das sind die Rahmendaten der Mensa am Hubland, die seit Montag, 19. Mai, wieder Studierende und Beschäftigte von Universität und Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften mit Essen und Trinken versorgt.

Comparing Apples to Oranges

Open Data Editor in Action: Empowering local government staff across municipalities in Nepal

Open Knowledge Nepal was able to cut error-resolution time from weeks to hours and audit 40+ datasets across 5 municipalities, enabling public servants to validate data independently.
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AI Investments in the Gulf: Opportunities and Surveillance Risks

Methodology

All findings and analyses were developed through the review of publicly available information, including online articles, research papers, investment announcements, and news reports. 

Thinking Face Emoji #1: Girlboss, Through the Years with The Hmm and Sam Cummins

Cyberbullying linked to PTSD in children

Bildung für Alle, von Allen und mit Allen

In Volkshochschulen (VHS) lernen Menschen Fremdsprachen für den nächsten Urlaub, probieren neue Rezepte in Kochkursen oder besuchen Yogakurse für Seniorinnen und Senioren. Doch das ist längst noch nicht alles: die VHS ist weitaus vielfältiger. Tatsächlich sind Volkshochschulen nämlich wichtige Träger der Erwachsenenbildung in Deutschland. So haben rund 900 Einrichtungen im Jahr 2021 insgesamt 285.920 Kurse angeboten mit einem großen Themenspektrum, das weit über Kochen, Sprachen und Sport hinaus reicht.

Neuerscheinung: FlexKapGG | Flexible-Kapitalgesellschafts-Gesetz

Hartlieb, Franz | Kulnigg, Thomas | Simonishvili, Zurab (Hrsg.)

Knapp ein Jahr nach Einführung der Flexiblen Kapitalgesellschaft wird das FlexKapGG durch ein renommiertes Autor:innenteam umfassend und tiefgehend kommentiert, wobei erste Praxiserfahrungen aus dem ersten Jahr des Bestehens der FlexKap eingearbeitet sind.
Die breite Fächerung der Autor:innen garantiert eine ganzheitliche Betrachtung aus unterschiedlichen Blickwinkeln, was eine durchgehende Durchdringung der Materie und ein tiefgreifendes Verständnis für Praktiker:innen ermöglicht.

Criminal Polter Narc receive arrow video limited edition 4K UHD and Blu-ray publication

Arrow has announced that neo-noir crime thriller Narc On July 7, 2025, you will receive a Limited Edition 4K UHD and Blu-Ray publication in Great Britain.
A natural successor to the violent thrillers of the 1970s, director Joe Carahna's breakthrough Narc Bring the genre into a new era and set the standard for modern cop drama with its coarse -grained, relentless tone and style.

Steelers Stock Watch – WR Scotty Miller

Player: WR Scotty Miller
Share value: Up
Argumentation: With the Steelers trade George Pickens, WR Scotty Miller has at least the chance to make the team's list. If they kept him, Miller seemed to be quite significantly outside of the cadre. Although he still doesn't do the team, there is a fairly clear way after trade. And with picking, you could use more speed that it can offer.

As you can see Braves at Red Sox (May 18): Stream MLB Live, TV channel

The Boston Red Sox will organize the Atlanta Braves for the rubber match final in its first series of season for the rubber match.

Lily Phillips now has a complete music video and my toes curl

Why is there a song that is dedicated to your butt?

These are the shoes that look best with the trend shorts of summer

Even those who usually linger shorts at all costs this summer could succumb to Bermuda fever, since the long shorts movement quickly gains dynamics and (thanks to the latest weather) welcomes new recruits every day. Longline -Denim shorts have become unofficial fashion Editor uniform from 2025, but what to wear shoes can require careful consideration because they are not always the simplest piece.

2 killed, missing at least 1 after the train in North-ohio pedestrians meets news-newsherald

Fremont, Ohio – Two people were killed and at least one person was missing after several pedestrians were driven by a train in Northern Ohio, the authorities said.
The group was hit on Sunday evening in Fremont near the Eriesee between Toledo and Cleveland, reported WTOL TV.
The mayor of Fremont Danny Sanchez confirmed two deaths and informed reporters that they were a 58-year-old woman and her 38-year-old daughter. He said a toddler was injured and the missing person was a 5-year-old child. He said the crews searched the Sandusky River near the Miles Newton Bridge.