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Niklas Fagerström

@niklasf.bsky.social
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Reporter at the public broadcaster YLE in Finland, specializing in science, health and technology. City, University of London graduate.

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Niklas Fagerström @niklasf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Talouselämä: Analyysi: Google teki silmänkääntötempun: Uutta sähköä ei tule www.talouselama.fi/uutiset/a/eb...
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Google teki silmänkääntötempun: Uutta sähköä ei tule
Markkinointiosasto asetteli sanansa tarkasti, mutta uutta sähköä ei Suomeen Googlen datakeskusten mukana tule, eikä sitä luvattukaan. Pahoin pelkään, että korulauseet spinnasivat pyörälle myös kipeäst...
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Ryan Hisner @ryanhisner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Mink farming is a massive pandemic risk. It's insane that they are allowed to exist. Now we have an active H5N1 outbreak on a mink farm, & "state officials have no clear plan to rein it in." Imagine if uncontrolled H5N1 transmission in mink were allowed in a research lab...
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Niklas Fagerström @niklasf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
AI hotar ännu inte jobben: ”Men ungas oro är befogad” yle.fi/a/7-10105725
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AI hotar ännu inte jobben: ”Men ungas oro är befogad”
Trots stora förväntningar har generativ AI i allmänhet haft bara liten effekt på sysselsättningen i Finland, enligt ny forskning.
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Niklas Fagerström @niklasf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Därför varnar tunga AI-namn för att mänskligheten kan utplånas yle.fi/a/7-10105189
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Därför varnar tunga AI-namn för att mänskligheten kan utplånas
Ledande personer inom AI-branschen vill bromsa AI-utvecklingen. Flera finländska forskare bedömer ändå att de mest extrema scenarierna är överdrivna.
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Niklas Fagerström @niklasf.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Jag var med i Nyhetspodden i dag och talade om AI - bland annat om AI som fuskar, ljuger och låter bli att informera oss människor arenan.yle.fi/1-78531009
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AI kan fuska, ljuga och bedra för att hjälpa dig – vem är ansvarig då? | Nyhetspodden
AI-agenter blir allt vanligare. De kan ta fram information och göra uppgifter som människor ber om. Men de kan också hallucinera, bluffa, ljuga och stjäla. Särskilt när pressen ökar har det visat si...
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Linus Larsson @linuslarsson.se · 09/09/2026
Och så här ser det ut i Finland. yle.fi/a/7-10104938
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Google investerar 13 miljarder euro i datacenter i Finland och köper kärnkraft i Lovisa
Det handlar om bolagets största enskilda investering i Europa.
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Niklas Fagerström @niklasf.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
World's first patient to undergo live AI-assisted brain surgery has tumour removed
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First patient to have brain surgery with real-time AI assistance
Without brain surgery guided by live AI assistance, Rhys Hibbert could have lost his sight to a tumour.
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Niklas Fagerström @niklasf.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Så här kan du kontrollera vilka vaccinationer du har fått yle.fi/a/7-10103974
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Så här kan du kontrollera vilka vaccinationer du har fått
Den senaste tidens mässlingfall i Sverige har fått många att fundera på vilka sjukdomar de fortfarande har gott vaccinationsskydd mot.
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Niklas Fagerström @niklasf.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Nytt vaccin kan stoppa återfall i hudcancer yle.fi/a/7-10103825
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Lyndsey Layton @lyndseylayton.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Amazon had pledged to be net zero by 2040. It just invested in what could be the largest source of climate pollution in the U.S.
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New Amazon Data Center Stokes Worry It Would Be the Most Polluting Power Plant in the U.S. (Gift Article)
The tech giant is investing in the natural-gas-burning power plant as part of a huge data center in Texas, even as it pledges to honor climate commitments.
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Niklas Fagerström @niklasf.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Anthropic pledges to embed watermarks to help discern AI slop in sop to EU www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/20...
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Anthropic pledges to embed watermarks to help discern AI slop in sop to EU
EU rules cited as reason for effort to trace AI output ancestry
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Niklas Fagerström @niklasf.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Här byggs Europas digitala självständighet från de amerikanska techjättarna yle.fi/a/7-10100370
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Här byggs Europas digitala självständighet från amerikanska techjättarna
EU vill göra Europa självständigt från amerikanska teknologijättar på grund av säkerhet och dataskydd. I Tyskland har arbetet pågått redan i fyra år.
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Niklas Fagerström @niklasf.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Meta becomes latest firm to say its AI hacked another company www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Europeans have spent the last year and a half pleading with Trump to impose sanctions on Russia. But if the Senate bill is approved, they might soon regret their wish. The bill, with its sweeping tariff powers, vague wording and weak oversight, risks backfiring. My Sunday read.
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US Senate bill on Russia sanctions risks backfiring against Europe
A sanctions bill making its way through the US Senate risks handing Donald Trump a powerful tool to slap tariffs on allies and adversaries alike. #EuropeNews
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Niklas Fagerström @niklasf.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
China Rewrites the ‘Soft Power’ Playbook for the A.I. Age www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/b...
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China Rewrites the ‘Soft Power’ Playbook for the A.I. Age
China is seeking global influence and good will with its open, low-cost artificial intelligence software.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
New from 404 Media: a company is selling tons of old books specifically to AI companies and says they have a strong NDA to never reveal which AI company bought all of the books. They don't want headlines of 'we scanned and destroyed millions of books for AI' www.404media.co/ai-companies...
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AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop
ISBNdb, a company that sources printed books for AI companies to turn into training data, tells clients “the optics problem is real.”
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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 21/07/2026
Microsoft and Mistral sign a multibillion-dollar deal to build European data centers and integrate Mistral models into Foundry, Copilot Studio, and Azure Local (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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MacRumors.com @macrumors.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Apple Just Increased Prices: Here's What's Changed
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Apple Just Increased Prices: Here's What's Changed
Apple today increased Mac and iPad prices dramatically across the board. After temporarily taking it down earlier today, Apple's online store is back up with a series of product price increases. The changes are as follows: * MacBook Neo: $699, up from $599 * Mac mini: $799, up from $699 * Mac Studio (M4 Max): $2,499, up from $1,999 * Mac Studio (M3 Ultra): $5,299, up from $3,999 Last week, Apple announced that it was preparing to raise prices across its product lineup, with CEO Tim Cook confirming that that the move was inevitable. Cook made the announcement in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, citing the soaring cost of memory and storage chips. "Unfortunately, price increases are unavoidable," he said. "We're doing our best to mitigate the huge increases that are being passed to us, and we've been trying to shield our customers from the increases, but the situation has become unsustainable." Cook described the scale of the memory shortage as a "hundred-year flood," adding, "I've never seen anything like it in any area in over 40 years." Apple has historically absorbed component cost swings rather than passing them on to customers, so this marks a notable shift in approach. More to follow...Tag: Apple Store This article, "Apple Just Increased Prices: Here's What's Changed" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
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Niklas Fagerström @niklasf.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
WHO declares Ebola outbreak in DR Congo, Uganda a global health emergency www.msn.com/en-us/health...
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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
WHO has declared the #Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). First time this has been done without consulting an emergency committee. Extraordinary move that speaks to how concerning the facts on the ground look right now
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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
WHO chief reassures Tenerife residents ahead of hantavirus cruise ship arrival
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WHO chief reassures Tenerife residents ahead of hantavirus cruise ship arrival
"This is not another Covid," Tedros Ghebreyesus tells islanders before MV Hondius docks on Sunday.
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Niklas Fagerström @niklasf.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
BBC confirms David Attenborough to return for Blue Planet III in 2026 www.radiotimes.com/tv/documenta...
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Niklas Fagerström @niklasf.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
King and Queen lead tributes for David Attenborough's 100th birthday www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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David Attenborough: King and Queen lead tributes for 100th birthday
The royal couple shared photographs of Sir David and wished him a very happy birthday.
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Natasha Loder @natashaloder.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Without the BBC the truth will be a fight between competing narratives. We undermine it at our peril.
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timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
As of 16:45 BST today, wind is providing one third of all UK energy - and the wind is free. www.energydashboard.co.uk/live
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Live GB Electricity Generation, Carbon Intensity & Demand – Energy Dashboard
Real-time half-hourly data on GB electricity generation, renewable vs fossil fuel mix, power flow visualisation and carbon intensity from National Grid.
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Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Von der Leyen thinks the EU should learn lessons from the Orbán era: "I think moving to qualified majority voting in foreign policy is an important way to avoid systemic blockages, as we've seen in the past. And we should use the momentum now really to move forward on that topic."
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 05/04/2026
Two weeks ago, the Hungarian opposition was bracing for a false flag operation, an "emergency" that would allow Viktor Orban to turn the tide or even cancel an election he is losing. Now it appears to have arrived
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Niklas Fagerström @niklasf.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Närmare månen än jorden. Läs om den pågående rymdfärden: yle.fi/a/7-10096223
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Astronauter nu närmare månen än jorden
Planerna på en permanent månbas är realistiska, säger rymdexperten Kristine Dannenberg.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
We are seven months away from the most consequential midterm election in US history. Meanwhile, we are fighting a war. These are the structural conditions for a coup attempt in which a president tries to nullify elections and take permanent power as a dictator. snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-c...
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The Next Coup Attempt
And How to Stop It
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Someone needs to tell the American people what's going on in the Pentagon, and it obviously won't be Pete Hegseth, who is at war with America's senior military officers. My latest: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Hegseth’s War on America’s Military
Someone needs to explain the Pentagon purges to the American people.
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Niklas Fagerström @niklasf.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Kallas ja Tusk ihmettelevät Trumpin Nato-puheita www.hs.fi/maailma/art-...
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Nato | Kallas ja Tusk ihmettelevät Trumpin Nato-puheita
Puolan pääministeri Donald Tusk näkee Trumpin Nato-puheissa ”Putinin unelmasuunnitelman”.
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Niklas Fagerström @niklasf.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Kauppalehti: Kommentti / Donut Labin mediapeli sotii viestinnän etiikkaa vastaan www.kauppalehti.fi/uutiset/a/ef...
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Donut Labin mediapeli sotii viestinnän etiikkaa vastaan
Donut Lab käytti aprillipäivää hyväkseen julkaisemalla videon, jossa irvaillaan ja trollataan kaikkia. On hyvin vaikea nähdä, että se lisäisi ainakaan luottamusta yritykseen. Viestinnän eettisen neuvo...
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Niklas Fagerström @niklasf.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Ukraina moukaroi Suomen lähialueita – tämä tiedetään tuhoista Venäjän öljysatamissa www.is.fi/ulkomaat/art...
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Ukraina moukaroi Suomen lähialueita – tämä tiedetään tuhoista Venäjän öljysatamissa
Reuters arvioi viime viikolla, että ainakin 40 prosenttia Venäjän öljynvientikapasiteetista on ollut pysähdyksissä lennokki-iskujen vuoksi.
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
From a year ago...
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Corporal Frisk @corporalfrisk.com · 24/03/2026
Ah, what a coincidence! 🙃
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a man and a puppet are standing next to each other and the puppet says " lucky day i guess "
ALT: a man and a puppet are standing next to each other and the puppet says " lucky day i guess "
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Niklas Fagerström @niklasf.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Om du missade: Vaccin mot bältros kan minska risken för demens, visar ny forskning yle.fi/a/7-10075580
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Vaccin mot bältros kan minska risken för demens, visar ny forskning
Har du vaccinerats mot bältros? Då är det fullt möjligt att du har betydligt lägre risk att insjukna i demenssjukdom.
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Natasha Loder @natashaloder.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Longevity influencers tell millions to take rapamycin, sit in hyperbaric oxygen chambers, blast themselves with red light therapy, and take 50+ supplements daily. Meanwhile something that cuts dementia risk by 20% is invisible. overmatter.substack.com/p/your-anti-...
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 06/03/2026
Today, Europe’s energy system is cleaner, much more diverse - and much more stable than a few years ago. Yet the developments in the Middle East remind us once again of the risks of relying still too much on fossil fuels.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
This is interesting. But it is more interesting that Trump is rewarding Moscow for doing this by helping Russia sell oil, repeating Russian propaganda points, and senselessly burning through weapon stocks. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Russia is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces, officials say
The targeting information has included the locations of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East, the officials said.
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
It's pretty plausible as a scenario that after having inflicted chaos the Trump administration seizes the first opportunity to declare victory and walk, leaving EU/UK, Turkey and Gulf states holding the bag
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Trump has told four different journalists completely contradictory things about his aims. It's going to be over in three days or four weeks... it's about regime change but he also wants to start talks again with the current regime...he's killed all the possible replacement leaders... Total chaos.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 27/02/2026
America's media consolidation nightmare. CBS, CNN, HBO, MTV, Warner Bros, Paramount, TikTok, SpongeBob ... How much media can any one billionaire family control? And what happens when so much culture gets captured and politically reshaped?
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NPR @npr.org · 21/02/2026
NASA says an "interrupted flow" of helium to the rocket system could require a rollback to the Vehicle Assembly Building. If it happens, NASA says the launch to the moon would be delayed until April. n.pr/4qO41a2
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NASA's Artemis II lunar mission may not launch in March after all
NASA says an "interrupted flow" of helium to the rocket system could require a rollback to the Vehicle Assembly Building. If it happens, NASA says the launch to the moon would be delayed until April.
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Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
This Hungarian veto is poised to trigger outrage because: - The loan was agreed at the highest level by EU leaders - Hungary secured an opt-out through enhanced cooperation - Ukraine needs the money no later than April - Von der Leyen and Costa will be in Kyiv next week for the fourth anniversary
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Niklas Fagerström @niklasf.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Suomi voi ajautua kaaokseen, jos yhdysvaltalainen jätti ei noudata sopimuksiaan – keskeiset digipalvelut halvaantuisivat yle.fi/a/74-20210924
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
"Europeans who found comfort in the misdirection perpetrated in Munich that all is well in the transatlantic alliance may find themselves slowly losing not only their reassurance, but also their dignity." www.policymagazine.ca/marco-rubios...
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Marco Rubio's Munich Speech Should Not Assuage Europe - Policy Magazine
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s Valentine's Day speech at the Munich Security Conference should do nothing to mollify a Europe still aghast over Vice
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Melissa Chemam @melissaontheroad.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
And another bites the dust? The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
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Niklas Fagerström @niklasf.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Tiktokin omistajan uusi lanseeraus on pelottavan tehokas, varoittavat asiantuntijat www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/ar...
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Tekoäly | Tiktokin omistajan uusi lanseeraus on pelottavan tehokas, varoittavat asiantuntijat
Tiktokin omistajan uusi lanseeraus aiheuttaa pelkoa Hollywoodissa ja mainostoimistoissa.
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Niklas Fagerström @niklasf.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Snart kan politiker bestämma om dina personuppgifter, varnar dataombudsmannen yle.fi/a/7-10093207
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Snart kan politiker bestämma om dina personuppgifter, varnar dataombudsmannen
Ditt namn, din adress, ditt surfbeteende. Vem bestämmer vad som ska skyddas?
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Niklas Fagerström @niklasf.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Mistral’s revenues soar over $400mn as Europe seeks AI independence
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Mistral’s revenues soar over $400mn as Europe seeks AI independence
French start-up is riding a growing wave of demand from European businesses for alternatives to US tech
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