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Jon S. von Tetzchner@jon@vivaldi.net

RE: social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi/11

Unfortunately, day 2 of Web Summit has been cancelled due to weather. I had so looked forward to this talk, but not this time. However, I have two more talks on Thursday and I hope those of you at Web Summit will attend those instead. We are also having a press conference Thursday, so we’re staying busy. And you should stay tuned.

Vivaldi SocialVivaldi Browser (@Vivaldi@vivaldi.net)We're at the Web Summit conference this week! There's definitely a lot of AI enthusiasts here, but we're here to let people know that not all tech companies are the same. On our first talk tomorrow, titled "Vivaldi VS Goliath", our CEO @jon will explain the reasoning behind our decision not to bund…
Jon S. von Tetzchner@jon@vivaldi.net

Same day as our release of Vivaldi for your computer, we release an update for Vivaldi on your phone. Massive update this time, with an update to the tracker and ad blocker, but also other significant improvements on both iOS and Android. On iOS we have improved speed a lot. On Android we have a new media controls.

Enjoy!

vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-on-mo

Vivaldi BrowserVivaldi 8.3 for Mobile: A faster, cleaner web in your pocket | Vivaldi BrowserVivaldi 8.3 for Mobile brings the redesigned Ad and Tracker Blocker to Android and iOS, smarter media controls for Android, and a massive performance upgrade on iOS.
Jon S. von Tetzchner@jon@vivaldi.net

Big release for us at @Vivaldi. This release is for your computer and includes a rather big update to the tracker and ad blocker.

Are you ready to move away from Big Tech? It is time.

vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-on-de

Vivaldi BrowserVivaldi 8.3 for Desktop: make bad ads sad | Vivaldi BrowserVivaldi 8.3 is bad news for bad ads. A rebuilt Ad and Tracker Blocker puts you in charge of what gets through, one site at a time, and vertical tabs get even better.
Jon S. von Tetzchner@jon@vivaldi.net

This year the @Vivaldi team visited Siglufjörður as part of our yearly visit to Iceland. Parts of the team live in Iceland, but other members of the team live in Norway and around Europe.

It is great to spend quality time together. I feel lucky to work with such a dedicated team, who have common, shared values.

We have a lot of cool stuff coming up, which I look forward to sharing with you!

Siglufjörður
Aral Balkan@aral@mastodon.ar.al

Hey, @EUCommission, fuck you too.

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On Wednesday, EU Member States approved a change to the GDPR that would put the profit-making interests of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and SpaceX over European's fundamental right to data protection. According to the approved text, processing personal data “in the context of AI” should automatically be lawful. In particular, Big Tech would be able to use all personal data collected over the past decades with virtually no restrictions, as long as this happens “in the context” of AI. Schrems: “Under the agreed text, the profits of AI companies would typically trump European’s fundamental right to privacy. This is nothing but a digital expropriation of Europeans.”

noyb.eu/en/ai-eu-member-states

noyb.euAI: EU Member States approve “digital expropriation” of Europeans for AI companiesOn Wednesday, EU Member States passed a highly controversial change to the GDPR, creating massive loopholes for AI