The most basic living costs, like housing and utilities, increased up to four times faster than wages across Europe last year, new Eurostat data shows. Average hourly wages increased by 4.4% across the EU in 2022, according to data published by the EU’s statistics agency.
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Technological Lag as Geopolitical Risk: Historical Lessons
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You can't ignore it Historically countries and regions that end up technologically behind get conquered by enemies See the effects of NOT industrializing during Qing dynasty while Europe did, they ended up conquered by European powers for almost 100 years (1840s-1940s roughly),
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Virtual Worlds Bridge Digital and Physical Reality Experiences
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It's because virtual worlds are created and experienced by real people, which means the experiences they offer are directly tied to our everyday reality.
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Hipertextual spreads false news story in AI coverage
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A Hipertextual se le escapa una noticia falsa.
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Convincing Europeans to Address AI Problems for Better Solutions
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More like convince Europeans they have a problem so they can fix it, as a European
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Social Media Removes Context From AI Discussions
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Social media is a giant context removal machine.
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Breaking European Mindset: Techno-Optimism and Progress
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Yep, that's why I'm incessantly tweeting about it Break the European mind To then teach it the ways of techno-optimism and progress And we save our European land
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Europe leads global AI regulation while lagging in development
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https://
economist.com/europe/2023/12
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Portugal May Block Initiative With Associated Costs
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Probably Portugal will block it as they always do and you have to pay yes
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EU social security sustainability threatened by corporate competitiveness gaps
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Paying for social security in EU will become unaffordable if there is not money made by European companies long term because they can't compete with the rest of the world