Rob van Kranenburg

Author of Statecraft. components to the crossroads
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[Rob van Kranenburg @robvank]

@maychos You make our day.

[Interoperable Europe @InteroperableEU]

📢30 days to go until #SEMIC2026 in Dublin! 🇮🇪

🔍Theme: Interoperable Europe driving #competitiveness.

Explore how interoperability can turn 🇪🇺's digital ambitions into impact, with discussions on #AI, data spaces, #semantic modelling & more!

Register👉https://t.co/sCmrAdYwMA

[𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 @Old_But_Gold50s]

Everyone is singing in English, then Canadian singer Bryan Adams comes along and starts singing in Italian. You can see how delighted Luciano Pavarotti is, with a huge smile on his face. He seems genuinely impressed and deeply appreciative of the respect Bryan is showing, and you can even see him bowing at the end of the song.

There’s something I can learn from this. If everyone showed love and respect for one another, the world would be a much better place.

Music video by Luciano Pavarotti, Bryan Adams performing "O Sole Mio" (Live).

[Rob van Kranenburg @robvank]

“What we see is a creation [of] this huge backdoor, which in many cases will make the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) meaningless,” Vraken said.

If adopted by the European Parliament, the changes would allow companies to collect people’s personal data to train and operate AI systems without consent.

https://t.co/synIbga6g1

[Interoperable Europe @InteroperableEU]

This month, over 130 members of the #InteroperableEuropeCommunity came together for the Community's annual assembly.

Which progress has been made so far and which expectations of our member will be turned into future action?

Discover it all here!
👉https://t.co/sOdmNOe5lX

[Rob van Kranenburg @robvank]

Anna Jermolaewa Radical Hope https://t.co/9759J3l27U

You cannot get more hopeful than this.
I am hopeful.

[Yes, it's me @ElysiusThor]

🇨🇳 Made in China

blast‑proof glass prevented French rioters from looting this store.

[Rob van Kranenburg @robvank]

FOSDEM] Open Source & EU Policy devroom: Call for Proposals

Where: FOSDEM 2027, room to be announced
When: Sunday, 31st of January 2027, all day.
Deadline for submissions: 1st December 2026, noon CET
Where to submit: https://t.co/nqNvvmlHK7
Introduction

The EU’s understanding of Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) has evolved over the past few years. While, in some cases, these rules are still written with proprietary software and services in mind, in others, European Union (EU) lawmakers are increasingly considering not just the impact of their laws on FLOSS, but also how FLOSS can be leveraged to achieve their goals.

[Rob van Kranenburg @robvank]

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[Elitsa Krumova @Eli_Krumova]

👆🏽 Please see post
🎉 I am honoured to announce that I have won the ‘Tech Excellence Award’ at the Influencer Magazine Awards (IMA) 2026❗️🏆🌟

📌 More information about the award at: 👇🏽
🔗 https://t.co/ALb3I8tEEs

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#TechInfluencer #ThoughtLeader #IMA2026 #Awards2026 #InfluencerMagazineAwards #TechInfluencerOfTheYear #Influencer #Tech #Technology #EmergingTech #FutureTech #B2B #B2BMarketing #InfluencerMarketing #PersonalBrand #Branding #ThoughtLeadership #WomenInTech

[Rob van Kranenburg @robvank]

Whisper-Based Lecture Transcription For Montenegrin Higher Education With A Practical Evaluation

October 2026

Conference: Smart Algorithms & Models: Your Reach to Advanced DialoguesAt: Seville, Spain
Stevan CakicTomo PopovicSrdjan KrcoIgor Culafic

Automatic speech recognition (ASR) is becoming part of the learning infrastructure in higher education, used to caption lectures and to turn spoken material into study script. It is reliable enough for routine classroom use in well-supported languages, but far less certain in smaller ones. Montenegrin is a representative case.

https://t.co/CTfhBo6MLb

[Rob van Kranenburg @robvank]

Call For Papers FOSDEM 2027 – Green & Ethical Tech Devroom

Call for Papers FOSDEM 2027 – Green & Ethical Tech Devroom
We invite everyone who is interested in Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) and wants to discuss environmental and social impacts of information technologies to join us at FOSDEM 2027 in Brussels for a day of conversations.
https://t.co/hMiaOs9BpZ

[Interoperable Europe @InteroperableEU]

Have you already read the #EUGovtTech Startups’ Corner Digest of October?

It includes news about:
- the #PSTW Best Cases🏅Award 2026,
- the #GovTech4All webinar series,
- the investors Pact for tech scale-ups
- the @SmartCityexpo Innovation Challenge

👉https://t.co/bhcuDgLiCM

[EuroFoot @eurofootcom]

🇪🇸🏆 Unai Simon (29) has returned to Athletic Club after being named as the Goalkeeper of the Year at the Ballon d'Or ceremony! ❤️🤍

[Bala 🧤 @BalaiBB]

the ledger story just got 10x worse

it's not just southeast asia anymore. the same spy chips were just found inside ledgers bought from mediamarkt in europe

two different store locations. same modification. antenna. LTE module. identical setup

these weren't returns. the store confirmed they came directly from the distributor

the distributor? aqipa gmbh. they supply over 1,000 stores across 11 european countries

this means the compromise is happening BEFORE the devices reach the shelves

you walk into a legit electronics store. buy a ledger off the shelf. sealed box. receipt and everything

and there's a spy chip inside it

first it was a compromised reseller in southeast asia

this is no longer an isolated incident. this is a supply chain crisis

[Interoperable Europe @InteroperableEU]

For the second year in a row, the #CAMSS team will be present at the Interoperable Europe booth of the #SEMIC2026 conference.

When you are in Dublin, stop by and join the conversation to share with them your CAMSS priorities and ideas!

Register here:
👉 https://t.co/mAs8MkOoDB

[Interoperable Europe @InteroperableEU]

Last week, we unveiled the programme for our #SEMIC2026 conference.

From high-level discussions on how Europe can turn digital investment into impact, to a workshop on #semantic modelling. There is much to look forward to.

Discover it all now:
👉https://t.co/Rt0vfgvVBH

[Richard @ricwe123]

Here we have Chinese venture capitalist and political scientist Eric Li delivering a brutal indictment of the Western political model.

He argues that countries blindly copying the West are setting themselves up for failure.

Democracy promises power to the people but repeatedly fails to deliver real meaningful results.

Elections become little more than political theatre, and voting is sold as empowerment while leaving ordinary citizens trapped in a system that often serves the powerful, not the people.

China chose its own path, and it delivered results.....

[Rob van Kranenburg @robvank]

@FoxNews I just watched a documentary about the battle/slaughter and it is simply beyond belief Marines kept pushing through. To do that to a statue is below any known standard of decency.

[Knockout @knockoutsx]

When Mike Tyson fought the DIRTIEST boxer in history 😳🥊

[Rob van Kranenburg @robvank]

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: TECHEX IoT & Edge Computing Stage Industrial AI and Autonomous Operations https://t.co/wvLDbrSjFp via @LinkedIn

Moving intelligence to the edge also means a restructuring of research in the company. Especially the 3 400.000 people companies have research which is more academic then three Phd's. Walls between research and developers, marketing and sales are as thick as a brick. Put Sales up front in the roadmap, they know where the real issues are. When Steve Jobs came back to Apple he fired the Foresight Division and told the team they could either go or join the dev teams. This is the basis for Apple's trillion.