Partner Content ZTE successfully co-organized the graduation of the 2026 Engineering Capacity Building Program (Information & Communication Engineering) in Shenzhen. Under the theme "Wisdom Leading Communication Frontiers, Empowering Engineering Practice", the program was hosted by the Chinese Society of Engineers, organized by the China Institute of Communications, and co-organized by the Guangdong Institute of Communications and ZTE. The initiative brought together over 60 ICT engineers from more than 20 countries, including Indonesia, Uzbekistan, South Africa, the Czech Republic, Colombia, Peru and China. Through a diverse range of activities, including reports, technical exchanges, and interactive workshops, the program explored global digital and intelligent engineering practices to enhance the professional capacities of domestic and international engineers. During the organizational and technical reporting sessions, experts from the Secretariat of the Chinese Society of Engineers (CSE) , the China Institute of Communications, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), and ZTE shared insights on innovative practices in engineering capacity building, ICT frontiers, and the evolution of global project management, sparking active interactions among attendees. Magendaran Kaliaperumal, an engineer from Indonesia, shared his profound experience: "Participating in our country's network integration project, I have truly felt the transformative power of cutting-edge digital and intelligent technologies. From digital project management to the precise optimization of resource scheduling, these technologies have significantly enhanced delivery efficiency and quality." Speaking on the transition of digitalization and greening, Prof. Gong Ke, Chairman of the ECBAP (Engineering Capacity Building for Africa Programme) of WFEO (World Federation of Engineering Organizations) in Africa, emphasized: "Engineering is a key force in achieving sustainable development goals for society." This exchange of ideas laid a solid theoretical foundation for subsequent practical sessions and inspired a sense of responsibility among engineers to collectively drive innovative industry development. During the site visits, the engineers toured ZTE's headquarter, experiencing immersive digital and intelligent engineering practices. At the museum, exhibition halls, and smart production lines, participants witnessed the technological leap from 5G to 6G, as well as the deep integration of lean production and intelligent manufacturing. An Algerian engineer expressed his excitement: "We just commercialized 5G last year, and today, seeing the forward-looking breakthroughs of 5G-A and 6G in Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) and intelligent economic foundations makes me highly optimistic about the future." The engineers also visited SenseTime to learn about its leading Artificial Intelligence Data Centers (AIDCs) , exploring innovative applications in urban governance, environmental monitoring, and smart healthcare. An Ethiopian engineer remarked: "This program has redefined my perception. The deep integration of cutting-edge technology with real-world scenarios truly demonstrates the potential of technology to drive high-quality social development." In the workshop sessions, engineers gained hands-on experience with ZTE's enterprise-level AI agent, Co-Claw, and collaborated to develop various models based on real business scenarios. At Shenzhen Polytechnic University, they studied new energy vehicle and drone application technologies, personally operating and debugging industrial-grade drones with independent intellectual property rights. At the closing ceremony, Hu Lihua, Vice President of ZTE, delivered a speech, stating: "ZTE will, as always, open its technological platforms to empower the growth of engineers, working together to build a global engineering community featuring collaborative technology research, shared achievements, and win-win industry growth." Participants enthusiastically shared their experiences and insights. "This program not only showed us the potential of cutting-edge technologies but also sparked new thinking on how to enhance our capabilities and adapt to future technological trends," they noted. A representative from Peru stated they would bring these "genes of innovation" back home to foster further international cooperation. The engineers agreed that open collaboration and mutual recognition of professional capacities are crucial to achieving sustainable development in engineering technology and global digital inclusion. The China Institute of Communications will continue to leverage its platform advantages to gather high-quality industry resources, actively promote international mutual recognition of engineers, and enhance the professional and international standards of engineers in the ICT and digital technology fields, thereby supporting enterprises in their global expansion. As a co-organizer of the event, ZTE will leverage its deep expertise in information and communication engineering to continue partnering with all sectors. ZTE remains committed to nurturing global "digital craftsmen" with international vision, digital literacy, and innovative capabilities, contributing to bridging the global digital divide and achieving sustainable development. Contributed by ZTE.

After months of lawsuits, injunctions, plugin disputes, and public sparring between Automattic and WP Engine, WordPress is showing its first sustained market share decline in years. As first reported by Search Engine Journal, new data from web technology tracker W3Techs puts WordPress at 41.9 percent of all websites, down from 43.2 percent six months earlier and extending a losing streak that stretches back into 2025. The numbers are hardly catastrophic for software that still powers more than two-fifths of the web, but they represent a notable shift for a platform whose market share had remained stable for years. For years, the W3Techs charts were about as exciting as watching paint dry. WordPress sat at roughly 43 percent of the web and rarely moved very far in either direction. Last year, the line started bending downward, and by January 2026, it had slipped to 43.0 percent from 43.6 percent a year earlier. By the end of May, it was sitting at 41.9 percent. Not everyone is heading south. Wix, Shopify, Squarespace, and Webflow all posted small gains in the W3Techs data, while Duda sat exactly where it was a year ago. The obvious question is why. Some observers point to increasingly capable competitors, while others have noted a more recent development: WordPress's prolonged, high-profile conflict with hosting provider WP Engine. The decline in market share began shortly after Automattic chief executive Matt Mullenweg launched a campaign against WP Engine that escalated into lawsuits, injunctions, contributor disputes, plugin controversies, and a steady stream of public recriminations. The W3Techs data shows correlation, not causation. There is currently no evidence that website owners are abandoning WordPress specifically because of the WP Engine dispute. Plenty of other factors could be at play, including growing competition from hosted platforms and newer web frameworks. The WP Engine dispute may ultimately prove unrelated. But either way, Automattic now has a problem it did not have a couple of years ago: the numbers are no longer moving in its favor. ®

peaceful-jp-scenery posted a photo:

Nakasendo, Wadajuku
中山道・和田宿

This is the entrance to the main inn, which looks quite impressive for a post town.

宿場町にしては立派に見える本陣の入り口です。

Nagawa-machi, Nagano pref, Japan

peaceful-jp-scenery has added a photo to the pool:

Nakasendo, Wadajuku
中山道・和田宿

This is the entrance to the main inn, which looks quite impressive for a post town.

宿場町にしては立派に見える本陣の入り口です。

Nagawa-machi, Nagano pref, Japan

mikeleonardvisualarts has added a photo to the pool:

W.A. Mozart (J.E. Gardiner)

​Het kabinet Jetten zit vandaag honderd en één dagen in het zadel. We hebben ons onderzoekspanel gevraagd hoe het zit met hun vertrouwen in dit kabinet. En ook alvast hoe ze er morgen over denken.

“De cijfers laten nagenoeg hetzelfde beeld zien als toen kabinet Jetten er pas honderd dagen zat”, vertelt onderzoeksjournalist Hans Stoffer. Je merkt dat het vertrouwen van kiezers in de afgelopen vierentwintig uur nauwelijks is toegenomen.” Wel wil Stoffer benadrukken dat er ook geen scherpere daling in het vertrouwen te zien is.

Stoffer vervolgt: “Ook voor morgen staan er nog geen concrete resultaten op de planning. Hierdoor zal het vertrouwen, zo zien we in de cijfers, niet toenemen. Mocht het kabinet vandaag ineens met een verrassende doorbraak op een bepaald dossier komen, zal het vertrouwen mogelijk stijgen. Maar dat is nu nog niet te zien in de cijfers.”

Verschillende politici vinden dat dit kabinet moet aftreden. “Je ziet dat dit kabinet ook na honderd en één dagen nog steeds niet in staat is om de grote problemen in dit land op te lossen”, zegt Geert Wilders. “Wij hebben daarom voor de komende weken al twaalf moties van wantrouwen klaarliggen.” Ook op links klinkt er kritiek op het kabinet. PRO-leider Klaver: “Als we alvast vooruit kijken naar het vertrouwen op dag honderd en twee, zie ik niet heel veel aanknopingspunten om positiever over dit kabinet te denken. Wat ons betreft kunnen ze daar zelf hun conclusies aan verbinden.”

Bent u geïnteresseerd om deel te nemen aan ons onderzoekspanel? Klik dan op deze link, dan kunt u vanaf morgen meestemmen over het vertrouwen in kabinet Jetten vanaf dag 103.

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Progressief Nederland (PRO) wordt in het landelijk register opgenomen, wat betekent dat de naam gebruikt gaat worden bij Europese en Tweede Kamerverkiezingen. Sprake van misleiding van de kiezer is er niet „alleen omdat er ook aanduidingen van lokale Pro- en Progressief-partijen zijn”.

Vonneke Bonneke was er niet om vrienden te maken. In de ‘Anti Survival Show’ waren Michella Kox en Louisa Janssen ook niet op dat strand in Colombia om vrienden te maken, maar ze werden het toch maar mooi wél.

The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Science Foundation's $368 million Ocean Observatories Initiative, a network of more than 900 deep-sea instruments used to monitor ocean currents, marine ecosystems, carbon absorption, heat waves, fisheries, coastal flooding, and climate change. The NSF said it would send ships in June to begin the removal of the instruments anchored off Oregon, Washington, Alaska, North Carolina, and an area between Greenland and Iceland known as the Irminger Sea. The New York Times reports: The ocean observation system began operating in 2016 and was expected to continue for 25 years. Jim Edson, a marine meteorologist who led the Ocean Observatories Initiative, called it "the world's most advanced continuously operating ocean observing systems." When it was first proposed, the science foundation said it was important to have a long-term presence at scientifically important sites in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Removing the instruments could take 15 months. Seismic instruments positioned around an active underwater volcano off Oregon will continue operating until 2028.

Each observation station consists of several moorings that secure long arrays of devices connected to wires. The devices measure ocean currents as well as chemical and biological conditions from the water's surface down thousands of feet. The instruments were hardened to resist the pressure of the deep ocean, corrosive seawater as well as marine plants and animals that can foul electronics. Remotely controlled robotic vehicles and gliders around the moorings collect and transmit data to research laboratories.

It cost $48 million annually to operate the network. The Trump administration repeatedly tried to shutter it, proposing to cut its funding by 80 percent in both 2025 and again in 2026. Congress pushed back, restoring the money. To try to reduce costs, managers turned off some of the instruments and collected less data, according to a December 2025 presentation about the observatories at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union, a nonprofit organization of scientists. Still, the science foundation moved ahead to decommission the observatory network.

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