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I've been researching why my cities public transport isn't available in Google Maps. Turns out that the (mostly public) transport company assumes itself in competition to app vendors such as Google Maps and Citymapper; the bus company "doesn't own the whole experience anymore". So, while they give access to static routes with some delay, real-time data or accurate data is out of reach.

How do companies like Citymapper approach that issue? Do they usually pay fees to the transport companies, or do transport companies in the supported cities all give API access?

A proper app would definitely benefit public transport in my area.

(word has it that my area's transport tariffs are way to complicated to be mapped onto Google's API)

[Edit: to be more concise; the transportation company doesn't want 3rd parties to offer an app. How does Citymapper approach that?]

The university website mentions student ID cards with chip. Is that not sufficient to provide strong authentication towards a self-service portal for password reset?

Thanks to the tremendous efforts! Whenever the GBoard is updated (on Android; the iOS version is just a subset), you can feel the progress that has been made.

If I remember correctly, cellphones with radio receivers tell you to plug in headphones whenever you're tuning in. My guess is the headphones cables act as the antenna.

[Edit: TIL AM stations seem to transmit at frequencies way smaller than FM]

That's one of the things that need to be solved, rather than celebrated. Commuting -- no matter which transport you're using, is a waste of time and energy.

Assuming you're in a city made for humans:

You pass by the bakery. You're not hungry… but it does look delicious. You go back, look through the windows again -- and decide you are hungry!

If you're in a car, you don't stroll around. You drive where you want to drive. Even discovering new things is hard since the people behind demand you don't slow down.

(this is loaded with personal experience and preference, I can perfectly understand this doesn't match yours.)

It's a difference if you make a 30 min walk, pass by a bakery in the morning and the supermarket or a restaurant in the evening. You can't have that in the car, or train.

The "Too Good To Go" app became quite popular in Germany now. Restaurants, hotels and alike offer leftovers for a dime. You buy a voucher and collect a meal usually just after closing time.

Besides, we use "to container sth." for grabbing good food from the supermarket's trash. Is that something common in the US?

The Food Runners do a great job :-)

I’ve used non-Google devices most of the time, now trying out an iPhone.

Just did a factory reset and restore via iCloud. My fear of loosing my phone, incomplete backups and messed up restore is gone. Works.

Might be possible with Google phones, too. For all the others it’s just messy.

(I‘d agree with you, until I tried it three weeks ago. Working with computers all day, I need others to take care of my personal and pocket computers...)

Have you tried using the Google Keyboard on Android recently? It will distinguish between several languages.

Have a look at the Google article. I presume they do some research when claiming that keyboards aren't what a significant portion of humankind needs.

But indeed not only programmers rely on keyboards.

The authors mention the headline attacks in a side note only. Their paper is about formal verification of the standard. That is indeed something new. Their framework finds a couple of new issues -- and also old ones, which made it to the headline.