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TikTok is bringing its dedicated STEM feed to Europe | TechCrunch
As TikTok continues to face increased scrutiny, the company is signaling its commitment to fostering educational content on its app. From the re...
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Epic Games' Tim Sweeney calls out Apple's 'bitter griping' after its EU fine over anticompetitive practices | TechCrunch
"Denial is a river that flows through Cupertino!," said Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, a notorious Apple critic who also sued the tech giant for
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AI Regulation: EU lawmakers deal on 'global first' AI rules | TechCrunch
After marathon 'final' talks which stretched to almost three days European Union lawmakers have tonight clinched a political deal on a risk-based A...
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Why the EU will not remain the world’s digital über-regulator
It is not a big enough player in AI | Europe
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U.K. Blocks Microsoft’s Activision Bid - The New York Times
The decision barring the takeover of a big video game publisher is a major victory for proponents of regulating tech giants, which have faced obsta...
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Europe Prepares to Rewrite the Rules of the Internet | WIRED
The Digital Markets Act will force Big Tech platforms to break open their walled gardens in 2023, says the EU’s new ambassador to Silicon Valley.
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A quick guide to the most important AI law you've never heard of | MIT Technology Review
The European Union is planning new legislation aimed at curbing the worst harms associated with artificial intelligence.
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Facebook’s tracking of non-users ruled illegal again | TechCrunch
Another blow for Facebook in Europe: Judges in Belgium have once again ruled the company broke privacy laws by deploying technology such as cookies...
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EU wants to require platforms to filter uploaded content (including code) | The GitHub Blog
Your push could infringe someone's copyright. remote: If you believe this is a false positive (e.g., it's yours, open remote: source, not copyright...
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Blow to Uber in Europe as top court rules it’s a transport service | TechCrunch
Europe's top court has provided the final verdict on a multi-years legal challenge brought by EU taxi associations to Uber's claim that it's just a...
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German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal | Reuters
"A German consumer rights group said on Monday that a court had found Facebook’s use of personal data to be illegal because the U.S. social media p...
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Apple investigated by France for 'planned obsolescence' - BBC News
Prosecutors will look into claims of "planned obsolescence" in iPhones, which is illegal in France. “FRANCE: Prosecutors have announced a probe ...
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Why does Google look different in Europe? - The Economist explains
MOST users will not notice the difference. Starting today, Google is fully implementing a small but important change to the advertisement box at th...
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Germany Acts to Tame Facebook, Learning From Its Own History of Hate - The New York Times
A country taps its past as it leads the way on one of the most pressing issues facing modern democracies: how to regulate the world’s biggest socia...
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The New European General Data Protection Regulations GDPR - and Automated Mail Marketing
In our previous article, we took an in-depth look at the implications of the new data protection laws in relation to eCommerce and web-based busine...
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How GDPR Will Change The Way You Develop — Smashing Magazine
Europe’s imminent privacy overhaul means that we all have to become more diligent about what data we collect, how we collect it, and what we do wit...
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European Commission fines Google €4.34 billion for illegal practices regarding Android mobile devices
European Commission fines Google €4.34 billion for illegal practices regarding Android mobile devices to strengthen dominance of Google's search en...
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A Regulatory Framework for the Internet – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
Regulators need to stop blindly regulating “the Internet” and instead understand that every part of the Internet stack is different, and only one p...
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France and Germany agree to block Facebook's Libra - Reuters
France and Germany have agreed to block Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency, the French finance ministry said on Friday.
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No Libra-style digital currencies without rules, say EU finance ministers – TechCrunch
European Union finance ministers have agreed to a de facto ban on the launch in the region of so-called global “stablecoins” such as Facebook’s pla...
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EU brings in 'right to repair' rules for appliances - BBC News
The rules will make household appliances longer-lasting and easier to fix.
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Facebook Dating launch blocked in Europe after it fails to show privacy workings – TechCrunch
Facebook has been left red-faced after being forced to call off the launch date of its dating service in Europe because it failed to give its lead ...
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Don't Toss It, Fix It! Europe Is Guaranteeing Citizens the "Right to Repair"
The EU is restricting products designed to be unfixable, forcing companies to change their ways.
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