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Mozilla hit with privacy complaint in EU over Firefox tracking tech

Mozilla, the non-profit that develops the Firefox web browser, has been hit with a complaint by European Union privacy r...
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Google’s revised ad targeting plan triggers fresh competition concerns in UK

What is going on with Google’s long-touted migration to an alternative adtech stack (aka its Privacy Sandbox propo...
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The EU’s 10 biggest antitrust actions on tech

While it's fair to say the EU's antitrust tech enforcement outcomes have varied, one lasting legacy is that some of thes...
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LinkedIn has stopped grabbing U.K. users’ data for AI

The U.K.’s data protection watchdog has confirmed that Microsoft-owned LinkedIn has stopped processing user data f...
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EU to tell Apple how to do interoperability, DMA style

The European Union has opened two “specification proceedings” on Apple under the bloc’s Digital Market...
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AI governance can’t be left to the vested interests

A final report by the UN’s high level advisory body on artificial intelligence makes for, at times, a surreal read...
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Google nets court win against EU’s $1.7B AdSense antitrust decision

Google has succeeded in overturning a $1.7 billion antitrust penalty handed down by the European Union back in March 201...
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SocialAI offers a Twitter-like diary where AI bots respond to your private posts

Are we at peak social media yet? It’s an interesting question to ponder after the launch of an iOS app offering a ...
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SocialAI offers a Twitter-like diary where AI bots respond to your posts

Are we at peak social media yet? It’s an interesting question to ponder after the launch of an iOS app offering a ...
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UK’s privacy watchdog takes credit for rise of ‘consent or pay’

The UK’s data protection watchdog claims a crack down on websites that don’t ask for consent from visitors t...
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Irish Big Tech watchdog digs into platforms’ content reporting mechanisms after DSA complaints

Ireland’s media regulator said it is reviewing how major platforms let users report illegal content, following a high nu...
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Google’s GenAI facing privacy risk assessment scrutiny in Europe

Google’s lead privacy regulator in the European Union has opened an investigation into whether or not it has compl...
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Google loses appeal against EU’s €2.4B Shopping antitrust decision, as bloc also wins Apple state aid appeal

Google has once again lost in its bid to overturn a 2017 antitrust decision by the European Commission. The bloc found i...
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Formo gets investors’ mouths watering with Koji protein-based animal-free cheese

A love of food — and, well, cheese — has landed German fermentation startup Formo‘s co-founder Roman P...
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Google faces provisional antitrust charges in UK for ‘self-preferencing’ its ad exchange

More antitrust woes for Google. The U.K’.s competition watchdog said on Friday that it suspects the company of adt...
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Elon Musk’s X could still face sanctions for training Grok on Europeans’ data

Earlier this week, the EU’s lead privacy regulator ended its court proceeding related to how X processed user data...
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German LLM maker Aleph Alpha pivots to AI support

Europe doesn’t have many large language model (LLM) makers but one of these rare AI beasts — Germany’s...
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French cleantech startup Calyxia nets $35M to tackle microplastics pollution

With a fresh $35M in the bank, French cleantech startup Calyxia has profitability within sight. But it's just getting st...
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Ireland’s privacy watchdog ends legal fight with X over data use for AI after it agrees to permanent limits

The exact contents of X's (now permanent) undertaking with the DPC have not been made public, but it's assumed the agree...
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Clearview AI hit with its largest GDPR fine yet as Dutch regulator considers holding execs personally liable

The Netherlands' data protection authority has imposed a penalty of €30.5M on Clearview AI for GDPR violations. © 2024 T...
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Uber fined $324M over EU driver data transfer breach

Ride-hailing platform Uber has been fined €290 million — around $324 million at current exchanges rates — by...
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Tingit is building a marketplace for ‘zero-effort’ repairs, starting with fashion

Tingit, a startup out of Lithuania, wants to help people restore their used clothing to their former glory with its newl...
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Under DMA probe, Apple tweaks design of EU browser choice screens, expands app default settings

Apple continues to adjust its approach to compliance with the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA): Announci...
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UK’s competition authority ends probes of Apple and Google but will use incoming powers to ‘resolve app store concerns’

Apple and Google can take a breath after the U.K. competition watchdog announced Wednesday it’s closing a pair of ...
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Meta draws fresh questions from EU over its CrowdTangle shut-down

The Commission is seeking more information from Meta following its decision to deprecate its CrowdTangle transparency to...
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EU warns X over illegal content risks. Musk replies with Tropic Thunder insult meme

How is the European Union's bid to get Elon Musk to follow its rules going? Judging by the memes, not well. © 2024 TechC...
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Elon Musk’s X targeted with nine privacy complaints after grabbing EU users’ data for training Grok

X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk, has been targeted with a series of privacy complaints after it helped i...
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The 10 largest GDPR fines on Big Tech

This list only includes major penalties issued to tech firms under the GDPR. In recent years, some significant sanctions...
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As unrest fueled by disinformation spreads, the U.K. may seek stronger power to regulate tech platforms

The U.K. government has indicated it may seek stronger powers to regulate tech platforms follows days of violent disorde...
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Elon Musk’s X agrees to pause EU data processing for training Grok

Earlier this week it emerged that the DPC had instigated court proceedings seeking an injunction against X over the data...
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