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EU fines ASUS, Philips, Pioneer, and Denon & Marantz €111M for breaching EU antitrust rules
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Google fined a record $5B for breaking EU antitrust laws
Search engine giant Google has been fined a record $5 billion for breaking European anti-trust laws with its Android mobile ...
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WORLDSTAAAR: Watch if Google gets whacked with an $11B fine by the EU
Google will most likely be hit with a record fine from the EU today. This is set to be focused around its Android operating system violating European antitrust laws. Part of a wider anti-trust lawsuit, the EU claims Google has "abused its dominant position by imposing restrictions ...
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Car dealers don't want you to have electric vehicles
High costs and range anxiety, the worry of a car battery running out of juice, are considered the biggest barriers to people embracing EVs. A study finds that car dealers are also to blame. The Nature Energy analysis shows that salespeople steer people away from EVs to ...
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Should software developers have to pay income tax? Serious question.
Maybe not, according to Romania's experience.
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The EU sucks for women tech founders
Research done by TNW’s Index team shows the EU ranks worse than Silicon Valley when it comes to tech startups founded by women – a paltry 15 percent of companies founded since 2017 in the EU were (co-)founded by women. By analyzing data collected from news sites and other ...
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UK government food agency is putting meat on the blockchain
In a move that inspires one to cry out: “blockchainify everything!”, the UK’s Food Standards Agency has announced that ...
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The EU’s disastrous copyright reform will sabotage internet culture
When you say “copyright law,” people’s eyes glaze over. It’s not the most interesting topic. It’s obscure and currently winding its way through the complex bureaucracy that is the EU Parliament -- an equally arcane process. And yet there’s ample reason to pay attention. ...
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EU police seize $5.2M cryptocurrency in continent's largest LSD bust in history
It seems that drug vendors are running out of luck. The European Union authorities conducted a drug raid against dark web ...
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EU votes for memes ban and censorship machines — what now?
The European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs just voted 'yes' on highly controversial parts of the EU's new Copyright ...
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The EU’s disastrous Copyright Reform, explained by its lovers and haters
The EU’s extremely controversial Copyright Reform -- which might introduce upload filters, ancillary copyright, and restrictions ...
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What’s really behind the EU law that would 'ban memes' – and how to stop it before June 20
With only a few days to go until the crucial vote in the European Parliament, more and more people are becoming aware of ...
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GDPR is an opportunity for AI companies to build trust
One of the domains where GDPR will leave its mark prominently is the artificial intelligence industry. Data is the bread ...
