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First Meta and now Google will stop showing political ads in the EU
Starting September 2025, Google will update its political content policy. From then on, the search engine mogul will no longer allow political ads on its AdSense and AdMob advertising platforms.
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EDPB adopts data breach notification template
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has outlined new initiatives to make GDPR compliance easier for micro, small, and medium-sized organizations, including a data breach notification template.
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Ransomware group Hunters International shuts down operation, hands out free decryptors
On Thursday, Hunters International announced that it has officially shut up shop. In addition, the ransomware gang is offering free decryption keys for all victims.
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European Commission launches strategy to become global leader in life sciences by 2030
The European Commission has introduced a new strategy to make Europe “the most attractive place in the world” for life sciences by 2030.
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A quarter of all UK businesses were struck by a cyberattack last year
One in four businesses in the United Kingdom was the victim of a cyberattack last year. And many more are at risk of ‘sleepwalking’ into a cybersecurity-related incident.
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Cloudflare launches marketplace for AI companies that want to scrape websites
Cloudflare, one of the biggest network operators in the world, has announced an online marketplace where AI companies can pay website owners for permission to scrape the content of their websites.
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International coalition takes down largest illegal trading platform for drugs
Law enforcement agencies from Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Romania, and the United States have dismantled ‘Archetyp Market’, one of the longest-running illegal marketplaces for drugs on the dark web.
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Disney and Universal suing Midjourney for copyright infringement
Disney and Universal have sued AI company Midjourney over alleged misuse of copyrighted material. The Hollywood companies are accusing Midjourney of using images from the two companies to train its AI models.
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EU preparing to introduce age verification app to protect minors
The European Commission is working on an age verification solution that will be introduced this Summer.
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Brussels is investing billions to make Europe more appealing to startups and scaleups
The European Union is set to invest billions of euros in European tech companies to turn them into billion-dollar companies.
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European Commission looking into EU-wide legal framework for metadata retention
The European Commission is examining the implications of new EU-wide directives on the retention of metadata by providers. Structured retention could help law enforcement authorities fight crime.
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EU consumer authorities demand that SHEIN stops misleading consumers
Chinese e-commerce company SHEIN must put an end to its misleading practices and unfair competition. The company has one month to make adjustments to its website.
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EU wants new rules to restrict children’s social media usage
The European Union calls for a new set of rules to curb children’s use of social media amid growing concerns about the impact of spending too much time on these online platforms.
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International coalition concerned about adaptation of GDPR rules
A broad coalition of 108 academics, privacy experts, companies, trade unions, and civil society organizations has voiced its concerns over proposals to reopen and amend the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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Noyb threatens to sue Meta over AI training
Noyb has sent a ‘cease and desist’ letter to Meta, ordering the tech company to stop training its large language models (LLMs) with data of European Facebook and Instagram users.
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Google is testing functionality to upload documents in Gemini Deep Research
Google Gemini Deep Research might get a significant upgrade soon. Google is testing a new feature that allows users to upload files when using Google’s Deep Research tool.
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OpenAI improves ChatGPT Search by adding shopping functionality
Where do you buy your products online? Amazon? Google? How about ChatGPT? OpenAI is adding shopping to ChatGPT Search to challenge the competition.
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DPAs remind European users to object to Meta’s data collection practices
Several data protection authorities (DPAs) are concerned about Meta’s plans to train its AI models with users’ data and encourage people to take action if they don’t want this.
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DeepSeek app available again for download in South Korea
People from South Korea can download and install the Chinese artificial intelligence service app DeepSeek again after it has been unavailable for over two months.
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Russian hackers target European diplomats by sending fake invites for wine tasting event
European diplomats have been targeted in a recent spear phishing attack in which the attackers sent a fictitious invitation to a wine tasting event.
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