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Telegram CEO says French charges against him are ‘misguided’ — read his full statement

The boss of controversial messaging platform Telegram said late Thursday that charges against him by France are “misguided.”

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Google abusing ad tech dominance, UK competition watchdog finds

The regulator says anti-competitive practices could be harming online publishers and advertisers.

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Man accused of using bots and AI to earn streaming revenue

Prosecutors in the US say he fraudulently earned millions of dollars through billions of streams.

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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 adtech antitrust abuses. The tech giant will now have a chance to respond to the provisional findings before the regulator reaches a … Continue reading

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Karo is a to-do app that lets you assign tasks to your friends and family

You can build a reminder and task management system for yourself, and use a service that works for your team. But it might not be easy to get your family members or friends to use the same task management app. … Continue reading

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British competition regulator objects to Google’s ad tech practices

Britain’s competition watchdog provisionally found that Google’s ad tech practices are impacting competition in the U.K.

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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 to train its Grok AI chatbot, but the saga isn’t over yet for the Elon Musk-owned social media platform formerly known … Continue reading

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Netherlands expands export curbs on chip tools with more ASML equipment impacted

The Netherlands said it is expanding export restrictions on advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment, bringing more of ASML’s machines under curbs.

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Lion King director says AI is a ‘Wild West,’ but has the potential to democratize filmmaking 

Artificial intelligence is a “Wild West” with “very few rules” — but it has the potential to democratize the film industry in the long term, says Rob Minkoff.

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Japanese chip equipment firms count on China sales amid U.S. moves to block high-end exports to Beijing

Japanese chip equipment providers are increasingly counting on China as their largest source of revenue despite looming U.S. export control pressure.

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