Europe signs off on a new privacy pact that allows data to keep flowing to US
The European Union signed off on a new agreement over the privacy of personal information that is pinged across the Atlantic, aiming to ease European concerns about electronic spying by American intelligence agencies. The EU-US Data
Google to remove news links in Canada over online news law
Google has said it will remove links to Canadian news on its platforms across Canada after a new law that forces digital giants to compensate media outlets for content they share or otherwise repurpose comes into
Twitter threatens legal action over Meta’s rival app Threads
Twitter has threatened to sue Meta over its fast-growing rival Threads app, alleging that it stole trade secrets. The Instagram and Facebook owner, which launched Threads on Wednesday, appeared to deny that former Twitter employees worked
Facebook faces legal setback in EU court decision on data privacy and ads
Facebook lost a legal challenge on Tuesday at the European Union’s top court over a groundbreaking German antitrust decision that limited the way the company uses data for advertising. The European Court of Justice said competition
Twitter to stop TweetDeck access for unverified users
TweetDeck is to become the next part of Twitter to be limited to users who have paid for verified status. The application, which allows users to manage multiple feeds and searches, will only by accessible to
Early June sees its highest temperatures ever, says EU climate change service
The first 11 days of June registered the highest temperatures on record globally for this time of the year. This is the first time global surface air temperatures have exceeded the pre-industrial level by more than
