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Europe’s DMA forces Meta towards ‘less personalized ads’

Meta, under legal pressure in the European Union over a binary ‘pay us or consent to ad tracking’ choice it currently offers regional users of its social networks Facebook and Instagram, is changing how its regional ad business works again. … Continue reading

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NitroVolt is helping farmers make their own fertilizer using renewable power

The majority of the world’s ammonia is produced using the 115-year-old Haber-Bosch process, which is heavily reliant on natural gas. NitroVolt could change that. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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NatWest blocks staff from using WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger

Employees must stick to official channels to make sure their messages are fully retrievable.

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Apple’s geoblocks on media services in EU draw consumer protection ire

Apple’s pile of regulatory woes in the European Union has ticked up again: the iPhone maker is being accused of unlawfully discriminating against consumers by applying restrictions on how several of its media services can be accessed around the bloc. … Continue reading

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Red Hat acquires AI optimization startup Neural Magic

Red Hat, the IBM-owned open source software firm, is acquiring Neural Magic, a startup that optimizes AI models to run faster on commodity processors and GPUs. The transaction is subject to applicable regulatory reviews and other customary closing conditions. The … Continue reading

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Apple won’t launch a smart ring, says Oura CEO: ‘It’s hard to do’

Samsung’s smart ring debut put the products firmly in the spotlight, with one analyst predicting that Apple could launch its own smart ring in 2026.

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Conduktor looks to gatekeep ‘bad data’ out of company’s apps

It was 2020, and Nicolas Orban, Stéphane Derosiaux and Stéphane Maarek were beyond frustrated with Apache Kafka. The tool for handling real-time data streams simply couldn’t keep up with the trio’s engineering needs — particularly during the pandemic, when companies … Continue reading

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Seven wild moments from the turbulent story of Bitcoin

Its record price is making headlines – but that’s just one part of the cryptocurrency’s tumultuous story.

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China’s Alibaba releases AI search tool for small businesses in Europe and the Americas

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba unveiled an artificial intelligence-powered search engine for small businesses in Europe and the Americas to source supplies.

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Signal gets new video call features, making it a viable alternative to Zoom, Meet and Teams

Privacy-focused messaging app Signal is adding new features for video calls, including links, reactions and a calls tab, in a bid to pose as an alternative to Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams. The highlight of the update is a … Continue reading

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