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Google seeks to undo Epic Games antitrust win over app storeAlphabet Inc.'s Google is asking a federal appeals court to throw out a ruling in an antitrust case brought by Fortnite-maker Epic Games that would force the search giant to overhaul its Play mobile app store.... Read more
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Inside Amazon's first Alaska delivery stationWith Anchorage streets mostly empty early on a November morning, dozens of workers at the new Amazon delivery station used tiny devices on their fingers to scan barcodes on packages. Details appeared on smartphones on their forearms, helping them organize the flood of shipments.... Read more
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Canada watchdog sues Google over 'anti-competitive' ad techCanada's competition watchdog announced Thursday it was taking Google to court, accusing the company of "anti-competitive behavior" in online advertising.... Read more
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Uber and Bolt unveil women-only service in ParisTwo rival ride-hailing platforms announced on Thursday options allowing Parisian women to order a car driven by a female driver in a bid to ensure "greater safety" for its customers.... Read more
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Brazil's top court takes on regulation of social mediaBrazil's Supreme Court on Wednesday started examining four cases that turn on how far social media should be regulated, and what responsibilities platforms have in cracking down on illegal content.... Read more
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Retrieve-Revise-Refine: A novel framework for retrieval of concise entailing legal articlesArtificial intelligence (AI) continues to redefine the boundaries of legal technology, offering to automate advanced tasks such as legal question answering and consultation. In the domain of statute law, a particular challenge is the task of retrieving the concise set of entailing legal articles to a query. In this context,... Read more
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Spanish media lawsuit against Meta to start in October 2025A Madrid court set Wednesday an October 2025 trial date for a 550-million-euro lawsuit by more than 80 Spanish media against Facebook owner Meta for allegedly violating EU data protection rules.... Read more
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Samsung reshuffles leadership amid challenge in AI chipsSamsung Electronics reshuffled its leadership on Wednesday as it looks to gain an edge in the production of microchips used for artificial intelligence servers.... Read more
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Vietnamese EV maker Vinfast reports $550 million Q3 lossVietnamese electric vehicle manufacturer VinFast reported a net loss of $550 million for the third quarter, less than the same period last year as the firm recorded an uptick in sales.... Read more
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Navigating the opt-in maze: Balancing transparency and persuasion in data consentIn the digital age, personal data is hugely valuable. Companies are eager to access this data, but regulations like the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) require users' explicit consent. What GDPR doesn't specify, however, is how firms should ask for that consent. Some lean on transparency, while others sweeten... Read more
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Gamergate 2.0: Experts explain why harassment and vitriol hurt everyone who loves gamesWhen legendary Canadian game studio Bioware released Dragon Age: The Veilguard this fall, it was supposed to be a redemption story.... Read more
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AI optimizes hog farming profitability: Advanced machine learning streamlines market-timing decisionsDeciding when to bring a hog to market has never been an easy task.... Read more
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Social media firms raise 'serious concerns' over Australian U-16 banAustralia's proposal to ban under-16s from social media platforms is "rushed", social media companies claimed Tuesday, expressing "serious concerns" about potential unintended consequences.... Read more
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Indonesia rejects Apple's $100 million investment offerIndonesia has rejected an Apple $100 million investment proposal aimed at lifting a ban on iPhone 16 sales, saying it lacks the "fairness" required by the government.... Read more
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US-Google face off as ad tech antitrust trial comes to closeGoogle and the US government faced off in a federal court on Monday, as each side delivered closing arguments in a case revolving around the technology giant's alleged unfair domination of online advertising.... Read more