what3words ‘map’ used in remote rescue
Three seemingly unconnected words were the vital coordinates needed to help rescue a mother and her daughter in remote rural Somerset in the United Kingdom after a car crash....
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EU fines Google €1.49bn in search advertising investigation
The European Union has fined Google €1.49bn for breaching antitrust rules related to search advertising with its ad tool, AdSense...
Cookie walls are not GDPR compliant, says Dutch DPA
websites using cookie walls demanding a website visitor agree to their internet browsing being tracked for ad-targeting as the price of entry to the site, are not compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)....
Financial Times acquires majority stake in The Next Web
The Financial Times (FT), a major news organization headquartered in London, has acquired a controlling stake in The Next Web (TNW), a global digital brand based in Amsterdam that connects tech enthusiasts through different media,...
British parliamentary committee calls for Facebook regulations as Zuckerberg ‘fails’
A report by a British parliamentary committee, which spent months investigating the spread of online political disinformation, has singled out Facebook for “disingenuous” and “bad faith” responses...
U.K. Switches on First 5G Factory Trial
Today marks the first day in which the U.K. government-backed Worcestershire 5G Consortium has switched on the first-ever 5G factory trial....