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N. Korea hails family that skipped 60th birthday feast as frugality model

North Korean authorities have held up a Hyesan family that skipped a traditional 60th birthday celebration in late January as a model of socialist frugality ahead of the Ninth...

Israeli troops fired 900+ rounds at Gaza medics – report

Hundreds of rounds were fired at aid workers during a March 2025 massacre at...

Moscow warns of ‘direct conflict’ between nuclear powers

The alleged plans by France and the UK to supply Kiev with nuclear weapons...

Solidarity simulacra: Zelensky’s four-year reality check

The Ukrainian leader’s key backers were conspicuous in their absence from the pomp and...

German Greens confirm top brass hit by cyberattack

The German Green party, which is part of the country’s governing coalition, confirmed that a cyberattack that hit its IT systems affected email accounts...

Abortion rights advocates in US prepare for a new wave of digital security threats

Abortion rights groups are using software that protects privacy and are honing other strategies to combat digital threats that they expect will worsen in...

Frances Haugen: From whistleblower to watchdog

Frances Haugen, a Facebook whistleblower, is ready for her second act. Nine months after the former project manager at the world’s largest social network published...

EU privacy chief bashes lack of GDPR enforcement against Big Tech

European Data Protection Supervisor Wojciech Wiewiórowski on Friday said there isn’t enough privacy enforcement against tech companies like Meta and Google, hinting at a...

Google Russia files for bankruptcy

Google’s local subsidiary in Russia filed for bankruptcy because Moscow’s measures against the U.S. firm have made it impossible to do business, the firm...

WTO breaks negotiating slump with package of deals

GENEVA — The World Trade Organization on Friday put itself back in the negotiating game by approving agreements to authorize generic versions of COVID-19...

The problem at the heart of Brussels’ disinformation playbook

The European Union’s revamped strategy for tackling disinformation has a flaw: It relies on social media giants checking their own homework. In a voluntary rulebook...

What’s wrong with the GDPR?

Brussels is falling out of love with its favorite product: the EU’s landmark privacy rulebook, the General Data Protection Regulation. Brought online in 2018, the...

Crypto industry fears regulatory backlash over lending crisis

A new crypto crisis is looming — and companies fear the regulators’ ax is about to drop. One of the biggest lenders within the crypto...

Cartier and Amazon Target Knock-offs in US Lawsuits

Amazon and Cartier joined forces Wednesday in U.S. court to accuse a social media influencer of working with Chinese firms to sell knock-offs of...

UK readies summer rollout of Horizon R&D alternative amid Brexit row

LONDON — The U.K. will start rolling out a domestic replacement for the EU’s flagship research and development program after the summer if Brussels...

Study: Facebook Fails to Catch East Africa Extremist Content

A new study has found that Facebook has failed to catch Islamic State group and al-Shabab extremist content in posts aimed at East Africa...

Fringe platforms sidestep Europe’s disinformation playbook

Alternative social network platforms like Telegram that have become central to how disinformation spreads will not be part of a revamped online rule book...

Big Tech cries foul over EU cloud-security label

Tech lobbyists in Brussels are calling for the European Union to reconsider its plans to force major cloud providers like Microsoft, Amazon and Google...

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