UK may ban social media for children under 16

UK may ban social media for children under 16

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is about to announce a ban on social media usage for children under the age of 16, according to multiple reports. While the government had previously revealed that it was studying options around a ban, both the Guardian and the Financial Times said that Starmer is now ready to unveil…

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Emm raises M seed to create one of the world’s first ‘smart’ menstrual cups

Emm raises $9M seed to create one of the world’s first ‘smart’ menstrual cups

Jenny Button first thought of Emm during the COVID lockdown. She was using an Oura ring and the Whoop monitoring band and getting insights about her body, but there wasn’t a device that could provide data about one of the most important aspects — reproductive and menstrual health.   “It seemed crazy to me, because these are things that every woman wants to be able to…

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Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince is pushing UK regulator to unbundle Google’s search and AI crawlers

Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince is pushing UK regulator to unbundle Google’s search and AI crawlers

After earlier this year launching a marketplace that allows websites to charge AI bots for scraping their content, web infrastructure provider Cloudflare is pushing for increased regulation in the AI sector. The company’s chief executive Matthew Prince says he’s in London to speak with the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), where he’s proposing stricter…

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#Apple, Google’s ‘vice-like grip’ over mobile market criticized

#Apple, Google’s ‘vice-like grip’ over mobile market criticized

“#Apple, Google’s ‘vice-like grip’ over mobile market criticized” Apple and Google hold a “vice-like grip” over the mobile phone market that stifles innovation and drives up costs for consumers, according to a scathing new report from a British regulator.  The UK Competition and Markets Authority on Tuesday slammed the companies’ “overly restrictive” app stores, which…

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#UK top brass eye anti-scalping law, bill proposed

#UK top brass eye anti-scalping law, bill proposed

“#UK top brass eye anti-scalping law, bill proposed” UK Member of Parliament Douglas Chapman of the Scottish National Party has recently proposed a bill, titled Gaming Hardware (Automated Purchase and Resale) Bill 2019-2021, which is meant to criminalise scalping activities across the country. This follows an Early Day Motion which was tabled by six SNP…

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