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Book interview: ‘Beyond Data: Reclaiming Human Rights at the Dawn of the Metaverse’

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“My book isn’t about data, not really,” says Elizabeth M Renieris, author of ‘Beyond Data’. It’s about how our historical obsession with data in the context of technology governance has been problematic, and why we need a materially different approach: one less focused on data and more focused on people.”

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Meta teases Threads, a new text app to rival Twitter

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The app has been described by Meta as a platform " where communities come together to discuss everything from the topics you care about today to what’ll be trending tomorrow". Nevertheless, Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s co-founder and an executive at BlueSky, warned about the privacy features of Threads in a recent tweet.

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Meta to settle Cambridge Analytica class-action lawsuit for $725m

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Lawyers for the plaintiffs called the proposed settlement the largest to ever be achieved in a US data privacy class action and the most that Meta has ever paid to resolve a class action lawsuit. These claims were dismissed by US District Judge Vince Chhabria.

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Apple to permit rival app stores on European devices

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Last year alone, about $10bn (£8bn) worth of transactions flowed through the App Store, according to estimates from Sensor Tower, a mobile analytics company, with Apple taking a commission of up to 30 per cent. .

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Google agrees to pay $93m to settle location data lawsuit

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The lawsuit was brought by California’s attorney general, Rob Bonta, following a multiyear investigation into the company’s data “misleading” data policies. Consistent with improvements we’ve made in recent years, we have settled this matter, which was based on outdated product policies that we changed years ago,” a Google spokesperson said.

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Proactive Legislation Adds Impetus to China’s Intelligent and Connected Vehicle (ICV) Market

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Rapid growth for China’s intelligent and connected vehicle (ICV) market is on the cards, spurred by policy support, subsides, new business models, and advances in enabling technologies like artificial intelligence and autonomous driving. The thrust on ICVs will invariably be accompanied by data privacy and protection issues.

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AI could boost the British economy by £400bn by 2030, Google says

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The report was produced alongside public policy research agency Public First and estimates that generative AI could save the average UK worker more than 100 hours a year, with this number amounting to 700,000 hours a year in administrative work for UK GPs and teachers.

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