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Booking.com to face tough new EU tech rules
Booking.com to face tough new EU tech rules
by  AFP

The European Union on Monday added Dutch online travel giant Booking.com to its list of digital companies that are big enough to fall under tougher competition rules. In the same statement on Monday, the commission also said it opted not to include advertising services provided by X and TikTok on its list. raz/ec/lth

France announces 'record' foreign investments worth 15 bn euros
France announces 'record' foreign investments worth 15 bn euros
by  AFP

France has received combined investment commitments from foreign companies of more than 15 billion euros ($16.2 billion), President Emmanual Macron's office said Monday. Macron's office said that the 15-billion-euro investment total -- spread over a "record" 56 projects -- would potentially lead to 10,000 job creations.

Sweden's small game studios punching above their weight
Sweden's small game studios punching above their weight
by  AFP

"Minecraft", "Valheim", and "Raft", just to name a few: Small or even one-man teams from Sweden have produced more video game hits than one would expect from a small country. As "a really big Minecraft fan", he himself was psyched when he learned the game had been developed in his home country.

Brazil's catastrophic weather spawns spate of conspiracy theories
Brazil's catastrophic weather spawns spate of conspiracy theories
by  AFP

The climate catastrophe that has struck southern Brazil, killing more than a hundred people and displacing nearly two million, has also spawned a spate of bizarre conspiracy theories, some involving jets' vapor trails and weather antennas in faraway Alaska.

AI systems are already deceiving us -- and that's a problem, experts warn
AI systems are already deceiving us -- and that's a problem, experts warn
by  AFP

Experts have long warned about the threat posed by artificial intelligence going rogue -- but a new research paper suggests it's already happening. Cicero excelled, with scores that would have placed it in the top 10 percent of experienced human players, according to a 2022 paper in Science.