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Meta fined $567m in largest child safety ruling against social media giant
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Meta fined $567m in largest child safety ruling against social media giant

A New Mexico judge ordered the Instagram, Facebook and Whatsapp parent company to pay another $567m for the way it has harmed children.

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Tovább fokozódik a hőség, 42 fok is lehet a jövő héten nemzetkozi-gazdasag

Tovább fokozódik a hőség, 42 fok is lehet a jövő héten

A következő napokban tovább erősödik a kánikula Magyarországon: hétfőn már 40, kedden 41, szerdán és csütörtökön pedig akár 42 Celsius-fokig emelkedhet a hőmérséklet - derül ki a HungaroMet előrejelzéséből. A forróságot helyenként zivatarok szakíthatják meg.

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‘You owe parking fees’: experts warn of fake RingGo text scam nemzetkozi-gazdasag

‘You owe parking fees’: experts warn of fake RingGo text scam

Criminals hope by using threats of enforcement action, people will panic and click link to bogus parking app site You use parking apps a lot – you have several on your phone – but it is not always straightforward. Sometimes there is a lack of reliable mobile signal, or the app crashes or behaves oddly, or it does not seem to want to accept your bank card. Also, it is sometimes hard to keep track of which apps you have used when. So when you receive a text from RingGo saying you owe it money, you are not totally surprised. Continue reading…

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‘We cannot magic up more water’: the supply problems putting housing targets in England at risk nemzetkozi-gazdasag

‘We cannot magic up more water’: the supply problems putting housing targets in England at risk

Council leaders say crumbling infrastructure and lack of water are jeopardising government’s plans for new homes The government’s housebuilding agenda is hitting the stark reality of a lack of water and crumbling infrastructure across the east and south-east of England. Half the country was declared to be in serious drought this week, for the second consecutive year, with the Environment Agency warning of dire consequences for the economy, environment and wildlife. Continue reading…

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Callas, Beethoven, bee-eaters or storks: competition seeks to redesign euro notes nemzetkozi-gazdasag

Callas, Beethoven, bee-eaters or storks: competition seeks to redesign euro notes

The EU is using a currency revamp as an opportunity to be less neutral and try some finely balanced identity-building Is Europe best represented by the bold intellect of Marie Curie, the sprawling imagination of Miguel de Cervantes and the intense musical genius of Ludwig van Beethoven? Or by a migrating stork and a bee-eater, swooping across borderless plains and enjoying freedom of movement across European countries? The quest to settle this issue has engaged a surprising number of people across the continent, after more than 6 million people voted in a survey within just a week of its launch to determine whether the newly redesigned euro bank notes should depict either cultural figures or birds and waterways. Continue reading…

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Kremlin connections: the Russia links to a £600m UK theme park nemzetkozi-gazdasag

Kremlin connections: the Russia links to a £600m UK theme park

Exclusive: French company Puy du Fou worked with a sanctioned oligarch on plans for a Crimea resort longer than disclosed, and later courted Iran and China In February 2014, thousands of “little green men” – Russian soldiers in unmarked uniforms – flooded into Crimea, seizing control of military bases and infrastructure. Their arrival marked the opening salvo of Vladimir Putin’s annexation of the peninsula, an operation that ultimately escalated into the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading…

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UK’s state investments agency hit by data breach nemzetkozi-gazdasag

UK’s state investments agency hit by data breach

Security lapse leaves sensitive information and contact details of 51 government officials exposed for 40 hours The public body in charge of the UK’s state investments has been pushed to improve its internal security after a data breach left “high-level management information” publicly accessible for nearly two days. UK Government Investments (UKGI), the agency that manages the taxpayers’ interest in a swathe of companies including Channel 4 and the Post Office, said the security failure also left more than 50 government officials’ personal details exposed for nearly 40 hours. Continue reading…

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