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German Court Suspends MRNA Patent Trial Against BioNTech
Date: September 29, 2023
German court suspends mRNA patent trial against BioNTech DUESSELDORF (Reuters) – A German court on Thursday suspended a patent trial against BioNTech over the use of mRNA technology in the COVID-19 vaccine developed by the German company together with its U.S. partner Pfizer. The Duesseldorf regional court said it needed further clarification and suspended the...
Macron Wants Fuel Industry to Sell at Cost Price
Date: September 25, 2023
Macron wants fuel industry to sell at cost price PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday the government would ask the fuel industry to sell at cost price and would grant 100 euros ($106.52) in aid to the poorest workers who drive to work, to stem the impact of inflation on households....
Poland Investigates OpenAI Over Privacy Concerns
Date: September 21, 2023
Poland investigates OpenAI over privacy concerns WARSAW (Reuters) – A Polish watchdog is investigating Microsoft-backed OpenAI over a complaint that its ChatGPT chatbot breaks European Union data protection laws known as the GDPR, it said. OpenAI has already faced at least its second class action lawsuit in San Francisco federal court for allegedly breaking privacy...
Thousands of Greeks Rally as State Workers Strike Over Labour Law Plans
Date: September 21, 2023
Thousands of Greeks rally as state workers strike over labour law plans By Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) -Thousands of Greek public sector workers, including teachers, doctors and transport staff, marched in Athens on Thursday during a strike against planned labour law changes by the conservative government, which was re-elected in June. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’...
Why Should the Financial Sector Care About the Dark Web?
Date: September 18, 2023
Why should the financial sector care about the dark web? Dr Gareth Owenson, Co-Founder and CTO, Searchlight Cyber The financial sector has a deserved reputation for taking cyber security seriously, but that hasn’t stopped cyber criminals keeping the industry in their cross hairs. In fact, with highly sensitive data and huge sums of money as...
French Data Watchdog Carries Out ‘checks’ at Worldcoin Paris Office
Date: September 1, 2023
French data watchdog carries out ‘checks’ at Worldcoin Paris office By Sudip Kar-Gupta and Martin Coulter PARIS (Reuters) -France’s data watchdog carried out “checks” at Worldcoin’s Paris office this week, amid global regulatory pressure on the digital currency firm co-founded by ChatGPT-founder Sam Altman. France’s CNIL watchdog said in July it was investigating Worldcoin as...