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Added on the 17/11/2023 13:00:00 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Reddit's Snoo rings the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The Reddit social network debutes the New York Stock Exchange after pricing robustly in an initial public offering that suggested greater investor enthusiasm for new stock issuers. IMAGES
The EU's landmark curbs on how tech titans do business online kicks in from March 7th. "As of midnight, the gatekeepers are required to prove that they are complying with the DMA (Digital Markets Act)", says Johannes Bahrke, EU spokesperson. Brussels is determined to create a more competitive online field that allows smaller players to flourish by ushering in a list of do's and don'ts for six so-called "gatekeepers" designated by the EU: Apple, Amazon, Google owner Alphabet, TikTok parent ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft. SOUNDBITE
Major tech firms gather in Paris for the "Tech for Good" summit to pursue a range of new measures aimed at stamping out violent extremist content on the internet, amid growing pressure from governments in the wake of the massacres at two New Zealand mosques in March. IMAGES
The European Parliament approves a controversial EU copyright law that hands more power to news and record companies against internet giants like Google and Facebook. IMAGES
We look at how the internet has evolved over time – from humble beginnings in 1972 when Cambridge computer scientist Ray Tomlinson introduced email, to the launch of the first iPhone in 2007 delivering the "internet in your pocket"