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• When everyone is in the wrong: Telegram’s Durov must remain in France and post a €5M bail

  28-08-2024 23:48 via thenextweb.com
  
  This just in: French prosecutors have charged Telegram’s Russian-born founder Pavel Durov with a wide range of crimes and banned him from leaving the country. He’s now placed under a heavy judicial control with twice-a-week police check-ins and has to post a €5mn bail, according to a statement by Paris Public Prosecutor Laure Beccuau. This development marks a major milestone in what seems to be one of this year’s most important technology news stories that started less th
  
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• For Lego, the future is increasingly digital. Pity your inner child

  28-08-2024 18:05 via thenextweb.com
  
  As one of millions of adults who grew up building Lego, the company’s digital adventures distort my childhood memories. Yet my screaming inner infant can’t derail the transition. Our beloved bricks have now been in video games for nearly three decades. Since debuting on Sega Pico in 1995, the Lego games empire has expanded across over 80 titles and 200 million sales. The biggest hits have come from licensing deals. Collaborations with Star Wars, Marvel, and Harry Potter have sh
  
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• Opinion: AI’s ability to replace jobs shouldn’t be flaunted

  28-08-2024 17:15 via thenextweb.com
  
  AI is here to stay, for better or for worse. In the business world, the exponential use of artificial intelligence has sparked both hopes of unprecedented productivity — and fears of job loss. According to a recent survey  by EY, more than two in three employees in Europe are worried that AI will eliminate jobs. Blunt announcements by prominent European tech companies are doing nothing to help alleviate these concerns. One of those companies is Sweden’s Klarna. The buy-now-pay-
  
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• New Barbie dumbphone could cleave tweens from their screens

  28-08-2024 17:03 via thenextweb.com
  
  Exactly 65 years since the first Barbie doll was released, the Barbie Phone has finally arrived.  As you might expect, the flip-phone is pink. Very pink. And it comes with all sorts of glittery extras so you can bedazzle it to your heart’s content — and relive some late-90s Barbie nostalgia.  The phone is also dumb. Very dumb. No social media, no apps — just good ol’ fashioned SMS and calls. But that’s the point.   “It is the perfect tool
  
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• This app makes it easier for neurodivergent people to navigate daily tasks

  28-08-2024 15:59 via thenextweb.com
  
  Copenhagen-based Tiimo has raised an additional $1.6mn in funding to expand its app supporting neurodivergent individuals in their daily life. Neurodivergent individuals — those with autism, ADHD, dyslexia, and other cognitive differences — make up about 15% to 20% the population. However, tailored tools to boost productivity and daily life management for people who think differently are still insufficient. Tiimo is on a mission to change this. Behind the startup are Helene Lassen N
  
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• Korean skin care firm taps ‘true colour’ camera from Belgian startup

  28-08-2024 13:11 via thenextweb.com
  
  Spectricity has a new target for the startup’s “true colour” camera: skin care analysis. The Belgian company has signed a deal with Korea’s Lululab to develop the application. Together, the partners plan to create a new generation of smart skin care on mobile devices. Spectricity’s unique camera system will collect the underlying images. The tiny snapper is powered by a multispectral sensor, which measures light from 16 colour channels. Standard smartphon
  
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• TNW Podcast: Pavel Durov’s arrest in France, concrete-based CO₂ storage, renewables in Iceland

  28-08-2024 09:43 via thenextweb.com
  
   Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry. In today’s episode, Linnea and Andrii talk about a silent hangar in the UK, the fate of Boeing Starliner, the detention of Pavel Durov in France, renewable energy and Iceland, and a few things in between. You’ll also hear an interview with Andreas Saari, c
  
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