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France’s strategy for EU startup policies: Talent and money

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And the French government is taking advantage of this opportunity to make some progress on the tech startup policy front. As the name suggests, this new instrument is in charge of establishing a standard for startup policies around Europe. It’s the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union right now.

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Revolut lets customers switch to Revolut Bank in 10 additional countries

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Now, customers in Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Malta, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia will be able to become Revolut Bank customers. In Lithuania for instance, you can apply for a credit card with a credit limit that’s twice the value of your monthly salary (up to €6,000). You can pay back over one to 60 months.

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Europe to ‘assess’ Adobe’s proposed $20B Figma acquisition on competition grounds

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As such, the EC said that it has received requests from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden to look at the deal and determine whether there is a case to answer.

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Elon Musk’s Twitter (now X): Everything you need to know, from layoffs to verification

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The app’s enforcement policy says that tweets with such labels will not show up in search results, recommendations or timelines — those tweets will be hidden in both the “For You” and “Following timelines. It’s not clear if the company is applying the same policy to personal accounts.

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