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Valve and five game publishers fined millions for geo-blocking Steam games in EU

The Verge

This broke the EU’s Digital Single Market rules which prohibit those types of barriers. The European Commission says the geo-blocking was to prevent games being activated outside Czechia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Five publishers were fined in total. Focus Home was fined almost €2.9

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500 Startups unveils its Fall 2012 accelerator lineup: More international and more sh*t founders say

The Next Web

For the first time, it partnered with AngelList to help create an open application process. Startups in this class come from far and away, including Argentina, Austria, Australia, Brazil, Croatia, Denmark, India, Japan, Italy, Latvia & Estonia, Spain, and Taiwan. This season, the accelerator program has undergone a bit of a update.

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Jeff raises $1M to build alternative credit scoring and other fintech products for Southeast Asia

TechCrunch

The funding will be used to enter other Southeast Asian markets, including Indonesia and the Philippines, and introduce new products, like free credit score and insurance offers, digital discount coupons and mobile wallet cashbacks. ” Financial API provider Brick is building the infrastructure for open banking in Southeast Asia.

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How to watch the Oscar-nominated animated film Flow at home

Mashable Tech

All completed in open-source 3D software Blender, the animation of Flow looks and feels different than anything you've ever seen. Directed by Gints Zilbalodis and written by Zilbalodis and Matīss Kaža, Flow is an animated movie from Latvia that follows the adventures of a black cat after his home is swept away by a great flood.

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On Friday the EU will put startup-friendly legislation to member states — will they sign up?

TechCrunch

This Friday at its annual Digital Day , the European Commission will be launching a “legislative instrument” called the EU Startup Nations Standard (SNS). Now, before you think I’m about to bore you to death, you might like to know that the SNS is a huge political initiative.

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‘Deepfake’ that supposedly fooled European politicians was just a look-alike, say pranksters

The Verge

Parliamentarians from the UK, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia had all arranged video calls with a hoaxer claiming to be Leonid Volkov, chief of staff to imprisoned Russian anti-Putin politician Alexei Navalny. They did so by cold-calling and emailing their targets from fake addresses, using a real picture of Volkov as their digital avatar.

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

TechCrunch

You should see a suggested action of “Open App” to build your new shortcut. Now, you’ll be prompted to set up a new “Open App” shortcut. Next to where it says “Open,” click on “App” to search for the X app. Go ahead and type in Twitter instead of “Open App.” Select that. Here, you can upload an image of the Twitter logo.

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