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3 ways to keep your clothes from shedding plastic on Earth Day and every day

Fast Company Tech

They wind up in local waterways that connect to the ocean. France was first to adopt a law to mandate that new washing machines sold in the country have a microfiber filter, though implementation has been delayed. When garments are worn, washed and put through the dryer, they shed plastic fiber fragments. In the U.S.,

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Leaked Uber Files reveal history of lawbreaking, lobbying and exploiting violence against drivers

TechCrunch

The Uber Files, which were originally shared with The Guardian and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists , show a company that has knowingly broken laws, gone to extreme lengths to avoid justice, secretly lobbied governments, received aid from top politicians and exploited violence against drivers to drum up business.

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Bridging the Gap: How AI and Tech Can Support Domestic Violence Advocacy

Non Profit Quarterly

Image credit: Photo by cottonbro studio on pexels In late December 2024, New York State Senator Andrew Gounardess legislation to protect domestic violence survivors was signed into law. The legislation comes as law enforcement struggles to address the evolving role of technology in domestic violence cases.

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Cajoo promises grocery deliveries in 15 minutes

TechCrunch

In France, there’s no Instacart or pure player in the grocery delivering space. I think impatience is unsustainable because of unit economics, labor laws, the impact on small shops and cities. Glovo offered grocery deliveries from your local grocery store. Guillaume Luscan and Jeremy Gotteland are the two other co-founders.

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Spain’s ten-year plan to put startups in the economic driving seat

TechCrunch

Chat to local founders and there’s a litany of administrative, tax-based and fundraising pain-points they’ll quickly point to as frustrations. France and Germany. The idea of opening up sandboxing is popular with local gig platform Glovo. So it will be something of a milestone.

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“We are going to create the best environment for startups in Europe”

TechCrunch

Spain’s government is gearing up to pass the country’s first ever startup law. A draft law agreed by ministers was presented to the parliament last month. So — if all goes to plan — Spain will finally get a startup law before the end of this year. This interview has been lightly edited for clarity.

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Social media giants urged to tackle data-scraping privacy risks

TechCrunch

. “In most jurisdictions, personal information that is ‘publicly available’, ‘publicly accessible’ or ‘of a public nature’ on the internet, is subject to data protection and privacy laws,” they write. France’s privacy watchdog eyes protection against data scraping in AI action plan