TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

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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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

This Friday at its annual Digital Day , the European Commission will be launching a “legislative instrument” called the EU Startup Nations Standard (SNS). However, the group is also urging EU Member States to turn the recommendations into actual national legislation, and not just stay on the books at the EU Commission.

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MAY 3, 2011

The argument for stories In 2003, John Sadowsky and Loick Roche, two professors at the Grenoble Graduate School of Business in France, reviewed the major academic literature on storytelling and wrote a paper called, "The power of stories: a discussion of why stories are powerful". Nonprofits are adding stories to their fundraising messages.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The nation’s proximity to the U.K., Belgium, France and Germany makes Amsterdam a natural gateway to those markets. And Brexit is helping: The Dutch are highly proficient in English and Dutch law is similar to English law, which means U.K.-based based tech founders are welcomed with open arms.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2022

But wait, a patent is a national right. Further, differences in the law in some countries can result in you spending significant money for little gain. You know that if you want to protect the product, you should file a patent application. So, you hire a patent lawyer and file a U.S. patent application. Problem solved, right?

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The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

The first thing any American notices when coming to Amsterdam is that unlike Germany and France, everyone speaks English. The Swedes have the law of Jante , the Anglo-sphere has Tall poppy syndrome , but us Dutch have a saying that epitomizes our exaggerated egalitarian desires: “Act normal, that is strange enough.” Serious talent.

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AUGUST 16, 2014

The meme then spread to France and the US, and was picked up by media such as Mashable, Huffington Post, MSNBC, ABC, etc. Many national organizations that have experienced this type of viral success admit that this is a tough road because the majority of people who participate or donate at these times do it to be part of a viral movement.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Many have resented or been envious of my education (my MBA Degree), my experience (highlighted by my work in the Consumer Marketing Department at Disneyland Paris in France), my gender, and my collaborative work style. Question: What do you believe business leaders should know about the future of marketing? My answer is always my Dad.

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The Verge

JULY 23, 2021

The company describes the role of its products on its website as helping “government intelligence and law-enforcement agencies use technology to meet the challenges of encryption” during terrorism and criminal investigations. According to NSO, it builds Pegasus solely for use in counterterrorism and law enforcement work.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Today let’s talk about Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen’s testimony before the Senate: the good, the bad, and what ought to happen next. Congress should pass a law requiring large platforms to make data available to outside researchers for the study of subjects in the public interest. Facebook is a national security risk.

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TechCrunch

JULY 8, 2022

.” Butler owned five different restaurant concepts that it staffed, including Standard by Butler (a casual bar and grill), Prime by Butler (an American brasserie) and Super Franc (a Tuscan steakhouse). But Butler, intent on expansion, continued to take on expensive new hotel restaurant leases. The company dissolved on May 13.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2022

Spain, France and Germany. Obviously, to continue to score clients and expand nationally, Joco will need to raise more money. Zoomo builds its own e-bikes and either offers them as a weekly subscription for gig workers or as a fleet service, including fleet management software, for enterprise companies, such as Domino’s and DHL.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Around the world, a Barbie doll is sold every three seconds, and March 9th is celebrated annually as National Barbie Day. She developed her marketing expertise while working in the high-tech industry, the Consumer Marketing Department at Disneyland Paris in France, the nonprofit arena, and financial services and insurance sectors.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 4, 2025

The current economic reality can be even more disheartening for families: Based on a recent analysis by the National Womens Law Center, the average family would need to earn at least $180,000 annually in 2025 to comfortably afford the national cost of infant care. Australia France Italy Japan Mexico Spain Germany New Zealand

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The Verge

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Texas House of Representatives member Matt Schaefer asked attorney general Ken Paxton to investigate the film “for possible violations of child exploitation and child pornography laws.”. In France, the film received an All Public rating, deemed appropriate for everyone. Netflix apologized for the poster but stood by the film.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2023

Twitter faces a $250 million lawsuit filed by major music publishers The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), representing 17 publishers, listed 1,700 songs for which it sent multiple copyright violation notices to Twitter. An engineer at Twitter, Prachi Poddar, also announced the change by posting a long tweet.

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MAY 26, 2008

She has also worked with SOS Racisme, the national immigrant rights organization in Paris, France. FIRM, the Fair Immigration Reform Movement is a national coalition of grassroots immigrant rights groups working together for immigrant justice. Tell me about FIRM. A listing of these groups is also available on our website.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Were excited about BuildCasas model because it is creating new homes within existing, high-opportunity communities that can be sold for less than typical market rate homes without utilizing public funding to subsidize the projects, which is extremely limited, Amaya Bravo-France, a program officer at the CZI, told Fast Company.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 12, 2025

The journey is slower than what the proposed Starline would offer, and is often bogged down in cross-border complications, including misaligned schedules, differing levels of rail infrastructure, and varying labor laws determining how long train conductors can work a shift. “Networks are good within nations.

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The Verge

JULY 7, 2020

This trend has only accelerated since the Black Lives Matters protests swept the nation last month — which, among other things, led to the first-ever virtual Facebook walkout a few weeks later. It represents one of the largest law enforcement infiltrations of a communications network predominantly used by criminals ever.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Uber will work with automakers — General Motors in the US and Canada, and Renault-Nissan in cities in the UK, France, Netherlands, and Portugal — to “extend attractive offers” on electric vehicles to drivers. A similar plan is underway in France, where Uber plans to set some of its own money to help French drivers purchase EVs.

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The Verge

JANUARY 22, 2022

So Biden held up Intel and Ohio as an example of what’s possible if we invest in domestic chipmaking, while raising the specter of national security and global competitiveness concerns if we fail to pass the bill. “We Is there something to the national security concern? We were ranked number one in the world in R&D. But guess what?

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The Verge

JULY 9, 2020

Others, such as President Trump’s Muslim ban, took a few tries — but eventually became law. And after Hong Kong passed a new national security law giving vast new surveillance powers to the Chinese Communist Party, TikTok led all social networks in pulling the app from Hong Kong. Can’t wait! Anna Wiener / The New Yorker ).

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

” She called the verdict a violation of the rule of law, said she would appeal and asked that the court proceedings take place before the 2027 campaign. Theres no guarantee that an appeals court would rule more favorably, and appeals in France can take several years to conclude.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 8, 2025

It's called out Apple for allegedly blocking Proton VPN security updates after the United Nations recommended that people in Myanmar use Proton Mail to report crimes during the country's 2021 coup. Under Swiss law, such requests can't proceed without a court order.). It's raised money for privacy activists in Hong Kong.

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The Verge

JUNE 9, 2020

In a private forum — known as the National Leads Forum, as first reported by BuzzFeed News — some community moderators were enraged by Nextdoor’s decision to support the Black Lives Matter movement. France set up a fund to ward off foreign buyers from purchasing homegrown technology companies. Chen Du / PingWest ). Industry. ?

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The Verge

MAY 14, 2020

The prospect of a fight with states over labor issues comes in addition to similar questions the company has faced in France, where courts required it to close warehouses last month amid complaints the company had not done enough to protect workers. Well yes, actually: it would like to be exempt from lawsuits over price gouging.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 2, 2025

Independent experts will take a look before CERN’s two dozen member countriesall European except for Israeldecide in 2028 whether to go forward, starting in the mid-2040s at a cost of some 14 billion Swiss francs (about $16 billion). While an observer state and not a member, the U.S. While an observer state and not a member, the U.S.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

But workers at Coca-Cola’s franchise in the West Bank, the National Beverage Company, are all Palestinian, and a boycott affects them, too, said its general manager, Imad Hindi. We had to take advantage of the opportunity, he said of the company’s new Palestinian taste logo and national flag-hued merchandise.

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