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

TechCrunch

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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Surging homegrown talent and VC spark Italy’s tech renaissance

TechCrunch

As Italy reinstates many COVID-19 restrictions, the country’s tech ecosystem is watching and waiting to see what the wider effects of the emergency will be. Italy’s ecosystem for tech venture capital and startups has been in development for years and has made decent strides in the last decade.

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Italy’s ban on cultivated meat could set the industry back

TechCrunch

government was getting more comfortable with the concept of cultivated meat , the Italian government put forth a bill banning the use of lab-grown food. Just when the U.S. The process of making cultivated meat includes a method, like precision fermentation in a laboratory, that uses animal cells without slaughtering the animals.

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The best VPNs for staying anonymous and secure on the web

Mashable Tech

Don't freak out, but your gut is right: Your internet service provider (ISP) is tracking your every click to compile anonymous browsing logs they can potentially sell to advertising companies , or even cough up to government agencies in the interest of censorship. Bonus points if that policy's been verified by a third party audit.)

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Research Friday: Transforming the mindset from charitable giving to the social economy

ASU Lodestar Center

Increasingly, policy and social change has been studied through the lens of the social economy, and there is now a developed scholarly literature in this field (much of it through the European Research Network ). Modern forms for accountability and governance are required. This is not seen as a negative. Like this article? Get another!

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8 cannabis investors share their outlook on the European market in H1 2022

TechCrunch

Germany’s government created quite a buzz when it announced that recreational cannabis would be legalized during the current term. Does this mean that we’ll see recreational use of cannabis for adults becoming a common policy in Europe? It’s too soon to say.

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

TechCrunch

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.