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Social media giants urged to tackle data-scraping privacy risks

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A joint statement signed by regulators at a dozen international privacy watchdogs, including the U.K.’s The dozen international regulators signing the joint statement all hail from non-European Union markets.

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Yep, ‘Learning Man’ is becoming a thing 

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Twig takes $35M to turn stuff you own into a way to pay

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The startup was only founded in mid 2020 — launching its service in the UK last July — but it touts rapid domestic growth (100,000+ monthly downloads of its apps; reaching sixth position in the iOS App Store’s top finance apps); and is already gearing up for international expansion.

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Zoom knots itself a legal tangle over use of customer data for training AI models

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OpenAI later resumed service in Italy having switched to a claim of legitimate interests — which requires it to offer users a way to opt out of the processing (which it had added). It said the AI giant would have to choose between consent or legitimate interests for processing people’s data for training models.

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Surging homegrown talent and VC spark Italy’s tech renaissance

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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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Daily Crunch: Atlantic Money wants to make international money transfers even cheaper than competitors

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Dear Sophie: How long does it take to get International Entrepreneur Parole? We are looking at International Entrepreneur Parole as an option since we would easily qualify based on the investment we’re expecting, but we’re concerned about timing. Dear Sophie: How long does it take to get International Entrepreneur Parole?

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