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Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: The UK CMA launches a formal Phase 2 of its review of the Vodafone and Three UK's $19B merger, after finding competition and pricing concerns in Phase 1 — The U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has confirmed that it's launching a formal “phase 2” investigation into the planned merger between Vodafone and Three UK. Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: The UK CMA launches a formal Phase 2 of its review of the Vodafone and Three UK's $19B merger, after finding…

One of the early quests for Brant in Dragon’s Dogma 2 tasks you with attending a masquerade in an effort to find the false Sovran. However, the masquerade is a fancy affair, and therefore you will need to dress in formal raiment as well as don a masquerade mask. Thankfully, Brant provides you with an Eventide Mask. But you will still need to know where to find formal raiment to wear for the masquerade in Dragon’s Dogma 2. Screenshot by Destructoid Where to find the Courtly Tunic You don’t have to look far to find the…

Have you ever been in a situation where you find yourself struggling to properly frame an email? Well, we all have all been there. Drafting highly formal emails without errors is a challenging task for many due to different reasons. Therefore, to help you write error-free emails, we have found an AI assistant tool called Spark+AI. It's a simple email assistant app enabling users to write emails from scratch, make corrections, rephrase sentences, and more. This tool will not only save you time but you will not even have…

Apple has reportedly started work on a new MacBook Pro model that is powered by a fourth generation Apple Silicon processor. The Cupertino company launched Mac computers with its M3 chip last year — its first processors built on the firm's 3nm technology that was also used to produce the A17 Pro chip that powers the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. This year's Mac models, including the purported MacBook Pro, are expected to run on the next-generation M4 chip.Bloomberg's Mark Gurman (via…

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. So, you’ve been invited to a wedding. The dress code is set, and you have no idea where to start, but it’s okay — we’ve all been there. Thankfully in your case, Rolling Stone editors are here to help. The first step in deciding what you’ll wear to their big event is determining the dress code, location, and season. Note — When deciding on color, it’s important to…

The European Union is formally investigating TikTok’s compliance with the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA), the Commission has announced. Areas the Commission is focusing on in this investigation of TikTok are linked to the protection of minors, advertising transparency, data access for researchers, and the risk management of addictive design and harmful content, in said in a press release. The DSA is the bloc’s online governance and content moderation rulebook which, since Saturday, has applied broadly to — likely…

The European Commission opened a formal investigation to review whether the social media app TikTok violated new rules in place that aim to protect minors online, it announced Monday.   The investigation will review if TikTok, owned by the Chinese-based parent company ByteDance, breached the Digital Services Act (DSA), the EU’s new online children protection rule that went into effect Saturday, by its platform design and privacy settings.   If the commission establishes a breach of the DSA, it could impose…

The European Commission has opened formal proceedings against ByteDance's TikTok under the Digital Services Act (DSA), according to a document seen by Reuters, to see if the social media platform is doing enough to protect children."The protection of minors is a top enforcement priority for the DSA. As a platform that reaches millions of children and teenagers, TikTok must fully comply with the DSA and has a particular role to play in the protection of minors online," said EU Commissioner Thierry Breton, in the…

The European Commission has opened formal proceedings against Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter, over claims it may have breached the bloc's Digital Services Act in several key areas. In a press release early Monday, the EC stated, "The European Commission has opened formal proceedings to assess whether X may have breached the Digital Services Act (DSA) in areas linked to risk management, content moderation, dark patterns, advertising transparency and data access for researchers."The EC says that "On the basis of the…

In better times, the U.S. has, with some humility, owned up to its failures. Commissions have investigated tragedies such as Pearl Harbor and 9 /11. Presidential blue-ribbon panels bulwarked the Social Security program in 1983 and overhauled NASA’s space shuttle program after the 1986 Challenger disaster. Three years into the COVID pandemic, more than 1.1 million people are dead, and millions more are living with long COVID. How did the nation judged most prepared for an epidemic or pandemic in 2019 suffer a death rate…