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The U.S. House Oversight Committee is probing a collection of period tracking apps and data brokers in light of emerging concerns about how private health data might be weaponized in the dawning post-Roe v. Wade era. The committee issued letters today to data brokers SafeGraph, Babel Street, Digital Envoy, Placer.ai and Gravy Analytics and app makers Flo Health, Glow, GP International, Clue developer BioWink and Digitalchemy Ventures. In the letters, the representatives requested information on the companies’ data…

Multiple investigations by Indian enforcement agencies into Chinese companies are damaging the confidence of foreign entities investing and operating in the country, China's embassy in the South Asian nation has said.Many Chinese firms have struggled to do business in India after political tension surged following a border clash in 2020. India has cited security concerns in banning more than 300 Chinese apps since, and toughened rules on Chinese investment.Wednesday's comments by the embassy follow raids this week by a…

LONDON—The U.K’s antitrust agency opened probes into Microsoft Corp.’s MSFT 1.28% proposed takeover of Activision Blizzard Inc. ATVI -0.63% and into Amazon. AMZN 0.73% com Inc.’s business practices, solidifying the U.K. as a new regulatory power that Silicon Valley must reckon with. The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority said…

Britain's antitrust watchdog said that it had started an investigation into Microsoft Corp's $68.7 billion deal to buy "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard Inc. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it had until Sept. 1 to make its phase 1 decision on whether the deal between the U.S. technology company and video-game maker Activision would reduce competition in the UK. The phase 1 investigation by the CMA will either lead to the deal being cleared or will move to a more in-depth phase 2 probe. Both…

NASA’s Voyager space probes have had an amazing journey. Set against an ever-evolving backdrop that encompasses 45 years of space exploration, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are finally nearing the end of their broadcast back to Earth. Over the years, both Voyagers have given humanity a look at space unlike anything we had ever seen, and it will be sad to see that legendary mission finally come to an end. A journey unlike anything we’ve ever seen Voyager 2 provided our first real look at Neptune. Image source:…

The board of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. WWE 4.95% is investigating a secret $3 million settlement that longtime chief executive Vince McMahon agreed to pay to a departing employee with whom he allegedly had an affair, according to documents and people familiar with the board inquiry.The January 2022 separation agreement bars the now-former employee, who was hired as a paralegal in 2019, from discussing her relationship with Mr.…

PARIS—French prosecutors are investigating disclosure of safety issues at a nuclear-power plant run by EDF SA, EDF 6.32% the latest setback for the electricity giant as Europe struggles with high energy prices in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Prosecutors in Marseille opened the investigation last month, following a complaint from a former top official at the Tricastin power plant, located in the south of France, according to…

The Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB) says it is investigating Wema Bank PLC and KC Gaming Networks(Bet Naija), for alleged breach of customers’ data privacy. The bank is accused of opening accounts for customers without their request or authorisation, while KC Gaming is probed over external attacks on its data. “At this stage, the objectives of these investigations as directed by the National Commissioner of the Bureau, Vincent Olatunji, are to determine the impact of the breaches on…

The Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB) says it is investigating Wema Bank PLC and KC Gaming Networks(Bet Naija), for alleged breach of customers’ data privacy. The bank is accused of opening accounts for customers without their request or authorisation, while KC Gaming is probed over external attacks on its data. “At this stage, the objectives of these investigations as directed by the National Commissioner of the Bureau, Vincent Olatunji, are to determine the impact of the breaches on…

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Chinese regulators will conclude yearlong probes into Didi, logistics platform Full Truck Alliance and recruitment firm Kanzhun as early as this week — Chinese authorities are also preparing to allow Didi's app back on domestic app stores as early as this week Wall Street Journal: Sources: Chinese regulators will conclude yearlong probes into Didi, logistics platform Full Truck Alliance and recruitment firm Kanzhun as early as this week — Chinese…