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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Companies that have failed to address known cases of modern slavery are winning public sector contracts in the United Kingdom and cannot be disqualified from the public tendering process due to weak legislation, new research from the Universities of Bath, Sussex and the West of England shows. Current legislation means…

The December sales period could mark a negative watershed moment for the auto industry, threatening to slow Europe’s adoption of electric vehicles. The December sales period could mark a negative watershed moment for the auto industry, threatening to slow Europe’s adoption of electric vehicles. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All…

The FTC is free to limit how Meta profits off of children and tighten how the company uses user data. Meta had asked a federal judge to take over a dispute with the FTC, which the judge refused. This allows FTC to change a $5 billion settlement for the way they used data…

The maker of Cheerios and Bisquick pancake mix said its top line rose 3%, boosted by higher prices. The maker of Cheerios and Bisquick pancake mix said its top line rose 3%, boosted by higher prices. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner…

Apple could be about to have a new problem in China, this time over its AirDrop file transfer feature.Apple and China have already had dealings over AirDrop of course. Apple altered iOS to change the way AirDrop worked in China and China alone, before eventually rolling the same change out globally. And while that change means that strangers are less likely to send people files without permission, that might not be enough.With China worried that AirDrop could be used to circumvent its censorship efforts, the country is…

When the CRISPR gene editor landed in U.S. plant science labs a decade ago, allowing researchers to tweak a crop’s own DNA instead of pasting in foreign genes, hopes rose that it would pave the way for looser regulation of genetically modified crops. Last year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) gave plant scientists much of their wish, exempting certain gene-edited changes to plants. But the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking a tougher…

Yet more senators are trying to resurrect legislation aimed at protecting kids' online privacy. Senators Bill Cassidy and Ed Markey have reintroduced a "COPPA 2.0" (Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act) bill that would expand and revise the 1998 law to deal with the modern internet, particularly social media. COPPA 2.0 would bar companies from gathering personal data from teens aged 13 to 16 without their consent. It would ban all targeted advertising to children and teens, and create a "bill of rights" that…

As the crypto industry continues to grow, digital currency security has become a major concern for users and investors. Recently, there have been claims of an exploit in the MetaMask wallet causing a “massive wallet-draining operation.” This has raised concerns about the security of crypto wallets and networks such as Ethereum and Cardano. In this article, we will examine the similarities and differences between Ethereum and Cardano, two of the most secure crypto networks, and how they compare to MetaMask. Additionally,…

Dow Inc, a US petrochemicals giant, and the Singapore government had said, they were transforming old sneakers into playgrounds and running tracks, but the sneakers were instead exported for resale. In 2015, Indonesia banned the import of second-hand clothing and footwear over concerns about hygiene, as well as…

China will step up the management of short videos as part of efforts to prevent children from becoming addicted to them, the National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) said. "Create a clean space for short videos, improve the level of protection of minors, and play a subtle and positive role in cultivating sentiment, enlightening minds, and leading trends," according to an NRTA statement on its website describing an internal meeting held on the issue of minor addiction. The statement is the latest in a campaign…