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Judge condemns firm for use of customer’s data after problem gambler was sent 1,300 emails over two years‘I lost 10 years of my life’: how UK betting giant’s unlawful marketing kept suicidal gambler hookedGambling companies in Britain could be forced to overhaul their advertising practices after a betting firm was ruled to have unlawfully targeted a problem gambler who was bombarded with more than 1,300 marketing emails.In a ruling at the high court, a judge found that Sky Betting & Gaming sent the man personalised marketing without proper consent after gathering hundreds of thousands of pieces of data about him

Tens of thousands rally against government and in memory of railway station roof collapse that killed 15Serbia’s powerful populist leader Aleksandar Vučić was facing his biggest challenge yet as student-led demonstrations intensified at the weekend in what was being called the Balkan country’s greatest ever protest movement.Three months to the day after a concrete canopy collapsed at the entrance of Novi Sad’s railway station, tens of thousands of protesters converged on the northern city, blockading its three bridges in commemoration of the 15 people killed in the accident. The tragedy has been blamed squarely on government ineptitude and graft. Continue

The chancellor is under fire after a study cited as evidence for expanding the terminal to boost the UK’s economic growth was ordered by Heathrow itself Rachel Reeves was facing criticism on Saturday night as it was confirmed that a report she cited as evidence that a third ­runway at Heathrow would boost the UK economy was commissioned by the airport itself.Experts and green groups also challenged Reeves’s view that advances in the production of ­sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) had been a “gamechanger” that would substantially limit the environmental damage of flying, ­saying the claims were overblown and did not

Recruiting top graduates could stop other countries pulling ahead in artificial intelligence race, tech council saysGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne Australian company has tentatively blocked staff from using the technology, others are scrambling for advice on its cybersecurity implications – while federal government ministers are urging caution.But others have welcomed DeepSeek’s arrival, calling for Australia to follow China’s lead in developing powerful yet less energy-intensive AI technology.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/02/as-deepseek-upends-the-ai-industry-one-group-is-urging-australia-to-embrace-the-opportunity Author : Josh Taylor Publish date : 2025-02-01 19:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs