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GRIP Extra: Trump nominates Atkins for SEC chair, Musk tries to block OpenAI’s for-profit move
Other news includes a $123m penalty against McKinsey for bribery, and a Nomura wealth manager being charged with attempting to murder–yes, murder–customers.
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Crypto wrap: Tax breaks in Hong Kong, gains for Telegram, and a banana update
Latest developments in the world of crypto.
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GRIP Extra: EU to slash green regulations, Canada targets Google for anticompetitive conduct
Other news includes a controversial Australian social media ban for under-16s, and an increase in US bank assessment rates for 2025.
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UK watchdog calls for checks on data safety over use of WhatsApp by NHS staff
The proposal comes after mounting concerns about the use of WhatsApp among NHS staff, which has raised data safety issues.
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Global Relay data report highlights adoption of AI by firms
AI query data as well as popular communications channels such as WhatsApp increasingly monitored by firms.
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Irish DPC fines Meta €91m for password storage failures
Meta Ireland stored social media users passwords in ‘plaintext’ without encryption.
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DraftKings charged with selectively disclosing material info on social media
The firm fell foul of Regulation Fair Disclosure.
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X could face sanctions for training Grok on Europeans’ data
The Irish Data Protection Commission has said that it will “examine” complaints received.