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Italienska dataskyddsmyndigheter har granskat Metas hantering av användardata i Facebook-appen för Android.
Italienska tillsynsmyndigheter straffar amerikanska Meta för att ha kommit åt bildmaterial utan användarnas ”specifika” samtycke, meddelade landets dataskyddsmyndighet på lördagen.
Böterna uppgår till 805 miljoner euro (motsvarande 8,94 miljarder kronor).
Enligt en utredning kom Facebook-appen för Android-enheter åt fotografier, videomaterial och metadata som tillhör italienska användare – ”utan att inhämta specifikt samtycke och utan att informera dem på ett korrekt sätt”, uppger myndigheten i ett uttalande.
The American aviation authority FAA stopped all air traffic after a system error occurred when switching to fiber optics. Transport Minister Sean Duffy announces that 3,500 planes landed safely, but that up to 5,000 flights could be affected over the weekend.
Google is considering buying a 200-hectare industrial site in Torsboda in Timrå municipality for a data center facility that may require between 600 and 2000 megawatts of electricity. The company's head of sustainability, Adam Elman, says that Google is already investing in small modular nuclear reactors in the US and is open to nuclear power in Sweden, but emphasizes that the company wants to be a strategic partner and buyer of the electricity, not an owner or operator of reactors. There are currently no stated plans for SMR in the Timrå tract.

Microsoft reports progress after technical problems that affected users in 74 countries. Services such as Outlook, Teams and Copilot have impacted hospitals in Canada, courts in the UK and wine growers in South Africa. An IT security expert warns of phishing attacks when systems are restored.

A widespread technical error in Microsoft's servers has knocked out services such as Outlook and Teams for millions of users in at least 74 countries. The company says an update is behind the problems, not a cyber attack, and is now working to restore operations.

Microsoft's email service Outlook and cloud services have suffered widespread global disruptions in up to 74 countries, including Sweden, Australia and Japan. The problems are believed to be due to a failed server update and increased load.

Ulanqab in Inner Mongolia is being transformed from an agricultural settlement into one of Asia's fastest growing data center hubs. 109 agreements have been signed and future capacity amounts to 12.5 gigawatts. Cheap wind and solar power and a cold climate give China advantages in the AI race, despite a lack of advanced American semiconductors.