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Google’s €13bn Finland push transforms and divides a quiet rural town
A €13 billion Google data centre investment is set to transform the Finnish municipality of Muhos and the wider Oulu region. While many locals welcome new jobs and economic activity, environmental campaigners say more than 300 hectares of forest were cleared without a required assessment.
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YouTube's new 'exposure-based' model counts hovering over video as a view
YouTube's new "exposure-based model" counts a view from the first frame, across shorts, long-form videos, podcasts and livestreams, inflating creators' headline numbers without changing how much they actually get paid.
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Lake Ontario or Lake America? Google Maps plays both sides
What you call Lake Ontario now depends on where you are logging in from. Google Maps has begun showing "Lake America" to US users following US President Donald Trump's executive order, while Canadians still see the name that has stood for more than 400 years.
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Trump imposes new tariffs as EU agrees fresh sanctions on Russia
US President Donald Trump is imposing a new wave of tariffs on trading partners, including the EU, with levies ranging between 10 and 12.5%. Bernd Lange, the EU Parliament top lawmaker on trade, reacts to this measure. Also in Brussels: The EU has agreed a new round of sanctions against Russia.
