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Snap, crackle and pay: Ferrero to buy WK Kellogg for $3.1 bn
Snap, crackle and pay: Ferrero to buy WK Kellogg for $3.1 bn
by  AFP

The Ferrero Group will acquire US cereal mainstay WK Kellogg for $3.1 billion as the Italian food giant expands further in North America, the companies announced Thursday. "Over recent years, Ferrero has expanded its presence in North America," said Giovanni Ferrero.

Shein faces 150-mn-euro fine in France
Shein faces 150-mn-euro fine in France
by  AFP

E-commerce giant Shein faces a possible 150-million-euro ($175-million) fine in France for failing to properly get consent to track users on the internet. It also found during a 2023 inspection that when users refused the tracking cookies Shein continued to read information from them.

EU opens new probe into TikTok data transfer to China
EU opens new probe into TikTok data transfer to China
by  AFP

An Irish regulator helping police European Union data privacy said Thursday it had launched an investigation into TikTok over the transfer of European users' personal data to servers in China. The DPC on Thursday said it had been informed by TikTok in April that "limited EEA user data had in fact been stored on servers in China," contrary to evidence presented by the company.

Italy probes UK online bank Revolut for 'misleading' clients
Italy probes UK online bank Revolut for 'misleading' clients
by  AFP

Italy's competition watchdog said Thursday it had opened an investigation into UK online bank Revolut over "misleading" messages to customers about its investment services. The Competition and Market Authority (ACGM) also alleged that the bank employed "aggressive ways" of handling banking services.

EU unveils recommendations to rein in powerful AI models
EU unveils recommendations to rein in powerful AI models
by  AFP

The EU unveiled on Thursday long-delayed recommendations to rein in the most advanced AI models such as OpenAI's ChatGPT and help companies comply with the bloc's sweeping new law. Under the law, developers of such models must give details about what content they used -- like text or images -- to train their systems and comply with EU copyright law.