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Meta's Ad Sales Are Suffering Now That Europeans Can Pick Less Personalization

WIRED

Meta's Ad Sales Are Suffering Now That Europeans Can Pick Less Personalization An earnings briefing on Wednesday revealed ad revenue has slowed since the European Union introduced the Less Personalized Ads models at the beginning of this year. Meta's advertising growth in Europe is slowing now that residents have the option for less of their personal data to influence what advertisements they see. Advertising revenue in Europe continued to decelerate in the three months through September, the company said on Wednesday, underperforming its global figures. In the region, advertising revenue grew 18 percent year-on-year, slowing from the previous two quarters and lagging the 33 percent growth seen in the US and Canada. Though Meta did not explicitly blame the introduction of the Less Personalized Ads model on Wednesday, chief financial officer Susan Li had previously warned "we're seeing the impact of less personalized ads offering in Europe now that it's fully rolled out, and that may be an additional headwind," in July's second quarter results follow-up call.


Jensen Huang's Vision for Europe Runs on Plug-In Data Centers

WIRED

At Nvidia's GTC in Berlin, Huang unveiled their new plug-in data center--the DSX Pod--as the key to unlocking Europe's AI infrastructure lag. Jensen Huang outlined his vision of Europe's future at Nvidia's global conference in Berlin on Wednesday. It consists of robotics, AI agents, and modular data centers, with Nvidia unsurprisingly powering it all. "To be part of this AI economy, you don't want to just be consuming the AI. You want to be producing the AI," he told the 4,000-strong crowd at Nvidia's GTC.


Can Europe Build Data Centers Without Giving Up Its Climate Goals?

WIRED

A plan to funnel the heat given off by data centers into nearby homes has run aground in Germany. Across Europe, policymakers are weighing AI ambitions against climate objectives. Earlier this year, the German government laid out an ambitious plan: By 2030, it would double the scale of the country's data center fleet, and quadruple the amount of compute available for running artificial intelligence models. The idea was to minimize Germany's dependence on the United States for access to AI--a point of concern across Europe--and boost its faltering economy. However, Germany has found that its AI ambitions are butting up against its climate commitments.


Why is France Burning?

TIME - Tech

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Tesla's Full Self-Driving is now called Assisted Driving in Europe

Engadget

Tesla has changed the name of its Full Self-Driving feature in some of its European websites, including Germany, Spain and France, to "Assisted Driving." While the Full Self-Driving feature is already available in some parts of Europe, Tesla is working to get it approved in more countries. As Reuters reports, the rebranding came after Germany revealed that its Transport Minister Steffen Bilger is advocating for its swift approval. In the country's announcement, it explained that the term Full Self-Driving, particularly because it is still of the Supervised variety, is "somewhat misleading." The system doesn't actually drive the car, Germany's Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport said, and it only provides assistance for certain tasks, like accelerating and braking.


The rover that could finally find life on Mars: I travelled to a remote desert in Spain to see ESA's 1billion Rosalind Franklin put to the test - and for a moment, I could have sworn I was on the Red Planet

Daily Mail - Science & tech

You're viewing the US edition You can switch to the UK, AU or IE homepage at any time using this menu. Inside Christa Pike's death chamber: Horrifying minute-by-minute account as Satanist killer sang and cackled with joy during botched execution... and her final words before seven needles left her gasping - but still alive Hell isn't torture enough for Christa Pike. But here's why she still shouldn't be executed: KENNEDY Every shameful detail of custody hearing where killer heiress lost daughter, 4, to private equity lawyer ex... hours before she executed youngster in Texas townhouse and fatally injured herself After losing 60lbs in my fifties, my wrinkled face looked like it was melting. Meghan shows off three new jewellery pieces - including $61,250 gold tennis necklace and $32,550 'Diana' bracelet from California-based brand Has a gift from Meghan to Eugenie ended up on eBay? Mystery as'deeply personal' copy of duchess's book The Bench with heartfelt handwritten note to'Eug and Jack' emerges for sale for £20K The brutal reason Trump's top aides are fleeing the White House in a mass exodus in'highest turnover' in decades Napoleon's code is cracked after 217 years: Scientist uses AI to read a mysterious letter written by the Emperor in 1809 Panic over Kimberly Guilfoyle's outrageous Champagne demand... but she digs in heels as Greek life unravels: 'I need him' As an alcoholic, people ask me all the time how they can stop a loved one drinking so much.


Western militaries are undermining Ukraine's defence, experts say

Al Jazeera

Western militaries are undermining Ukraine's defence, experts say Share Western militaries are undermining Ukraine's defence, experts say on social media Mundane regulatory problems in Kyiv and unimaginative institutional thinking in Europe's militaries are holding up joint weapons production. And that is undermining Ukraine's battlefield performance and leaving Europe's armed forces unprepared for modern warfare. Those are the conclusions of a new report from the Centre for Statecraft and National Security (CSNS) at King's College London, and experts who spoke to Al Jazeera. Kyiv receives weapons, Western partners receive know-how. That formula has led to at least 180 business-to-business partnerships between Ukrainian and foreign partners, but 22 percent of them are stalled, according to the report, Beyond Aid: Making Ukraine Defence Cooperation Work.


Putin shows no sign of stopping the war as Russia doubles down on Ukraine

BBC News

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. When Vladimir Putin arrived to address Russia's parliament on Wednesday, a warm welcome was guaranteed. The Special Election Operation, as one Russian newspaper dubbed last month's legislative vote, has produced a State Duma even more pro-Putin than anything before it. The ruling party, United Russia, now has more MPs than ever. It allows the Kremlin to claim it has been handed a huge mandate from the Russian people.


Estonia says Russia ordered August arson attack on defence company

Al Jazeera

Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna has accused Russia of "sabotage" following an August arson attack on a defence company, Milrem Robotics, a claim the Kremlin rejected. "We can conclude with certainty that the arson attack in Tallinn was an act of sabotage ordered by the special services of the Russian Federation," Tsahkna wrote on X on Tuesday. "This act of sabotage is part of Russia's broader campaign across Europe, aimed at intimidating us and weakening our support for Ukraine," he wrote. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov rejected the allegation. "Such statements are baseless, ill-considered, have absolutely no relation to reality, and lack any form of reasoning. Consequently, we cannot and will not take such statements seriously," he told reporters.


The Matterhorn is snow-free: Shocking images reveal how the mountain - famously featured on Toblerone packaging - is bare amid autumn heat

Daily Mail - Science & tech

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