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June 30 (Renewables Now) – Russian Internet company Yandex (MCX:YNDX) plans to fully run its Mantsala data centre in Finland on wind power purchased from local renewables firm Ilmatar Energy. The two parties have entered into a five-year power purchase agreement (PPA) under which Yandex will source electricity from wind farms operated by the Finnish company. The Russian search and ride-hailing provider is pursuing a… Source link

MOSCOW, June 30 (Reuters) – Russia has opened an administrative case against Google for not storing the personal data of Russian users in databases on Russian territory, a move that could see the tech giant fined, communications regulator Roskomnadzor said on Wednesday. Roskomnadzor said it was also waiting for Facebook (FB.O) and Twitter (TWTR.N) to respond to a demand that they localise similar data by July 1 or face fines, part Moscow’s wider efforts to exert greater control over Big Tech…. Source link

The European Union has opened an antitrust investigation into whether Google is stifling competition in the highly profitable online advertising market. The probe follows cases in France and elsewhere in Europe questioning how the company runs its ad business.  It is the first time the EU has investigated Google’s online display advertising business, where it serves as an intermediary between advertisers and publishers to fill ad space on web pages and apps. Google’s Legal Woes “Google… Source link

Stocks traded mixed Monday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq ticking up to notch fresh record levels, with traders looking ahead to more key economic data later this week. The S&P 500 edged up to a record intraday high, adding to gains after the blue-chip index posted its best week since February. The Nasdaq also rose to a record intraday level, while the Dow was off slightly. Treasury yields traded lower across the long end of the curve, with the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield hovering below… Source link

The U.S. government can’t explain 143 of the 144 cases of unidentified flying objects reported by military planes, according to a highly anticipated intelligence report released Friday. That report, released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, was meant to shed light on the mystery of those dozens of flying objects, spotted from 2004 to 2021, but instead said it didn’t have adequate data to put all but one of them into a category. That one UAP — shorthand for… Source link

Stock futures opened slightly higher Wednesday evening following a muted session earlier in the day, with the three major indexes ending mixed ahead of another batch of key economic data this week.  Contracts on the S&P 500 and Dow steadied after both indexes ended Wednesday’s session lower. Nasdaq futures gained after the index rose for a third straight session and set fresh intraday and record highs. Technology stocks have outperformed this week, with traders jumping back into the growth… Source link

Until recently, Google’s namesake Android app, which more than five billion installs to date, had a vulnerability that could have allowed an attacker to quietly steal personal data from a victim’s device. Sergey Toshin, founder of mobile app security startup Oversecured, said in a blog post that the vulnerability has to do with how the Google app relies on code that is not bundled with the app itself. Many Android apps, including the Google app, reduce their download size and the… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. was the victim of a months-long web-scraping operation by a marketing consultant that siphoned up sensitive data including usernames and phone numbers, according to a court case that wrapped in June. A central Chinese court ruled that an employee of a consultant that helps merchants on Alibaba’s Taobao online mall was guilty of dredging up more than a billion data items on Taobao users since 2019, using that to serve clients. The court imposed jail… Source link

Stock futures were mixed Tuesday morning investors considered a spate of new economic data, including a weaker-than-expected print on consumer spending during the recovery.  Contracts on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq rose, while contracts the Dow fluctuated between gains and losses. Investors considered another batch of key economic data out Tuesday morning, offering looks at both the strength of the consumer and extent of price increases across the supply chain.  The Commerce Department’s May… Source link

Stock futures traded little changed Thursday evening as investors looked beyond a hotter-than-expected report on inflation.  Contracts on the S&P 500 hugged the flat line after the index set a new record high during the regular trading day. During the trading day, the health care, real estate and information technology sectors outperformed, while the cyclical financials and industrials sectors lagged. The 10-year yield erased earlier gains to come back below 1.5%.  The Bureau of Labor… Source link