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The medical devices don’t work as well on dark skin. Will federal guidance released last month improve accuracy?

According to an investigation conducted by journalists from Le Monde and Radio France, the French government allowed food and beverage giant Nestlé to continue selling mineral water that did not comply with health regulations. President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday denied the accusations of a wide-reaching cover-up.

The UN's health agency recommends that governments in Nordic countries should "prioritise health over profits", and avoid further privatisation of alcohol sales.

“A single-minded focus on ever harsher deterrence fails because border walls and fences do not stop people from moving for long.”

• Google Maps has been blamed for fatal accidents in India.
• An Indian politician recently suggested to the Parliament that the country should develop homegrown mapping solutions.
• Digital mapping experts believe these incidents are not specific to Google Maps and instead reveal systemic challenges to mapping Indian roads.

The European Commission was caught failing to comply with its own data protection regulations and, in a first, ordered to pay damages to a user for the violation. The €400 ($415) award may be tiny compared to fines levied against Big Tech by European authorities, but it’s still a win for users and considerably more than just a blip for the “talk about embarrassing” file at the commission.

• DeepSeek has recruited recent graduates and interns from China’s top universities.
• Facing visa hurdles and high living expenses, more of China’s AI researchers are choosing opportunities at home rather than abroad.
• U.S. chip restrictions have forced Chinese companies to accelerate innovation.

One tiny company has the bloated Facebook empire scrambling to respond.