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Putin ensures German gas dependence by turning off wind turbines
You see you need us
Tsar Putin’s rampaging hacker hordes shut down 5,800 wind turbines in central Europe to remind them how shaky their green power plans are and how much they need Russian gas.
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Italy might get new Intel plant
Making Gelsinger an offer he can’t refuse
Chipzilla and Italy are intensifying talks over investments expected to be worth around 8 billion euros ($9 billion) to build an advanced semiconductor packaging plant.
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Italy fines Google and Apple for being evil
$11.23 million each for being too aggressive with customer data
Italy's antitrust regulator has fined Google and Apple $11.23 million each for "aggressive practices" linked to the commercial use of user data.
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Italian winemakers lean on robots
We can’t afford the migrant workers anymore
Italian winemakers have increasingly relied on migrant workers for the autumn harvest, but travel restrictions and soaring wage costs are pushing many to turn to machines.
![Italy investigates Apple, Dropbox and Google](/media/k2/items/cache/ffd537a41501e493b766bf030340db97_Generic.jpg)
Italy investigates Apple, Dropbox and Google
Charged with making offers no one can refuse
Italy’s competition authority has opened an investigation into cloud storage services operated by Apple, Dropbox and Google, in response to a number of complaints alleging unfair commercial practices.
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Italians fined the most for GDPR violations
Italians ignoring laws? tell me it isn't so
New research released today by Finbold reveals that Italians are shelling out the most for fines under the European privacy law.
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TIM bans Huawei from 5G core equipment tender in Italy, Brazil
TIM has piles of cash and can afford to pay more not to use Huawei
Cash-strapped telco TIM, which proudly announced it was only 24.3 billion euro in debt last year, apparently now feels it is so flush with cash it can afford to give Huawei the bum's rush.
![Italian Sky has gone insane](/media/k2/items/cache/5f1fe816622a7f9cceb2ddd60ed7c638_Generic.jpg)
Italian Sky has gone insane
If you leave us, we will ring you every day for months
Sky in Italy is so desperate to keep customers it is losing that it has adopted a policy of harassing them like a neurotic ex-girlfriend who wants another chance.
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Italy considers tracking coronavirus patents
We wanna know where they go
Italian authorities are working on introducing a smartphone app that would help health services trace the contacts of people who test positive for the coronavirus as the government looks at ways of gradually lifting a lock-down imposed a month ago.
![Robots go to work in Italian hospitals](/media/k2/items/cache/27e25312952ed321548b75e28f859ddc_Generic.jpg)
Robots go to work in Italian hospitals
They can't get sick
The crisis in the Italian health service is proving a good testing ground for robotic medical staff.