Bodega cats make New Yorkers’ hearts purr, even if they violate state food safety regulations ~life.pets Article 238 words 17 votes
Eastern District of Texas strikes down Food and Drug Administration’s final rule regulating laboratory developed tests ~health Article 1520 words 13 votes
Thanks to recent US law, Elon Musk and Taylor Swift can now hide details of their private jets ~transport Article 204 words 29 votes
Social media platforms face huge fines under UK’s new digital safety law ~tech social media internet Article 541 words 16 votes
From sewage and scum to swimming in ‘blue gold’: how Switzerland transformed its rivers ~enviro pollution.water water.waste Article 1224 words 6 votes
Denmark will ramp up inspections of ships transporting Russian oil through its narrow straits, in an effort to protect the environment and maritime safety from older vessels in Moscow's shadow fleet ~transport Article 231 words 11 votes
US Food and Drug Administration approves first new painkiller in twenty-five years ~health medicine Article 22 votes
Brazil bans Sam Altman's tech firm Tools for Humanity from paying for iris scans ~tech privacy Link 23 votes
Young people should be banned from buying drinks with high levels of caffeine, say health and consumer groups in Denmark ~food drinks.energy Article 520 words 35 votes
Oslo leads in quiet, low-emission electric construction – drop in decibels is welcome side-effect of goal to keep city-managed construction projects free from toxic emissions ~enviro pollution.noise pollution.air Article 924 words 18 votes
US finalizes rule to remove medical bills from credit reports ~health healthcare Article 796 words 47 votes
Shortage of technicians and parts contribute to growing US elevator outages tormenting American buildings ~engineering Article 484 words 19 votes
US appeals court rejects net neutrality: The internet cannot be treated as a utility ~tech internet Article 522 words 80 votes
The one-in-a-thousand-day problem in banking - an analysis of financial crises ~finance banking Article 1477 words, published Dec 24 2024 9 votes
‘Unprecedented risk’ to life on Earth: Scientists call for halt on ‘mirror life’ microbe research ~science biology.micro biology.synthetic Article 632 words 55 votes
As tourists discover Finland's Santa Claus Village, some locals call for rules to control the masses ~travel Article 589 words 9 votes
Norwegian payment service Vipps becomes world's first company to launch competing tap-to-pay solution to Apple Pay on iPhone – follows agreement with European regulators ~tech apple.pay Article 318 words 17 votes
Oregon, USA introduces new statewide recycling rules to combat plastic waste ~enviro recycling plastics Article 603 words 13 votes
Porsche Macan gets recalled for exessively bright headlights in US ~transport Article 355 words 21 votes
Automatic braking systems save lives. Now they’ll need to work at 62 MPH. ~transport Article 568 words, published Nov 18 2024 29 votes
United States Department of Justice will push Google to sell Chrome to break search monopoly ~tech google browsers internet Article 77 words 79 votes
New deadline by which only zero-emission new vans may be sold in Norway will no longer be 2025, but 2027 ~transport Article 227 words 9 votes
US airlines now required to automatically refund you for canceled flight ~transport Article 270 words 71 votes
Amid backlash, US Food and Drug Administration changes course over shortage of weight-loss drugs ~health medicine Article 971 words 23 votes
Southern Water, serving 4.7mn UK customers, in discussions with private supplier to tanker water from Norwegian fjords to mitigate against potential supply shortages and drought ~enviro Article 727 words 11 votes
Norway is shying away from tourism – and other countries could learn from it ~travel Article 1097 words 13 votes
Elon Musk says SpaceX will sue US Federal Aviation Administration for ‘regulatory overreach’ ~space Article 35 votes
Filipinos are embracing electric three-wheelers faster than officials can regulate them ~transport Article 1034 words, published Sep 6 2024 24 votes
Wisconsin towns are trying to limit Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations. The Dairy industry is fighting back. ~food Article 2032 words 20 votes
Google loses €2.4bn EU antitrust case for favouring its own shopping service ~tech google internet Article 607 words 33 votes
Texas is close to adopting new oil and gas waste rules, first in decades ~enviro Article 1990 words 9 votes
Brazil's top court threatens to suspend X (formerly Twitter) by Thursday night if Elon Musk does not comply with regulations ~tech social media Article 177 words 23 votes
US Federal Trade Commission bans fake online reviews, inflated social media influence; rule takes effect in October ~tech internet social media Article 52 votes
Local Canadian news loses 58% of online engagement, thanks to the Online News Act ~news canada law journalism politics Article 3768 words 33 votes
Amid regulatory gaps, US telehealth prescribers flourish ~health medicine Article 3324 words, published Nov 1 2023 5 votes
Japan orders ‘drastic reforms’ for Toyota after fresh certification violations ~transport Article published Aug 1 2024 17 votes
Denmark regulates camper van tourism after clashes with locals – hopes to transform the vehicles into a secure yet more durable source of income ~travel Link 11 votes
US Federal Communications Commission closes “final loopholes” that keep prison phone prices exorbitantly high ~tech Article 488 words 44 votes
The American elevator explains why housing costs have skyrocketed ~engineering Article 2040 words 37 votes