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Canada media seek probe of Meta's news block
Canada media seek probe of Meta's news block
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Media on Tuesday asked Canada's competition watchdog to investigate Meta's blocking of news articles on Facebook and Instagram, accusing the tech giant of using its dominance to gobble up online advertising money. Meanwhile, Facebook and Instagram together account for more than 70 per cent of the online social media market in the country, according to the media associations.

Germany gets Taiwan chip giant TSMC's first European plant
Germany gets Taiwan chip giant TSMC's first European plant
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Taiwanese chip giant TSMC agreed Tuesday to plough $3.8 billion (3.5 billion euros) into a new semiconductor factory in Germany, lending a major boost to Europe's efforts to bring production onto the continent. The ambition set by the EU under its "Chips Act" is to increase Europe's slice of global semiconductor production to 20 percent by 2030.