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Key Indian state heads to polls amid controversy over millions losing voting rights

ON THE GROUND: Former government workers and even security officers on election duty are among millions stripped of the right to vote in West Bengal’s knife-edge polls. Alisha Rahaman Sarkar reports from Kolkata

The Independent UK

Security researchers hacked the demo version of the European Commission's new age verification app in less than two minutes

Still a far cry from 'actually ready'.

PC Gamer

‘Bid to move us to Bangladesh’: At the Bengal poll booths where every second voter is gone

Gajol SK’s name was deleted from West Bengal’s voter rolls. Now he is afraid of what comes next.

Newslaundry

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EU cyberattack may have been worse than we thought - 90GB of data published online as 30 entities hit

CERT-EU is blaming TeamPCP for the attack, saying the Trivy breach trickled down.

TechRadar

European Commission confirms platform data breach — admits 'data have been taken' from official websites

Unnamed attackers claim to have taken 350GB of European Commission data and plan to leak it.

TechRadar

White House eyes Friday rollout for AI framework

The White House is expected to send Congress its ideas for regulating AI on Friday, sources familiar with the matter told Axios.

Axios

“Elevates one of Gibson’s most beloved modern designs”: Gibson revives and refreshes its Songwriter Recording Artist acoustic range

Two new models, with and without cutaways, blend vintage Gibson tones with a modern dreadnought shape and L.R. Baggs electronics for a best of both worlds approach

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EC’s app was used to file fake voter forms before 2024 Maharashtra polls. The probe hasn’t moved

In the weeks before the 2024 Maharashtra assembly elections, someone used the Election Commission of India’s own Voter Helpline App to file hundreds of fake voter registration applications in a single constituency – using forged Aadhaar cards, nonexistent addresses, and the stolen data of Mumbai college students.

Newslaundry

“We set out to honour the soul of these iconic instruments while making them accessible to every kind of player”: Epiphone raises the bar for its acoustic guitar range with all-solid builds, rosewood fingerboards and affordable takes on Gibson classics

The Inspired By Gibson range comprises cutaway and non-cutaway Hummingbird and J-45s, and a very smart L-00, all with Fishman electronics and a serious build upgrade

MusicRadar

Poland’s debt on track to breach 100% of GDP by 2036, Commission warns

Brussels warns that without spending restraint and structural fixes, Warsaw’s debt trajectory could worsen markedly despite limited short-term risks.

Euronews

Bangladesh nationalists claim landslide victory in first election since Gen Z uprising

Tarique Rahman, the son of former prime minister Khaleda Zia, is expected to be sworn in as prime minister on 17 February

The Independent UK

Supreme Court Rebukes Jairam Ramesh for Challenging Centre’s Environmental Clearance OM

In a stern admonition on Thursday, the Supreme Court reprimanded Congress MP Jairam Ramesh for challenging an Office Memorandum (OM) issued by the Union government to implement the apex court’s judgment on retrospective environmental clearance.

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'Over 50% polling stations centres': How Bangladesh is preparing for first election since Hasina ouster

Bangladesh is holding parliamentary elections amidst unprecedented security following the ouster of former PM Sheikh Hasina. Over half of polling centres are deemed risk-prone, prompting a massive deployment of nearly 9.58 lakh security personnel. For the first time, drones and body-worn cameras will monitor the process, aiming for a peaceful…

The Times of India

EU regulators say that TikTok has 'an addictive design' in a preliminary report, and that it might receive a hefty fine if it doesn't change its infinite-scrolling ways

"At this stage, the Commission considers that TikTok needs to change the basic design of its service."

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Undersea cable cutting shenanigans lead Finland to create a dedicated maritime surveillance center — Russian shadow fleet operations heighten concerns in the Baltic Sea

Finland creates a maritime surveillance center to prevent undersea cable cutting shenanigans

The Times of India

National Assembly polls: Nepali Congress leads with 9-seat win in Upper House elections

The Nepali Congress emerged as the largest party in Sunday’s National Assembly elections, winning nine seats. It was followed by the CPN-UML with eight seats, while the Lokatantrik Samajwadi Party secured one seat.

Newslaundry

‘I’ll kill myself’: Rajasthan BLO says ‘pressure’ to ‘delete Muslim votes’ in seat BJP won with thin margin

“I will visit the collector’s office and will kill myself there,” Kirti Kumar can be heard shouting over a phone call in a video circulating on social media.

Euronews

'With Hassan in Gaza': Director's forgotten footage nominated at Europe's top film awards

'With Hassan in Gaza', recently screened at the 14th Athens Innovative Film Festival, is nominated in two categories at the European Film Awards in Berlin on Saturday. Its director Kamal Aljafari tells Euronews Culture the documentary is "an act of resistance against the erasure of memory".

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Looks like the EU is getting serious about open source, which could eventually spell good news for Linux and hopefully gaming distros

Open all roads to open source software, I say.

Newslaundry

How we broke the voter roll story before it became a national conversation

More than a year ago, when I began looking into possible manipulation of voter rolls, the first person to help me understand it was Dr SY Quraishi, former Chief Election Commissioner of India.

Axios

Trump admin bars 5 Europeans its says pressed tech platforms to "censor" U.S. views

Accused "mastermind" ex-European Commissioner Thierry Breton called the action in response to EU regulations "a witch hunt."

Motor1

The EU's Decision to Cancel 2035 Combustion Engine Ban Leaves Automakers at Odds

In March 2021, Volvo said it would go fully electric by the end of the decade. However, the lofty EV goal was dropped in September 2024, when the Geely-owned company said plug-in hybrids would stick around for a little while beyond 2030. Despite getting cold feet, the automaker headquartered in…

The Guardian - UK

This is Europe’s secret weapon against Trump: it could burst his AI bubble

Growth in the US economy – and the president’s political survival – rest on AI. The EU must use its leverage and stand up to him, says the Irish Council for Civil Liberties’ Johnny Ryan

The Guardian - UK

India’s electoral roll revision threatens democracy and Muslims, say critics

Opposition claims SIR process being used to disenfranchise minority groups to benefit Narendra Modi’s government

TechRadar

EU launches antitrust investigation into Meta’s WhatsApp AI access policy

Europe (and Italy) is worried about WhatsApp’s AI policy and its effects on competition.

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