Italy fines Google and Apple for being evil
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$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.

Italian winemakers lean on robots
Published in PC Hardware


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
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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.

Italians fined the most for GDPR violations
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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.

TIM bans Huawei from 5G core equipment tender in Italy, Brazil
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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
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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.

Italy considers tracking coronavirus patents
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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
Published in AI


They can't get sick

The crisis in the Italian health service is proving a good testing ground for robotic medical staff.

TIM claims its network will magically hold
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We have a the rubber bands and sticking tape in place

Italy’s under-resourced internet is taking a battering from millions of Italians working from home, and there is some concern that smoke will start pouring out of the back and dangerous-looking steam appearing from under the bonnet.

Amazon stops shipping non-essential products to Italy and France
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My back stretcher has been delayed

Amazon will stop shipping non-essential products to consumers in Italy and France, the company said on Saturday, representing an escalation in the e-commerce giant’s response in regions hard hit by the coronavirus outbreak.