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The Court of Rome has ruled Netflix's price hikes since 2017 were unlawful under EU consumer law. Italian subscribers could be owed up to 500 in refunds.

AI vibe coding tools drove an 84% quarterly surge in App Store submissions, straining review times to 30 days. Apple has started pulling apps that violate its self-containment rules.

LinkedIn runs a hidden JavaScript script called Spectroscopy that silently probes over 6,000 Chrome extensions and collects 48 device data points, none of it disclosed in its privacy policy.

Microsoft's Copilot Terms of Use label it "for entertainment purposes only", yet the company charges up to $30/user/month and has spent $80bn on AI. Only 3.3% of users are paying.

From Mistral's $830M data centre debt raise to a 1.1M Swiss workpod pre-seed, Europe's most notable funding rounds for the week of 30 March - 5 April 2026.

Anthropic has banned Claude Pro and Max subscribers from using OpenClaw and other third-party agents on flat plans. Users now face costs up to 50x higher under pay-as-you-go billing.

Meta has indefinitely paused work with $10B AI data startup Mercor after a LiteLLM supply chain attack exposed training methodologies used by Meta, OpenAI, and Anthropic.

WHOOP's $575m Series G triples its 2021 valuation to $10.1bn. Backed by Mayo Clinic, Abbott, and Cristiano Ronaldo, the health wearable company says an IPO is next.

KeeperDB integrates database access into a zero-trust PAM platform, reducing credential sprawl and improving security, compliance, and visibility.

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