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India officially notifies its first data protection law to establish a framework for data processing, protection, and governance, including verifiable consent (The Economic Times)
https://economictimes.indiatimes.c…

India notifies its first data protection law to strengthen privacy, security
India has officially notified the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, establishing a framework for data processing, protection, and governance. These rules, enforcing the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, introduce verifiable consent, breach notification mandates, and data retention limits. They aim to enhance individual control and foster safer digital ecosystems.

🤦🏾 Cuba blames online news site ‘elTOQUE’ for the country’s economic chaos
https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-12-02/cuba-blames-online-news-site-eltoque-for-the-countrys-economic-chaos.html

Cuba blames online news site ‘elTOQUE’ for the country’s economic chaos 
The independent website publishes a daily exchange currency tracker that the authorities are holding responsible for destabilizing an already struggling economy

OpenAI hat mit ChatGPT Translate jetzt einen eigenen Übersetzungsdienst
ChatGPT Translate ist ein separater Übersetzer für mehr als 50 Sprachen. Die KI bietet an verschiedene Zielgruppen angepasste Übersetzungen, etwa für Kinder.

Voices Of The New Economy
Shares stories from the people, projects, and communities building a more just, sustainable, and democratic economy...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/voices-of-the-new-economy/

Last week, I had the honour of presenting my work on smart charging and V2G to the IEA's Transport Project Partnership.
https://www.iea.org/news/the-iea-convenes-transport-project-partnership-to-examine-the-topics…

The IEA convenes Transport Project Partnership to examine the topics shaping the transport sector - News - IEA
The IEA convenes Transport Project Partnership to examine the topics shaping the transport sector - News from the International Energy Agency

Battery costs keep going down, good news for energy transition and renewable energy.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/12/batteries-now-cheap-enough-to-make-dispatchable-solar-economically-feasible/

Batteries now cheap enough to make dispatchable solar economically feasible
Energy think tank Ember says utility-scale battery costs have fallen to $65/MWh outside China and the United States, enabling solar power to be delivered when needed.

Inequality is a problem on the scale of climate change, say eminent economists https://www.politico.eu/article/inequality-global-problem-needs-global-answer-say-eminent-economists/

product_space: Atlas of Economic Complexity export network
Two networks of economic products, where a pair of products are connected if they are exported at similar rates by the same countries. The data are a projection from a bipartite network of nations and the products they export. Edges weights represent a similarity score (called "proximity"). Data based on UN Comtrade worldwide trade patterns. SITC network based on the Standard International Trade Classification and HS …

Nicht nur mit Solar: Wie dieser Wohnwagen seinen eigenen Strom erzeugen soll
Ein Wohnmobil von Evotrex soll seinen eigenen Strom erzeugen. Und das nicht nur mit Solarkraft, der Powermix soll aus drei verschiedenen Quellen funktionieren.

Sources: the US has paused a tech trade deal with the UK, signed in September, over disagreements about the UK's digital regulations and food safety rules (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/business/economy/trump-uk-trade-deal-tariffs…

U.S.-U.K. Trade Deal Hits Stumbling Block
The U.S. government has paused a tech-focused trade pledge with Britain over broader disagreements about Britain’s digital regulations and food safety rules.