Meta ad revenue slows after EU gives users a privacy choice
Europe's Less-Personalized Ads model, live since the start of the year, is now showing up in Meta's earnings - and it is a warning shot for every business built on targeted advertising.

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Europe's Less-Personalized Ads model, live since the start of the year, is now showing up in Meta's earnings - and it is a warning shot for every business built on targeted advertising.
European agencies from Belgium to Germany took websites dark to patch a critical weakness in the language behind almost 70% of the web, and the blast radius extends far beyond government portals.
European infrastructure firms are building AI factories on Nvidia's DSX reference design, which the chipmaker says slashes cooling water use to almost zero.
Beijing's EV giants are shifting from exports to local assembly, spending billions to keep their European sales boom alive.
A study of 100-plus European pollen records shows human abandonment of medieval farmland cut plant diversity by 40%, then restoration came from renewed human activity.
Approved in Europe, awaiting FDA clearance, this implant restores sight without a battery.
Sony is betting heritage can command luxury pricing, but an EU battery rule from 18 February 2027 could shape its European future.
The European Commission says AliExpress did not mitigate illegal, unsafe, or counterfeit risks, and that delay is now expensive.
The kill switch reality is colliding with Europe’s cloud, compute, and regulatory bottlenecks.