Daily Tech Headlines Meta Is Ceasing All Political Ads In The EU - DTH
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Jul 25, 2025 Meta's bold decision to halt all political ads in the EU sparks discussions about regulatory hurdles and its impact on political discourse. Meanwhile, Starlink faces its first major outage of the year, raising questions about service reliability. Google introduces a new vibe-coding tool called Opal.Link, aiming to innovate user interaction. The tech landscape is also buzzing with news of upcoming regulations, GPT-5's anticipated release, and privacy strategies from Microsoft.
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Meta Stops EU Political Ads
- Meta is ceasing all political ads in the EU due to new transparency and targeting regulations effective October 10th.
- This aims to combat disinformation and foreign interference in EU elections across 27 countries.
Starlink Network Outage Fixed
- Starlink had its first major network outage of the year due to internal software failure.
- The network was mostly restored after about two and a half hours by actively implementing a solution.
Google Tests AI App Creator
- Google is testing Opal, an AI tool for creating and remixing mini-web apps through text prompts.
- It aims to empower non-technical users to prototype applications without coding, competing with Canva and Figma.