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Web companies will probably face new restrictions on digital privacy in Europe. Global online companies may face some new challenges in operating in Europe. Digital-privacy agencies from the European Union’s member countries met late last week to discuss how to apply privacy laws to “cookies”-- small Internet files used to remember things about users, The Wall Street Journal reports.

LONDON (Reuters) - France's Total started pumping heavy mud down its leaking well in the North Sea on Tuesday to try to stop an escape of gas that has lasted nearly eight weeks and could deprive Britain of nearly 6 percent of its supply this summer. "The well intervention operation got underway at 4.20 a.m. [More]

It takes both confidence and pride to launch an hors d’age Cognac—especially one blended with eaux-de-vie ranging from 30 to 50 years—without any labels or other identifying markings on its crystal decanter. But that is exactly what Cyril Camus, fifth generation of the last family-owned Cognac house in France, has ...

Attention, Francophiles: Travcoa has created an experiential tour of France catering especially to foodies and fashionistas. Available to just 14 guests, the 12-day France Tour d’

LONDON (Reuters) - The collapse of an ice sheet in Antarctica up to 14,650 years ago might have caused sea levels to rise between 14 and 18 meters (46-60 feet), a study showed on Wednesday, data which could help make more accurate climate change predictions. The melting of polar ice could contribute to long-term sea level rise, threatening the lives of millions, scientists say.

Physicists who have studied the mixing between two incompatible fluids have found that it is possible to control the undercurrents of one circulating fluid to optimise its exposure to the other. This work, which is about to be published in European Physical Journal E, was performed by Jorge Peixinho from CNRS at Le Havre University, France, and his colleagues from the Benjamin Levich Institute, City University of New York, USA.

By Sybille de La Hamaide PARIS (Reuters) - France set a temporary new ban on the cultivation of Monsanto's MON810 genetically modified maize on Friday, after a previous moratorium was annulled by the country's top court in November.

Waldorf Astoria’s Trianon Palace Versailles, which overlooks the gardens of the Ch

Job descriptions are about following the rules. Innovation is about challenging them.

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Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. EU Privacy Regulator To Investigate Google . CNIL, a data protection agency from France will investigate Google's new privacy policy to check if the company's changes flout the laws the EU has in place to protect user privacy

This article is the sixth and probably last article in a minseries of six articles ( see the first , second , third , f ourth and fifth articles here) about civilization, fungus, and alcohol. Very little is known about the beginning of the story of humans and yeast.

AeroShot went on market late last month in Massachusetts and New York, and is also available in France

As iPads are being seized by authorities in China, you may be wondering how to protect your brand globally. Here's what you need to know. I was recently reading an article concerning Apple’s ongoing battle over the sale of its iPad tablet computers in China.

We're barely six weeks into 2012, and the year is turning out to be one of the worst for cyberattacks in recent memory. Here are a few reasons why. For online security professionals, 2012 is turning out to be a banner year.