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Tech companies lobbied away stricter rules on gas-powered data centers, Apple may open up the App Store to agentic AI, and Meta employees are protesting the company's mouse tracking program
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-Lobbying by tech industry groups, the Science Based Targets initiative decided to not recommend a protocol that would have made it more difficult for tech companies to use clean energy investments to offset fossil fuel pollution.
-To date, Apple has not permitted vibe coding tools on the App Store because they would violate its policies.
-Reuters reported that Meta's workers have begun circulating flyers at multiple US offices to protest the company's installation of tracking software on their work computers.
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