Your privacy choices

We use analytics to improve Pollar and, with your consent, marketing tools (Meta, X) to measure our ads. You can change this anytime in Settings.

Privacy policy
Pollar
HomeAskLiveBriefOriginalsSearchMapMarketsNotificationsFor You
ThreadsMarkets
NewsroomSupport Pollar
Privacy

Michael Praxenthaler

  • Jul 19

    EU's new in-car driver camera gets data protection green light, but safety proof is still missing

    New EU rules require every newly registered car to monitor the driver's attention with an infrared camera. German data protection officials have now confirmed the system does not violate privacy laws.

Reader-supported

Free to read, and staying that way

No ads. Membership keeps Pollar independent.

from$2.99/mo

Support Pollar
Membership

Members don't see this panel.

  • Supporter$2.99/mo
  • Founder$6.99/mo
Support Pollar

Today’s Brief

The UN concedes 1.5C is gone

Washington widens Iran war as Europe hardens against sabotage and climate goals slip

The day's hard news clustered around systems that usually stay in the background: shipping lanes, power grids, climate thresholds and model sandboxes. Governments talked about control, but markets, saboteurs, floods and autonomous code kept testing how much control they really have.

Read the Brief

Live now

All live coverage
  • US strike on Iran's Larak Island

    Iran reports 18 dead and 108 injured following US military strikes, vowing retaliation after an attack on Larak Island

  • Ukraine warns on Russian airspace safety

    Warns airlines that Russian airspace is unsafe for civilian flights, prompting initial carriers to cancel routes to Russian airports.

  • US-Ukraine Patriot license talks

    Negotiates licensing for Patriot interceptor production in Ukraine, though US officials state building capacity will take years.

In the spotlight

All threads

European Union · Updated 19m ago

The ageing Union's economy

Re-reporting of the same August inflation flash estimate from additional sources; no new discrete event or policy shift.

HomeBriefThreadsAsk
Categories