Justice: Private conversations spied on by Apple
The Siri voice assistant is accused of massively recording and processing private conversations without users’ consent.
Companies
Scandal: Nestlé lobbying all the way to the top of government
Confidential documents obtained by Radio France and Le Monde reveal how Nestlé managed to obtain derogations to illegally filter its bottled water, despite health warnings and opposition from the Direction Générale de la Santé.
Fighter aircraft : Safran group transfers 100% of its technology to India
During his visit to the land of the Maharajahs, Macron agreed that Safran would transfer 100% of its technology to the Indian group Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd to design a fighter jet engine! A competitor for the Rafale?
Wind turbines : The strange accounts of a Luxembourg holding company
The anti-corruption association AC!! has just made a report to the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (French Financial Markets Authority) concerning wind-powered electricity companies whose director is the number 2 of a Crédit Mutuel subsidiary.
The construction industry, a permanent (r)evolution
New ecological requirements, new ways of working, new materials… The building and public works sector is evolving at the same time as society’s expectations by revolutionizing all its methods and tools. Here is an overview of the efforts made by this rapidly changing sector.
An economic and financial hurricane is coming
Viewpoint- The head of America’s largest bank warns of an impending economic “hurricane” caused by an increasingly belligerent Federal Reserve, rising inflationary pressures and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Big Pharma in a forum in Paris
The top bosses of the global pharmaceutical industry are meeting today in Paris. The day before a meeting of the Strategic Council of Health Industries (CSIS) relaunched last February by Macron.
Lorraine: hot-air balloon pants
The Nancy-based company Dao reinvents the pants and has just made a pair of pants from a hot-air balloon envelope in collaboration with the Grand Est Mondial Air Ballons.
Nord stream 2: US concedes but Germany commits to support Ukraine
Washington has agreed with Berlin on the completion of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline for Russian gas, under the Baltic. In exchange Germany has promised investments and political support for Ukraine.
Ex-Prime Minister Fillon to join Russian hydrocarbon company
Former french Prime Minister François Fillon is to join the board of directors of the Russian oil company Zaroubejneft, according to a Russian government decree. He is the nominee of the Russian government. Zaroubejneft specializes in the development and exploitation of oil and gas fields particularly overseas.
Covid: meals officially incriminated
The vice is tightening around the places and situations of contamination of Covid-19. In a recent study, the Pasteur Institute targets contamination in enclosed spaces and during meals. Interview with Dr. Jean-Michel Wendling, Occupational Health Specialist in Strasbourg.
Strasbourg : fire on the site of the company OVH Cloud
Significant material and human resources were deployed during the night of Tuesday to Wednesday to contain a major fire on the site of the company OVH, which specializes in hosting computer servers, rue du Bassin de l’industrie in Strasbourg. Major damage but no injuries.