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By Mark Chisholm
Apple Pay
Comes to Italy
In May, Apple launched its
Apple Pay transaction service
for smartphone users in Italy,
bringing the total number
of countries where Apple Pay
is available to 14. Users now
can add MasterCard, Maestro,
Visa and V Pay credit cards
to the Apple Pay app. Apple
also stated it will be expanding
support to additional cards
and banks this year.
Researchers in Italy,
Switzerland Develop
Robotic Exoskeleton
Developers at the Sant'Anna
School of Advanced Studies
in Pisa, Italy, and the Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology
in Lausanne have developed
a robotic exoskeleton that can
detect when a user has slipped
or prevent a potential fall.
The Active Pelvis Orthosis
incorporates motors on a waist
brace which can move carbonfiber links connected to thigh
braces. Hopes are that the
exoskeleton can prevent falls
in the elderly population.
I N T E R N AT I O N A L FO C US
ITALY
Italy Proposes
Taxation
Legislation
to Target
Multinationals
ITALY WILL NOT ADOPT
IN-FLIGHT ELECTRONICS BAN
Ente Nazionale per l'Aviazione Civile,
(ENAC), Italy's aviation authority, recently
announced that the country will not follow
the U.S. and Britain by banning laptops or tablets on certain flights. The U.S. and the UK
recently imposed restrictions on certain carry-on
electronic devices on flights from airports in the
Middle East and North Africa. "No evidence has
emerged to make it necessary for a further
increase in the security measures that are already
in force," ENAC said in a statement.
After failing to make
progress on a "webtax"
at a meeting of the
Group of Seven finance
ministers, Italy proposed legislation to
allow multinational
corporations to set their
tax rate in advance to
avoid future disputes.
Italy maintains that
multinational companies such as Amazon,
Apple and others have
circumvented taxes
by claiming they do
not have a "stable presence" in the country.
In May, Google paid
306 million euros to settle a tax dispute in Italy.
Italian Antitrust Agency Fines WhatsApp
Citing the app's requirement that users agree to share their personal
data with its parent company Facebook, Italian regulators have assessed
WhatsApp a €3 million (roughly $3.4 million) fine. This fine follows European
data protection authorities issuing WhatsApp a warning last year to stop
sharing private information with Facebook without consent. The agency
deemed that the WhatsApp terms of service were "unfair" to users.
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