The European Parliament approved the new community law on “right to reparation”, which clarifies manufacturers' obligations to repair goods and encourages consumers to extend the life cycle of a product through repair.
Ademar Days
Journalist
Radio Horizonte Algarve / Tavira
“Consumers’ right to product repair will now become a reality. It will be easier and cheaper to repair instead of buying new and expensive objects. It is a significant achievement for Parliament and its commitment to empowering consumers in the fight against climate change.”, commented after the vote the assembly rapporteur, German socialist deputy René Repasi.
The MEP stressed that “the new legislation extends legal guarantees for 12 months when repair is chosen, provides better access to spare parts and ensures easier repair, cheaper and faster”.
The new rules introduce a new right to repair, aim to limit waste and strengthen the repair sector, facilitating the repair of goods and making it more economically viable. Member States will have two years to transpose into national legislation.
The National Communications Authority (Anacom) received notifications of 30 security incidents last year, “minus seven” than 2022, dealing with the “lowest value” from 2015, announced today the sectoral regulator.
Anacom highlights that, “despite the reduction in the number of reported incidents” by electronic communications network and service companies (-19%), “its impact was greater than that recorded in the previous year, once they were affected 6,9 million subscribers, more 7% than in 2022”.
For this increased impact “contributed to the occurrence of an incident, in December, which involved the voice interconnection of two of the main communications operators in Portugal, with an impact on mobile telephone service”, refers to the regulatory entity, in a statement.
Spotify made it known the financial report for the first quarter of this year, a period in which the streaming service managed to reach a total of 615 million active monthly users.
This number represents an increase of 19% over the same period last year, a growth that was also felt in the number of subscribers who, face a 2023, increased 14%. No total, Spotify now has 239 million subscribers.
The Swedish company also said that it had a profit equivalent to 197 million euros in the first three months of 2024, which compares with the losses of 225 million euros from the same period last year.
And now an anniversary. They are marked this Tuesday, 23 April, exactly 19 years since the first YouTube video was published.
The first video on the platform, founded in 2005, only have 19 seconds and was published by co-founder Jawed Karim.
The video, intitulado ‘Me at the Zoo’ (‘Me at the Zoo’ in free translation), shows Jawed Karim in front of an elephant enclosure at the San Diego Zoo, US us.
Remember the video in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw
And in film we highlight the premiere of an action film with a good dose of comedy: "Profession: Danger" (“The Fall Guy” no original title).
Directed by David Leitch, This film features Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt and Aaron Taylor-Johnson as cast highlights.
As for the synopsis… he is double and, like all doubles, is exploded, shot, involved in accidents, thrown through windows and thrown from the greatest heights, all for our fun. And now, fresh from an accident that almost ended his career, this working class hero has to find a missing movie star, Unravel a conspiracy and try to win back the love of your life, while still doing your job. What can work?
Peek the trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5s-N1vb7m8&t=1s
