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NYC politics
fromGothamist
5 days ago

AG James, Dems want to ban prices based on personal algorithms

New York's Attorney General supports legislation to ban algorithmic pricing based on personal data and dynamic digital price tags in retail and grocery stores.
UK news
fromIndependent
1 week ago

Seizures of high-powered e-scooters and scramblers spike, but no crackdown on shops selling illegal vehicles

Garda seizures of illegal high-powered e-scooters and similar vehicles have increased significantly, yet no state agency is enforcing regulations against retailers openly selling these dangerously overpowered vehicles despite medical warnings of serious injuries.
fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago

One Bay Area city tried an innovative program to deal with its abandoned shopping cart problem. Here's what happened.

Earlier this year, San Jose politicians announced they were targeting the thousands of abandoned shopping carts clogging creeks and blighting streets. Now the first data on a pilot program aimed at curbing the problem is in, and the city must decide whether the results justify the financial cost of expanding it. San Jose had long struggled to rein in the abandoned shopping cart problem, due in part to antiquated state rules and ineffective city code.
California
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