December 2022

Meta abused its dominant market position to benefit Facebook Marketplace, EU’s initial findings show

December 19, 2022

The European Commission (EC) has confirmed that it’s proceeding with an antitrust investigation into Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms Inc. (Meta), over the way it ties together its core social network and Marketplace classified ads service. The Commission’s Statement of Objections also points to “unfair trading conditions” related to how it uses data gleaned from rival […]

Meta abused its dominant market position to benefit Facebook Marketplace, EU’s initial findings show by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

ImagenAI, which uses AI to personalize photo editing styles, lands $30M

December 19, 2022

ImagenAI, a startup using AI to help professional photographers edit photos and automate post-production work, today announced that it raised $30 million in an all-equity growth investment from Summit Partners. The new capital brings Imagen’s total raised to $34 million, and co-founder and CEO Yotam Gil tells TechCrunch that it’ll be used to expand the […]

ImagenAI, which uses AI to personalize photo editing styles, lands $30M by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Zeekr files for an IPO, Elon sells more Tesla shares and a message to readers

December 19, 2022

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Zeekr files for an IPO, Elon sells more Tesla shares and a message to readers by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

Should Elon step down as head of Twitter? Users vote Yes by a margin of 15%

December 19, 2022

Elon Musk’s reign over Twitter — marked by chaos from his snap decisions, massive layoffs, and endless product u-turns — could be taking its most dramatic turn yet, if Twitter users have their say. A poll put up by Musk on Sunday asking if he should step down as head of the company closed today […]

Should Elon step down as head of Twitter? Users vote Yes by a margin of 15% by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

How to spot AI-generated text

December 19, 2022
This sentence was written by an AI—or was it? OpenAI’s new chatbot, ChatGPT, presents us with a problem: How will we know whether what we read online is written by a human or a machine? Since it was released in late November, ChatGPT has been used by over a million people. It has the AI…

Important that India’s regulations provide legal and innovation certainty to firms, Google CEO says

December 19, 2022

Google chief executive Sundar Pichai said Monday that India is going through an important period of time as it drafts several key regulations and asserted that it stands to benefit from open and connected internet. India, which legalized several amendments to the nation’s IT rules after contentious back and forth with many tech giants last […]

Important that India’s regulations provide legal and innovation certainty to firms, Google CEO says by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Google introduces India’s DigiLocker integration to Files app to access official documents

December 19, 2022

Google has announced that it is bringing India’s online document storage service DigiLocker to the Files app on Android to let users access verified government-issued documents from the app. At the annual Google for India conference on Monday, Google announced its partnership with the Indian government to roll out the DigiLocker integration within the Files […]

Google introduces India’s DigiLocker integration to Files app to access official documents by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Google brings multi-search and in-video search features to India

December 19, 2022

Google said today that it’s bringing its multi-search feature — which allows users to search using both images and text — to India. The company said at its Google for India event on Monday that the feature will be available in English starting today and support Hindi at a later date. The feature will allow […]

Google brings multi-search and in-video search features to India by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

YouTube to launch Courses in edtech push in India

December 19, 2022

For years, teachers have used YouTube to promote their lessons and persuade learners to join their classes off the platform. YouTube said on Monday it is taking broader steps to make the video service more appealing to educators and learners and also provide more monetization avenues to the creators. At its annual India conference on […]

YouTube to launch Courses in edtech push in India by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch