December 2023

The Download: cleantech 2.0, and ‘jury duty’ on Chinese delivery apps

December 4, 2023
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Climate tech is back—and this time, it can’t afford to fail A cleantech bust in 2011 left almost all the renewable-energy startups in the US either dead or struggling to survive. Over a…

The best kitchen gifts for techy chefs in 2023

December 4, 2023

The kitchen is a sacred place. Some chefs insist on keeping things low-tech — Christine’s favorite purchase of the year is a piece of plastic from QVC, and Haje thinks that the Internet of Things has gone too far with Wi-Fi enabled toasters. But some of us cannot resist the allure of a highly precise […]

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Meet the 15-year-old deepfake victim pushing Congress into action

December 4, 2023
This article is from The Technocrat, MIT Technology Review’s weekly tech policy newsletter about power, politics, and Silicon Valley. To receive it in your inbox every Friday, sign up here. I want to share a story about an inspirational young woman and her mother, who have stepped into the fray on AI policy issues after…

Meta faces $600M competition damages claim in Spain as media owners pursue privacy breach lawsuit

December 4, 2023

Meta is facing a major legal challenge and damages claim in Spain that argues the adtech giant’s years of failing to have a valid legal basis for processing people’s data for ads under European Union data protection rules also constitutes a competition breach for which they should be compensated financially. AMI, an association of newspaper […]

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TikTok expands its in-app Ticketmaster ticketing feature to users in 20 countries

December 4, 2023

TikTok and Ticketmaster are expanding their partnership into 20 new countries after initially launching it in the United States back in August 2022. The partnership allows users to discover events and buy tickets for them directly in TikTok without having to leave the app. The feature is now available in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, […]

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Doubtnut, once offered a $150M deal by Byju’s, sells for $10M

December 4, 2023

Allen Career Institute has acquired Doubtnut in a deal that values the young edtech at $10 million, according to a person familiar with the matter, a reversal of fortune for the once promising edtech leading app. The two firms confirmed the deal on Monday, but declined to share financial terms of the acquisition. Seven-year-old Doubtnut, […]

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Users are doling out justice on a Chinese food delivery app

December 4, 2023
There are no jury trials in Chinese courts—but if you think the noodles you just got delivered were too hot, a jury of your peers will quickly determine guilt in the app where you ordered it.  Jury trials, in fact, are plentiful on Chinese apps—especially Meituan, the country’s most popular food delivery service, where millions…