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FTC moves to completely prohibit Meta from monetizing kids

May 3, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission alleges that Meta has “repeatedly violated” privacy rules, and proposes to tighten the agency’s 2020 order against the company, completely barring it from monetizing data from anyone under 18 in any way, among other new restrictions. The order in question took effect in 2020, but was created in 2019 as part […]

FTC moves to completely prohibit Meta from monetizing kids by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

Fifty+ ISPs, NGOs and broadcaster groups hit out at ‘Big Telco bias’ driving anti-competitive EU network fee proposal

May 3, 2023

A coalition of more than 50 European consumer and digitals rights groups, smaller ISPs and broadcasters have inked their name to a joint statement urging EU policymakers and Member States to reject a controversial network fee proposal being lobbied for by major telcos in the region. They suggest any move to legislative for a mechanism […]

Fifty+ ISPs, NGOs and broadcaster groups hit out at ‘Big Telco bias’ driving anti-competitive EU network fee proposal by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Fortnite is now available on Fire TV and Amazon Luna

May 3, 2023

Amazon announced today that customers in the United States, Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom can now play Fortnite on their Fire TVs via its Amazon Luna cloud gaming service. Amazon Prime members can start playing the game today and all other customers can play with an existing Luna+ subscription or by signing up for […]

Fortnite is now available on Fire TV and Amazon Luna by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Plex’s music player, Plexamp, now works with ChatGPT for playlist creation

May 3, 2023

Plexamp, the music player originally incubated by the Labs division of media company Plex, is tapping into ChatGPT with its latest update. The company announced today a new feature called “Sonic Sage,” powered by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, that will build unique music playlists by scanning users’ libraries and leveraging their TIDAL subscription. The update follows other […]

Plex’s music player, Plexamp, now works with ChatGPT for playlist creation by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch