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While the U.K. and U.S. try to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision over concerns it will kill competition in games distribution,  competition appears to be alive and well in another (smaller) area of gaming: modding and analytics. Wargraphs, a one-man-band startup behind a popular companion app for League of Legends called Porofessor, which helps players […]

Wargraphs, a gaming startup with only one employee and no outside funding, sells for $54M by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

A music publisher’s coalition that includes big names like Universal Music Corp., BMG, Warner Chapell, and Sony Music Publishing is suing Twitter for copyright infringement. The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), representing 17 publishers, listed 1,700 songs for which it sent multiple copyright violation notices to the social network. The lawsuit, filed in Federal District […]

Twitter is facing a $250 million lawsuit filed by major music publishers by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

The corporate venture arm of automaker Stellantis has invested about one-third of its 300 million euro ($324M) fund into 10 startups that cover everything from battery technology and holographic augmented reality to sustainable manufacturing and even e-bikes. Stellantis Ventures said Wednesday it also invested in an unnamed venture capital firm’s mobility fund. Stellantis didn’t disclose […]

Stellantis has invested about one-third of its 300M euro fund into 10 startups by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

The UK’s data protection watchdog has fired its most explicit warning shot yet at generative AI developers — saying it expects them to address privacy risks before bringing their products to market. In a blog post trailing remarks the Information Commissioner’s Office’s (ICO) exec director of regulatory risk, Stephen Almond, will make at a conference later […]

Don’t rush generative AI apps to market without tackling privacy risks, says UK watchdog by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Clop, the ransomware gang responsible for exploiting a critical security vulnerability in a popular corporate file transfer tool, has begun listing victims of the mass-hacks, including a number of U.S. banks and universities. The Russia-linked ransomware gang has been exploiting the security flaw in MOVEit Transfer, a tool used by corporations and enterprises to share […]

Ransomware gang lists first victims of MOVEit mass-hacks, including US banks and universities by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

In 2020, in the midst of pandemic lockdown, my husband and I bought a house in Brooklyn and decided to reimagine and rebuild the interior.  We began talking through our ideas about how to arrange each detail, from an open kitchen to bathroom fixtures, but before long we realized that imprecise language was slowing us…

As companies increasingly rely on machine learning models, it’s imperative that they continuously check the models to make sure they are working as intended and that the data is valid, unbiased and not corrupted in any way. Deepchecks, an Israeli startup has come up with a solution to continuously test models from development through production. […]

Deepchecks snags $14M seed to continuously validate ML models by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

ChrysCapital has invested $100 million in Lenskart, the two said Thursday, pushing the Asian eyewear startup’s raise in the past year to $850 million as it expands its offerings and reach in international markets. The Indian venture firm is buying shares worth $100 million in Lenskart through both primary and secondary transactions, the two said. […]

ChrysCapital invests $100 million in India’s Lenskart by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Live 95.5, a radio station in Portland, Oregon, announced Tuesday that its midday host Ashley Elzinga will broadcast a cloned version of her voice — AKA “AI Ashley” — to listeners every day from 10 to 3. They’ll be using Futuri Media’s “RadioGPT,” an AI-powered tool that uses ChatGPT to generate a script based on […]

Radio station gets part-time AI DJ based on its midday host by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch