The European Commission has signalled it could be preparing to break up Google’s adtech business. Speaking during a press conference this afternoon, EU EVP Margrethe Vestager, the bloc’s competition chief and head of digital strategy, announced it has sent a formal statement of objections to Google for suspected anti-competitive conduct in its adtech business. If […]
Europe warns it might break up Google’s adtech empire by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch
More than 300 subreddits, including popular ones like r/aww, r/music r/videos, and r/futurology, plan to go dark indefinitely after a large protest against Reddit’s API changes ends on June 14. This means users won’t be able to access these communities during this blackout. This step was announced after The Verge reported that in an internal […]
Hundreds of subreddits plan to go dark indefinitely after Reddit CEO’s internal memo by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
The mobile market in Europe and the U.K. — once orchestrated to be ripe ground for competition — has been on a long-term course of consolidation, and the latest chapter in that story was made official today. Vodafone Group and Hutchison Group have announced a plan to merge their U.K. carriers, respectively the eponymous Vodafone […]
Vodafone and Three plan to merge in the UK in a $19B deal (if regulators approve) by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch
Caller identity app Truecaller has introduced call recording on both iOS and Android. While restrictions on both operating systems prevent apps from recording calls natively, Truecaller is getting around it by calling a dedicated recording line. On Android, users can directly use Truecaller’s dialer to start a recording call. If they are using another dialer, […]
Truecaller reintroduces call recording for premium users by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
Founded in Melbourne, One Future Football (1FF) bills itself as the “world’s first global soccer league,” and it’s goal is to attract first-time soccer fans. It launches today with more than 250 CGI generated players, who have backstories created so all fans have someone they can relate to (for example, there are players with diabetes […]
One Future Football’s virtual worldwide soccer league launches with backing from Blackbird by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch
Toyota plans to introduce a high-performance lithium-ion battery to its next-generation electric vehicles by 2026, part of the automaker’s new technology roadmap revealed Tuesday. The batteries will deliver quicker charging and around 620 miles (1,000 kilometers) of range, which would put Toyota’s vehicles ahead of the competition. Toyota has historically trailed behind other major automakers […]
EV laggard Toyota says its next-gen EVs will have over 600 miles range by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
Bingrui Yang knows a thing or two about hardware, software and how people interact with them — skills picked up during stints at Apple, Zoox and Cruise. Now he’s applying those tricks of the trade to RVs with Pebble Mobility, a California-based EV startup he founded that aims to change the way people live and […]
Pebble Mobility wants to build the iPhone of electric RVs by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch
Fan fiction writers know that their work is being used to train generative AIs, and they’re not happy about it. Now, “Omegaverse” writers are participating in a week-long writing marathon called Knot in my Name to encourage the fan community to publish as much of their fan fiction as possible. It’s a long-shot attempt to […]
Fan fiction writers are trolling AIs with omegaverse stories by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch