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The Download: WeChat censorship, and effective altruism

October 17, 2022
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. WeChat users are begging Tencent to give their censored accounts back On Weibo, the popular Chinese social media platform, hundreds of desperate users were writing “confession letters” this past week. They are urgent…

Online travel giant Booking.com faces antitrust probe in Spain

October 17, 2022

More tech antitrust activity: Spain’s competition watchdog has opened an investigation into potential anti-competitive behavior by the Dutch online travel agency giant, Booking.com, following a couple of complaints lodged by the Spanish Association of Hotel Managers and the Regional Hotel Association of Madrid. The national competition regulator said today that it will look into whether […]

Online travel giant Booking.com faces antitrust probe in Spain by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Driverless in Phoenix and GM takes its EV offensive beyond vehicles

October 17, 2022

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Driverless in Phoenix and GM takes its EV offensive beyond vehicles by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

Inside effective altruism, where the far future counts a lot more more the present

October 17, 2022
Oregon 6th Con­gressional District candidate Carrick Flynn seemed to drop out of the sky. With a stint at Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute, a track record of voting in only two of the past 30 elections, and $11 million in support from a political action committee established by crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried, Flynn didn’t fit…

Why Cruise is making its own chips, and a lot more besides

October 17, 2022

Cruise never planned to make its own silicon. But in the quest to commercialize robotaxis — and make money doing it — those never planned pursuits can suddenly seem a lot more appealing. Cruise realized that the price of chips from suppliers was too high, the parts were too big and the reliability of the […]

Why Cruise is making its own chips, and a lot more besides by Roberto Baldwin originally published on TechCrunch

This Week in Apps: Play Store revamp, Google antitrust suit updates, BeReal’s real traction

October 15, 2022

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. Global app spending reached $65 billion in the first half of 2022, up only slightly from the $64.4 billion during the same period in 2021, as hypergrowth fueled by […]

This Week in Apps: Play Store revamp, Google antitrust suit updates, BeReal’s real traction by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch