UK bolts US ‘data bridge’ deal onto EU-US Data Privacy Framework

September 21, 2023
The UK government has officially confirmed it will piggyback on a transatlantic data transfer deal between the European Union and the US by bolting on an extension which it’s dubbed the “UK-US data bridge”. Back in June the UK and US reached an agreement in principle over this arrangement. Today the UK government confirmed that […]

Saregama eyes Pocket Aces acquisition in video push

September 21, 2023
Saregama is in talks to acquire Pocket Aces, three people familiar with the matter said, as the oldest Indian music label grows its video ambitions. The acquisition talks are underway, but a deal is yet to be signed, the people said. Pocket Aces’ video games streaming business Loco is not part of the discussions, the […]

Cruise would join the call to ban human drivers in city centers, says CEO

September 21, 2023
Cruise co-founder and CEO Kyle Vogt posed a controversial question at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023: At what point does it still make sense to have human-driven cars in cities? “If you extrapolate forward and you see that [autonomous vehicles] decrease in cost, they continue to improve their safety performance, they get much better at adapting in […]

Facebook rolls out multiple personal profiles feature

September 21, 2023
Facebook will now allow users to create multiple personal profiles in an effort to help users feel “freer” to engage on the platform, the company announced today. The move makes sense, so much so that one wonders what took the company so long to roll it out. Some Facebook users hesitate to share work-related updates […]