Republican Congressman Jim Jordan asks Big Tech if Biden tried to censor AI
On Thursday, House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent letters to 16 American technology firms, including Google and OpenAI, asking for past communications with the Biden Administration that might suggest the former President “coerced or colluded” with companies to “censor lawful speech” in AI products. The Trump Administration’s top technology advisers previously signaled it would pick […]
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Spotify is testing playlists that could be unlocked by NFT holders
Unlocking exclusive access has been a long-held promise of a lot of NFT-based communities. And now, Spotify is helping some of them realize that claim with token-gated playlists. According to a series of tweets by Kingship, a metaverse band signed to Universal Music Group (UMG), the streaming company is piloting playlists that could be unlocked […]
Spotify is testing playlists that could be unlocked by NFT holders by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
Trust & Will secures $15M after doubling revenue
Drafting a will and planning for what happens to your estate once you pass away is well, not exactly fun. Both tasks can also be very pricey endeavors, not to mention just painful to do for many reasons. And so it’s no surprise that many people put off the tasks, perhaps living in denial they […]
Trust & Will secures $15M after doubling revenue by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch
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European Commission orders staff to remove TikTok from work devices
The European Commission (EC) has issued a directive requesting all EC employees to remove TikTok from their corporate devices. The suspension also extends to workers’ personal devices where they are used for work purposes. In an announcement issued today, the commission said that the move was made on security grounds, while suggesting that rival social […]
European Commission orders staff to remove TikTok from work devices by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch
Google, complying with regulatory order, supports third-party billing in India
Google has started to support a third-party billing system for Google Play Store purchases in India as the Android-maker begins complying with the local regulatory directions in the key overseas market. Google said in a support page Thursday that it is offering “all developers” serving users in India the option to use an alternative billing […]
Google, complying with regulatory order, supports third-party billing in India by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch
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Chain Reaction raises $70M, emerges from stealth to launch chips designed to compute encrypted data
As the networking industry explores homomorphic encryption, blockchains and other cryptographic techniques to take data protection and complex computing to the next level, one big roadblock to many of these working effectively and at scale has been the compute power required to run them. Today, one of the startups that believes it can address that […]
Chain Reaction raises $70M, emerges from stealth to launch chips designed to compute encrypted data by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch
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Linux Foundation Europe launches the OpenWallet Foundation to power interoperable digital wallets
The Linux Foundation‘s European off-shoot has formally launched the OpenWallet Foundation (OWF), a new collaborative effort designed to support interoperability between digital wallets through open source software. The launch comes some five months after the Linux Foundation first revealed plans to set up the OWF, shortly before it spun out a region-specific entity called the […]
Linux Foundation Europe launches the OpenWallet Foundation to power interoperable digital wallets by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch