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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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IBM acquires GraphQL startup StepZen to step up its game in API management

February 8, 2023

GraphQL, developed internally at Facebook to help developers with API management before getting rolled out as an open-source query language in 2015, has gained traction as an alternative (or complement) to REST and other tools. Airbnb, Pinterest, PayPal and of course Facebook parent Meta are among the companies using it. Now, to raise its profile […]

IBM acquires GraphQL startup StepZen to step up its game in API management by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

UK regulator says Microsoft’s proposed $68.7B Activision merger could create ‘higher prices, fewer choices’

February 8, 2023

Seven months after the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) confirmed it was launching an antitrust investigation into Microsoft’s $68.7 billion bid for video game giant Activision Blizzard, the U.K. competition regulator has provisionally concluded that the merger “could harm U.K. gamers” through higher prices, fewer choices, or less innovation. Microsoft first revealed plans for […]

UK regulator says Microsoft’s proposed $68.7B Activision merger could create ‘higher prices, fewer choices’ by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: inside our chaotic brains, and small nuclear reactors

February 8, 2023
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. Neuroscientists listened in on people’s brains for a week. They found order and chaos. The news: Our brains exist in a state somewhere between stability and chaos as they help us make sense…

3 Great Stocks to Buy More of Today

February 8, 2023
While the Fed’s interest rate increases have shown some success in easing inflation, the stronger-than-expected jobs report suggests that the Fed has more work to do. Continued interest rate hikes…

Data observability platform Acceldata raises $50M

February 8, 2023

Acceldata, the company behind a data observability platform used by multinational enterprises including Oracle and Verisk, today announced it has raised $50 million in a Series C round of funding. Founded in 2018, San Jose-based Acceldata is one of a growing number of companies setting out to help organizations understand the health of their data, […]

Data observability platform Acceldata raises $50M by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Musk’s Twitter is facing tricky questions over data deletion

February 8, 2023

European data protection regulators are “engaging” with Twitter following a series of complaints from users that it’s ignoring requests to delete their direct messages, TechCrunch has learned. Concerns over the privacy and security of Twitter DMs — which are not end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) — has grown since Elon Musk’s takeover of the company last fall, […]

Musk’s Twitter is facing tricky questions over data deletion by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

EV startup Zypp Electric nabs $25M to hit 30 Indian cities by 2025

February 8, 2023

Zypp Electric, an Indian startup that offers an EV-as-a-service platform catering to e-commerce companies and gig workers, has received a $25 million investment led by Taiwan’s battery-swapping giant Gogoro. The cash from Gogoro is an extension of a strategic partnership between the two companies, and a signal of Gogoro’s continued commitment to the Indian market. […]

EV startup Zypp Electric nabs $25M to hit 30 Indian cities by 2025 by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Are Stock Investors “Dazed & Confused”?

February 8, 2023
Investor confidence in stock market (SPY) direction is very low. That is because of the big divergence in market outlooks from leading market prognosticators. Some make a great case for…