YouTube is lowering the barrier to be eligible for its monetization program

June 13, 2023

YouTube is lowering the requirements for creators to get access to monetization tools under the YouTube Partner Program (YPP). The company is expanding its shopping affiliate program to U.S-based creators who are part of YPP and have more than 20,000 subscribers. The Google-owned company said that the new conditions to be qualified for the partner […]

YouTube is lowering the barrier to be eligible for its monetization program by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Canonical’s Sunbeam makes OpenStack more viable for small-scale deployments

June 13, 2023

OpenStack, the open-source infrastructure-as-a-service project that helps enterprises manage their on-premises data centers, was never known to be easy to install and operate. That meant that very few enterprises set up their own OpenStack deployments, working with third-party vendors and consultants instead, and that small-scale deployments weren’t really viable. With Sunbeam, Canonical (the company behind […]

Canonical’s Sunbeam makes OpenStack more viable for small-scale deployments by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

This little wearable is designed to detect blood flow to the brain

June 13, 2023

STAT Health calls the human ear a “biometric gold mine.” The startup, which emerged out of stealth this morning, is talking specifically about cerebral blood flow (CBF). That’s pretty much what it sounds like: the blood supply to the brain measured over a specific length of time. A lack of blood flow to the brain […]

This little wearable is designed to detect blood flow to the brain by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Wherobots is building a data platform to treat spatial data as a “first-class citizen”

June 13, 2023

Many companies collect an enormous amount of geospatial and time data, but they’re unable to unlock enormous value from that information due to a lack of an easy-to-use, dedicated geospatial database platform. Scottsdale, Arizona-based Wherobots aims to change that with its spatial compute and AI engine, which allows users to develop geospatial analytics applications and […]

Wherobots is building a data platform to treat spatial data as a “first-class citizen” by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: inaccurate welfare algorithms, and training AI for free

June 13, 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. An algorithm intended to reduce poverty might disqualify people in need The news: An algorithm funded by the World Bank to determine which families should get financial assistance in Jordan likely excludes people…

Spotify fined in Sweden over GDPR data access complaint

June 13, 2023

Music streaming giant Spotify is facing a fine of around €5 million ($5.4M) in Sweden years after it was accused of breaching the data access rights of users in the European Union by not providing full information about personal data it processes in response to individual requests. While the size of the fine is unlikely […]

Spotify fined in Sweden over GDPR data access complaint by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch