March 14, 2025

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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Musk says Twitter will offer “amnesty” to suspended accounts

November 25, 2022

Elon Musk said Thursday Twitter will grant “a general amnesty” to accounts that had been suspended from the platform beginning next week. The CEO posted a poll the day earlier over whether the platform should restore affected accounts. The news comes within a week of Musk also ending former president Donald Trump’s ban from the […]

Musk says Twitter will offer “amnesty” to suspended accounts by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

Twitter layoffs trigger oversight risk warning from Brussels

November 24, 2022

In another move that’s being frowned upon by European Union regulators, Elon Musk-owned Twitter has closed its Brussels office per a report in the Financial Times — citing sources with knowledge of the departures. Staffers in the office were focused on European Union digital policy, working in close proximity to the seat of power of […]

Twitter layoffs trigger oversight risk warning from Brussels by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Stellantis to restructure European dealer network in July 2023

November 24, 2022

Stellantis, the parent company to brands like Jeep, Dodge, Fiat, Maserati and Peugeot, said Thursday it would reorganize its European dealer networks in July 2023 in an effort to cut costs and support its investment into electrification. Starting next summer, Stellantis said it would end all current sales and services contracts with dealers in Austria, […]

Stellantis to restructure European dealer network in July 2023 by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

Bessemer, Playground, Root and Seraphim VCs will judge the TC Sessions: Space Pitch-off

November 24, 2022

Watching outstanding early-stage founders square off in a pitch competition is not only an essential part of TechCrunch conferences, but it’s also an attendee favorite. Seriously, who doesn’t love a pitch-off? And the Space Pitch-off is just one more compelling reason to go to TC Sessions: Space on December 6 in Los Angeles. Let’s take […]

Bessemer, Playground, Root and Seraphim VCs will judge the TC Sessions: Space Pitch-off by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch

Automating the income gap

November 24, 2022

This is going to be another one of those “let’s ask ourselves some difficult questions” newsletter introductions, so if you’re in the U.S., I certainly won’t blame you for not giving Actuator your full attention until after the holiday. I generally approach these conversations through the same basic lens: a majority of technologies are neither […]

Automating the income gap by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

India’s AIIMS hit by outages after cyberattack

November 24, 2022

India’s leading public medical institute, All India Institute of Medical Services, or AIIMS, is experiencing outages following a cyberattack. The outages are affecting hundreds of patients and doctors accessing primary healthcare services, including patient admission, discharge and billing systems. Established in 1956, AIIMS holds thousands of medical undergraduate and postgraduate students. It is also one […]

India’s AIIMS hit by outages after cyberattack by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Netflix is working on ‘brand-new AAA PC game’ based on job listings

November 24, 2022

Netflix has put up more than a dozen job listings on its website for Netflix Games Studio’s Los Angeles office, as spotted by Mobilegamer.biz. These listings give us a few hints about the company’s plans for the new studio. In particular, Netflix is hiring a game director to work on “a brand-new AAA PC game”. […]

Netflix is working on ‘brand-new AAA PC game’ based on job listings by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch