[[{“value”:” The United States Department of Justice and 30 state attorneys general filed a lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment, the parent company of Ticketmaster, for alleged monopolistic practices. Live Nation and Ticketmaster merged in 2010, creating a dominant entertainment machine that controls the majority of ticket sales and venue bookings in the country. But Taylor Swift […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
‘Pro-competition’ rules for Big Tech make it through UK’s pre-election wash-up
[[{“value”:” The U.K. will shortly get its own rulebook for Big Tech, after peers in the House of Lords agreed Thursday afternoon to pass the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer bill (DMCC) — removing the last obstacle to the bill becoming law in the limited parliamentary time remaining for the government. The pro-competition reform, which has […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Spotify experiments with an AI DJ that speaks Spanish
[[{“value”:” Spotify’s addition of its AI DJ feature, which introduces personalized song selections to users, was the company’s first step into an AI future. Now, Spotify is developing an alternative version of that DJ that will speak Spanish. References to the new AI DJ were spotted in the app’s code by tech veteran and reverse engineer […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
NC STEM e-Update (May 23, 2024)
[[{“value”:” NC STEM starts with you. Twice a month the NC STEM Center publishes an e-update on what’s happening in STEM education throughout North Carolina, and their latest edition is now available. View NC STEM e-Update in your browser by clicking here. Not receiving an e-update? Opt-in and subscribe at the NC STEM Center and get your personalized copy sent…
Arc Search’s new Call Arc feature lets you ask questions by ‘making a phone call’
[[{“value”:” Call Arc can help answer immediate and small questions, according to the company. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Paris transit passes now available in iPhone’s Wallet app
[[{“value”:” After multiple delays, Apple and the Paris area transportation authority rolled out support for Paris transit passes in Apple Wallet. It means that people can now use their iPhone or Apple Watch as a Navigo pass to ride the metro, train, tram or bus. This is important news for Île-de-France Mobilités (IDFM) — the transportation […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Redwood Materials is partnering with Ultium Cells to recycle GM’s EV battery scrap
[[{“value”:” Redwood Materials, the battery recycling startup founded by former Tesla co-founder JB Straubel, will be recycling production scrap for batteries going into General Motors electric vehicles. The company announced Thursday that it’s working with Ultium Cells, the joint battery manufacturing venture between GM and LG Energy Solution, to recycle cathode, anode and cell scrap from […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Lumos helps companies manage their employees’ identities — and access
[[{“value”:” Andrej Safundzic, Alan Flores Lopez and Leo Mehr met in a class at Stanford focusing on ethics, public policy and technological change. Safundzic — speaking to TechCrunch — says that the class drove home the point that few people, particularly in the corporate sector, have control over their online identities. “The future of software is […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Auggie’s new app helps parents find community and shop
[[{“value”:” A new startup called Auggie is aiming to give parents a single platform where they can shop for products and connect with each other. The company’s new app, which launched this week, offers parents a platform where they can share product recommendations, shop vetted products and find community amongst each other to get real-time advice […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Remark puts thousands of human product experts into AI form
[[{“value”:” Remark trains AI models on human product experts to create personas that can answer questions with the same style of their human counterparts. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]