Ahead of a full meeting of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) this week (April 16 and 17), which is expected to produce guidance on a controversial tactic used by Meta to force Facebook and Instagram users to consent to its tracking, almost two dozen civil society groups and nonprofits have penned an open letter.
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FAA orders investigation into Blue Origin’s New Glenn mishap; 44% of songs uploaded to Deezer are AI-generated; and the NSA is using Anthropic’s Mythos
-The New Glenn rocket will have to stay grounded while the company investigates what caused the apparent failure of its upper stage. -Deezer says consumption of AI-generated music on the platform is still very low, between 1-3% of the total streams, and that 85% of these streams ... Show More
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Apr 21
Who is John Ternus, the incoming Apple CEO?
After 15 years, Tim Cook will hand off his role as Apple CEO to John Ternus, senior vice president of hardware engineering. Also, Amazon has made another circular AI deal: It's investing another $5 billion in Anthropic. Anthropic has agreed to spend $100 billion on AWS in return. ... Show More
7m 15s
Apr 20
Robots beat human records at Beijing half-marathon; Cracks are starting to form on fusion energy’s funding boom
The winning time is a massive improvement over last year’s race, when the fastest robot finished in two hours and 40 minutes. Also, fusion startups and investors risk deepening fissures if some key disagreements aren't settled amicably. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit pod ... Show More
7m 33s
Sep 2023
Facebook Is Giving Up on News—Again
Meta says it will retire Facebook's "news" tag in the UK, France, and Germany, ahead of rules that might force it to pay for content. Users may not care, but it has left the media scrambling. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and ... Show More
9m 38s
Nov 2020
Qu’est-ce que « la liste » de l’Union Européenne pour contrôler les GAFA ?
Les géants de la tech comme Amazon, Apple, Google ou Facebook ne sont pas très bien vu par les dirigeants politiques européens. Depuis quelques semaines, les discussions au parlement et à la commission européenne se sont accélérées pour mettre en place une nouvelle législation co ... Show More
2m 38s
Feb 2022
Tech News: Investors Change Their Relationship Status With Facebook To "It's Complicated"
Yesterday, Meta/Facebook held an earnings call and things went poorly right out of the gate. By the time the call was over, the company was poised to shed 200 billion dollars in value. What happened? Plus, more news in tech. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartp ... Show More
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