Tesla lobbies for Elon and Kia taps into the GenAI hype

Posted on May 23, 2024 by Techme101

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Is it me, or is the Tesla board being a bit extra these days as it tries to convince shareholders to vote in favor of relocating the […]
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Pocket-Sized AI Models Could Unlock a New Era of Computing

Posted on May 23, 2024 by Techme101

Research at Microsoft shows it’s possible to make AI models small enough to run on phones or laptops without major compromises to their smarts. The technique could open up new use cases for AI.

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Pope clears way for ‘God’s influencer’ to become a saint

Posted on May 23, 2024 by Techme101

Carlo Acutis, who was born in London, is set to become the first millennial to be canonised.

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App developer Crowdaa raises €1.2 million and plans a U.S. expansion

Posted on May 23, 2024 by Techme101

Crowdaa is an app that allows non-developers to easily create and release apps on the mobile store. 
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Canva launches a proper enterprise product — and they mean it this time

Posted on May 23, 2024 by Techme101

Back in 2019, Canva, the wildly successful design tool, introduced what the company was calling an enterprise product, but in reality it was more geared towards teams than fulfilling true enterprise requirements. On Thursday, the company changed that, announcing a new enterprise version that is truly geared towards the needs of larger organizations. That includes […]
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The U.S. government sues to break up Live Nation-Ticketmaster

Posted on May 23, 2024 by Techme101

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 […]
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‘Pro-competition’ rules for Big Tech make it through UK’s pre-election wash-up

Posted on May 23, 2024 by Techme101

The UK 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 […]
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US Sues to Break Up Ticketmaster and Live Nation, Alleging Monopoly Abuse

Posted on May 23, 2024 by Techme101

The US government has filed an antitrust suit against Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, for allegedly abusing their dominance in the ticketing market to extinguish healthy competition.

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Some Prominent Silicon Valley Investors Shift to the Right

Posted on May 23, 2024 by Techme101

Marc Andreessen, Chamath Palihapitiya and several other tech venture capitalists are increasingly criticizing President Biden and making their disaffection known in an election year.

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TikTok Moves to Limit Russian and Chinese Media’s Reach in Big Election Year

Posted on May 23, 2024 by Techme101

The platform will keep state-affiliated media accounts out of users’ feeds if they “attempt to reach communities outside their home country on current global events and affairs.”

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