Many of the people building web3 feel like the traditional web ecosystem has taken advantage of users and their data. While it benefits a number of businesses, data miners and even AI models, some see it as an overreach. Some of the problems with the web that exists today, which some web3-focused people call Web […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
The EU called on Facebook, TikTok and other tech titans on Tuesday to crack down on deepfakes and other AI-generated content by using clear labels ahead of Europe-wide polls in June.The recommendation is part of a raft of guidelines published under a landmark content law by the European Commission for digital giants to tackle risks to elections including disinformation.The EU executive has unleashed a string of measures to clamp down on big tech, especially regarding content moderation.Its...
The new Digital Markets Act law went into effect this month and is already forcing big changes at Big Tech companies.
EU antitrust chief previews new era of Big Tech oversight (Second column, 13th story, link)
A majority of Palestinians want Hamas to retain control of the Gaza Strip after its war against Israel ends, according to a new poll.
Apple defends its EU DMA compliance after many have criticized the changes they have effected.
The European Union on Monday launched investigations into Alphabet, Apple and Meta for potentially breaching a landmark new law designed to prevent Big Tech having an unfair advantage over competitors. Last year, Brussels designated six companies as "gatekeepers" under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), meaning they were big and powerful enough to warrant extra regulation: Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft and TikTok owner ByteDance. They were given six months, until March 7, to comply with...
EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager and EU industry chief Thierry Breton will hold a joint press conference at 1000 GMT, the European Commission said on Monday. Sources said they will likely announce investigations into potential breaches of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) targeting Big Tech companies.
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When McDonald's first opened for business in the 1940s, its workers stood at physical counters, its burgers and fries were listed on paper menus, and its customers paid cash to its human cashiers. How quaint. Today technology so infuses every aspect of McDonald's business that it would only be a slight exaggeration to call it a tech company that happens to sell burgers. McDonald's mobile app; its human-less, order-taking kiosks; its digitized menus that change based on trends, the weather and...
When McDonald’s first opened for business in the 1940s, its workers stood at physical counters, its burgers and fries were listed on paper menus, and its customers paid cash to its human cashiers. Today, technology so infuses every aspect of McDonald’s business that it would only be a slight exaggeration to call it a tech […]
Tiger Woods and the other player directors of the PGA Tour have been urged to meet imminently with the Saudi bankrollers of the LIV circuit in an effort to end golf's civil war.