The EU says that TikTok's “addictive design” is illegal under the DSA, citing the app's infinite scroll and recommendation algorithm, in preliminary findings — European Union regulators said the app's infinite scroll and personalized algorithm led to “compulsive” behavior, especially among children.
Women in rural India report experiencing trauma from data annotation work, which requires them to review violent content and porn for global tech companies — Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies
Germany's Federal Cartel Office rules Amazon must stop enforcing price controls for retailers on its German marketplace and seizes €59M; Amazon can appeal — Amazon.com Inc. must stop enforcing price controls for retailers on its German marketplace, according to the nation's antitrust watchdog …
RapidFort, which develops tools for securing software supply chains, raised a $42M Series A led by Blue Cloud and ForgePoint, taking its total funding to ~$51M — Software supply chain security startup RapidFort Inc. announced today that it has raised $42 million in early-stage funding …
Galaxy Digital reports a Q4 net loss of $482M, above $282M est., driven primarily by the crypto market crash, and says its trading volumes declined ~40% QoQ — Billionaire Michael Novogratz said he remains optimistic even after Galaxy Digital Inc. posted a wider-than-expected loss …
Sources: OpenAI is prioritizing ChatGPT over long-term research, prompting senior staff departures; Sora and DALL-E teams felt neglected and under resourced — Resources at $500bn company are being redirected from long-term research towards improving the flagship chatbot
Paris prosecutors say they raided X's French offices with assistance from Europol; Elon Musk and ex-CEO Linda Yaccarino have been summoned to April hearings — Offices belonging to Elon Musk's social media platform X in France are being raided, the Paris prosecutor's office says.
A look at Polymarket's rise since the US DOJ dropped its probe: securing publisher deals and US licenses, insider trading concerns, and bet resolution disputes — Shayne Coplan has built the crypto-based betting platform into a $9 billion company; Justice Department probe gets shelved
SEC complaint: a whistleblower alleges Google broke its ethics rules in 2024 to help an Israeli military contractor use AI to analyze drone surveillance video — A whistleblower complaint filed with the SEC claims that Google breached its own ethics rules to help an Israeli contractor apply AI to drone surveillance video.
India to exempt foreign companies from being taxed when providing equipment to their contract manufacturers in the country, a rule change Apple lobbied for — India's government on Sunday handed a major win to Apple (AAPL.O) by allowing foreign companies to provide machines …
Inside Physical Intelligence, a startup co-founded by Stripe veteran Lachy Groom that is building general-purpose robotic foundation models and has raised $1B+ — From the street, the only indication I've found Physical Intelligence's headquarters in San Francisco is a pi symbol that's …
A look at iOS 26's call-screening feature, which some say is like having an assistant to filter out unwanted calls, as some complain it makes them miss calls — Thanks to a new iPhone feature, everyone now has an executive assistant in their pocket to filter unwanted calls
Chinese government funding is backing traditional Chinese medicine providers to adopt AI for drug discovery, clinical diagnostics, acupuncture robots, and more — With backing from the Chinese government, TCM practitioners are integrating AI tools to reach new consumers at home and abroad.
Miami-based Indigo, which uses AI-powered underwriting tech to provide medical liability insurance to physicians, raised a $50M Series B led by Rubicon Founders — Indigo, which provides liability insurance to physicians, raised $50 million in a Series B funding round, CEO Jared Kaplan tells Axios Pro exclusively.
Q&A with AMD CTO Mark Papermaster, who says AMD is the first customer for TSMC's 2nm process, on AMD's rise since he joined in 2011, AI in chip design, and more — The Future is Faster Than Anyone Expected — If you rewind the clock ten years, AMD 0.00%↑ was not the company it is today.
Adam Satariano / New York Times : The EU says that TikTok's “addictive design” is illegal under the DSA, citing the app's infinit...
