As Palantir vies for a £480M contract to build a "federated data platform" for the UK's NHS, experts say the company's Foundry tool is costly and hard to use (Ian Johnston/Financial Times)

Ian Johnston / Financial Times:
As Palantir vies for a £480M contract to build a “federated data platform” for the UK's NHS, experts say the company's Foundry tool is costly and hard to use  —  Internal opposition voiced over US company's bid for lucrative expansion within British health service

Google Pixel 7A tipped to launch next month

Google has already confirmed that its Google I/O 2023 event will be held on May 10. The company is said to showcase some software-related innovations at the conference. Along with this, the tech giant is also expected to unveil its latest mid-range Pixel smartphone -- Pixel 7A at the event. Now a new leak has surfaced online revealing the likely specifications and India price of the smartphone. https://ift.tt/23IoiB5

Contract docs reveal the Georgia National Guard plans to use location-based phone surveillance to target ads using geofences around 67 local public high schools (Sam Biddle/The Intercept)

Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
Contract docs reveal the Georgia National Guard plans to use location-based phone surveillance to target ads using geofences around 67 local public high schools  —  The Georgia Army National Guard plans to combine two deeply controversial practices — military recruiting at schools …

Netflix's second ever livestream hit technical issues, leading to a 75+ minute delay and the company taping the Love is Blind reunion episode for later viewing (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Netflix's second ever livestream hit technical issues, leading to a 75+ minute delay and the company taping the Love is Blind reunion episode for later viewing  —  Netflix had some serious issues with the livestream of its “Love is Blind” reunion episode.  We always knew the livestream would be messy …

A US House Committee publishes a draft stablecoin bill, which proposes a moratorium on stablecoins backed by other cryptocurrencies, a CBDC study, and more (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk:
A US House Committee publishes a draft stablecoin bill, which proposes a moratorium on stablecoins backed by other cryptocurrencies, a CBDC study, and more  —  The stablecoin bill is the first major piece of crypto legislation in 2023.  —  The U.S. House Financial Services Committee published …

Q&A with Microsoft's CVP of ads on keeping Bing Chat results from being too promotional, AI-powered search threatening publishers' ad revenue, and more (Patience Haggin/Wall Street Journal)

Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal:
Q&A with Microsoft's CVP of ads on keeping Bing Chat results from being too promotional, AI-powered search threatening publishers' ad revenue, and more  —  Kya Sainsbury-Carter, who recently was named to head the company's ad business, offers an inside look at Microsoft's game plan