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Cloudflare launches a marketplace that lets websites charge AI bots for scraping

Cloudflare, a cloud infrastructure provider that serves 20% of the web, announced Tuesday the launch of a new marketplace that reimagines the relationship between website owners and AI companies — ideally giving publishers greater control over their content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 02, 20256 min

YouTube’s mobile video editor is coming to iOS

Google is preparing to bring YouTube Create to iOS devices nearly two years after the video editing app launched exclusively on Android. Job listings reviewed by TechCrunch reveal the company is actively hiring engineers in India for the iOS development project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 02, 20255 min

SCOTUS porn ruling, Denmark clamps down on deepfakes, and Meta buys over 1 GW of renewables

The United States Supreme Court ruled Friday to uphold a Texas law requiring websites with “sexual material harmful to minors” to verify the ages of all visitors. The Free Speech Coalition (FSC), a trade association for the adult industry, had brought the lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton challenging the state’s age verification law. Also, the Danish government is working to change copyright law to give its citizens a right to their own body, facial features, and voice. The landm...

Jul 01, 20256 min

As AI kills search traffic, Google launches Offerwall to boost publisher revenue, plus people use AI for companionship much less than we’re led to think

Offerwall lets publishers give their sites' readers a variety of ways to access their content, including through options like micro payments, taking surveys, watching ads, and more. Also, a report by Anthropic reveals that people rarely seek companionship from AI, and turn to AI for emotional support or advice only 2.9% of the time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 30, 20257 min

Sam Altman comes out swinging at The New York Times

From the moment OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stepped onstage, it was clear this was not going to be a normal interview. Altman and his chief operating officer, Brad Lightcap, stood awkwardly toward the back of the stage at a jam-packed San Francisco venue that typically hosts jazz concerts. Hundreds of people filled steep theatre-style seating Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 27, 20256 min

Bill Gates-backed AirLoom begins building its first power plant

Wind power has run into some headwinds, and not the kind that spin its turbines. Recently, President Trump has decided to wage war against the technology, an unwelcome bit of friction that coincides with rising costs in recent years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 27, 20254 min

Novoloop is making tons of upcycled plastic

Novoloop recently raised a $21 million Series B to begin building its first commercial scale plastic upcycling plant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 26, 20254 min

Why Danny Boyle shot ‘28 Years Later’ on iPhones ... and more tech news

Director Danny Boyle famously shot his post-apocalyptic classic “28 Days Later” on Canon digital cameras, making it easier for him to capture eerie scenes of an abandoned London, and giving the movie’s fast-moving zombies a terrifying immediacy. Also, LinkedIn users seem to have embraced AI, but there’s one area that’s seen less uptake than expected, according to CEO Ryan Roslansky: the AI-generated suggestions for polishing your LinkedIn posts; Google's adding a slew of AI features to the Chrom...

Jun 25, 20258 min

SMB-focused Finom closes €115M as European fintech heats up

Finom, an Amsterdam-based challenger bank for SMBs that claims to have doubled its revenue in 2024, closed a €115 million Series C equity round (around $133 million). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 24, 20257 min

The Robinhood founder who might just revolutionize energy, if he succeeds

Baiju Bhatt is building something the space industry has largely dismissed, and it might be more groundbreaking than anyone realizes. When Baiju Bhatt stepped away from his role as Chief Creative Officer at Robinhood last year, only those close to him could have predicted his next move: launching a space company built around tech Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 23, 20258 min

Voi CEO says he’s open to acquiring Bolt’s micromobility business

Frederik Hjelm, CEO of shared micromobility startup Voi, said he sees a path to acquiring the scooter and bike operations of Bolt, the European mobility super-app best known for ride-hailing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 23, 20254 min

‘Kid-pilled’ Sam Altman ‘constantly’ asked ChatGPT questions about his newborn

Across hundreds of thousands of years of human existence, an impossible question has befuddled our species: why is the baby crying?! Sam Altman, who is both the father of a three-month-old and CEO of OpenAI, hopped on OpenAI’s new podcast today to talk about how his company is impacting his experience with fatherhood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 20, 20255 min

Spotify’s Daniel Ek just bet bigger on Helsing, Europe’s defense tech darling

Spotify's Daniel Ek just led a €600 million investment in Helsing, a four-year-old, Munich-based defense tech company that is now valued at €12 billion, according to the Financial Times. The deal makes it one of Europe's most valuable privately held companies; it also highlights Europe's scramble to build its own military muscle as the world grows messier and the U.S. turns inward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Jun 18, 20255 min

Patreon will increase the cut it takes from new creators ... and more

Patreon is bumping its take fee from creators from 8% to 10%, but only for new signups; ChatGPT seems to have pushed some users towards delusional or conspiratorial thinking, according to a recent feature in The New York Times; Meta’s massive investment in Scale AI may be giving some of the startup’s biggest customers pause. Reuters reports that Google had planned to pay Scale AI $200 million this year but is now planning to cut ties with the startup and is having conversations with its competit...

Jun 18, 20258 min

The Meta AI app is a privacy disaster

It sounds like the start of a 21st century horror film: Your browser history has been public all along, and you had no idea. That’s basically what it feels like right now on the new standalone Meta AI app, where swathes of people are publishing their ostensibly private conversations with the chatbot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 17, 20254 min
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