Yesterday, three Big Tech companies—Meta, Google, and TikTok—filed lawsuits against California’s AB 1709, arguing that the law’s prohibition on deploying addictive feeds and other addictive features to minors violates the companies’ First Amendment rights to curate and distribute speech. The tech companies’ new lawsuits mostly rehash the same arguments the companies made, and a district court rejected,…
Amazon has warned that mounting resistance to AI data centers could weaken the United States’ ability to maintain its lead in a rapidly developing technology race.
Konrad Zieliński lost his voice to cancer years ago while he was a student at the University of Warsaw. People with his condition have traditionally relied on handheld speaking devices that sound flat and robotic, or on surgically implanted voice prostheses, which require ongoing maintenance to prevent complications, Zieliński told TechCrunch.
