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The Supreme Court issued a surprising decision on Wednesday, finding that complaints that the Biden administration had forced censorship on conservative social media users were unfounded. In its 6–3 decision, the Supreme Court laid a death blow in particular to the conspiracy theory that the FBI forced social media companies to suppress stories about Hunter…
To the editor: Suppose both President Biden and former President Trump deliver coherent, policy-oriented talk at their debate. Should they then be judged only by that single night’s performance? (“Presidential debates generally don’t matter. This Biden-Trump face-off could be different,” Opinion, June 25)Context is what matters in evaluating a person, not a single, staged event…
In a push to bolster profits, more airlines are turning to controversial dynamic pricing tech, which prices fares and amenities variably based on a traveler’s willingness to pay for them. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only…
CData builds connectors that enterprises can use to stitch together data from different sources – and locations, not just in the cloud – more easily. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only…
Rainforest, a startup that embeds payment processing into other software platforms, has raised $20 million in Series A funding — less than a year after announcing the close of its seed financing. Raising back-to-back rounds was more common in 2021 but we don’t see it happening as often in this new environment. Rainforest’s traction is…
Video editing app Captions, which is backed by a16z, Kleiner Perkins, and Sequoia Captial, has launched a new feature that takes an existing unedited video and adds custom graphics, zooms, music, sound effects, transitions, and motion backgrounds based on the content. There are a few restrictions for AI edit — it should be a vertical…
Volkswagen’s $5 billion investment in Rivian boosts EV maker’s shares
Australia’s central bank says policy is restrictive, causing households pain
Bank of Japan opens door for a hawkish double surprise
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