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Women in AI: Lee Tiedrich, AI expert at the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence
To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch is launching a series of interviews focusing on remarkable women who’ve contributed…
OECD adopts declaration on trusted government access to private sector data
A notable development for the fraught issue of cross-border data flows from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Wednesday: After two years of closed-door discussions, the intergovernmental organization…
Tech firms face higher levies as Kenya plans to double digital service tax
Kenya plans to double the digital service tax (DST) to 3% beginning July this year, as the government taps the growing online economy to increase its domestic revenues and narrow…
5 areas where VCs can play an outsized role in addressing climate change
Many climate unicorns are on the way, but current VC levels are dwarfed by the mind-boggling funding amounts that are needed to give humanity a fighting chance.
How can authorities enforce regulations that don’t rely on the presence of intermediaries? And how will regulations protect users and the market?
Edtech startup bina raises $1.4M to teach 4- to 12-year-olds, launch School-as-a-Service
With the pandemic wreaking havoc amongst early years education amid school lockdowns, it’s no wonder edtech startups have piled into the space. But it has also served to highlight the…
Startups have about $1 trillion worth of reasons to love the Biden infrastructure plan
The sweeping infrastructure package put forward today by President Joe Biden comes with a price tag of roughly $2 trillion (and hefty tax hikes), but gives startups and the broader…
Apple takes aim at adtech hysteria over iOS app tracking change
Apple has used a speech to European lawmakers and privacy regulators today to come out jabbing at what SVP Craig Federighi described as dramatic, “outlandish” and “false” claims being made…
Europe will push to work with the US on tech governance, post-Trump
The European Union said today that it wants to work with US counterparts on a common approach to tech governance — including pushing to standardize rules for applications of technologies…
EU digs in on digital tax plan, after US quits talks
The European Commission has reiterated its commitment to pushing ahead with a regional plan for taxing digital services after the U.S. quit talks aimed at finding agreement on reforming tax…
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Marietje Schaake is ‘very concerned about the future of democracy’
“…Some of the worst aggressors or most powerful and intrusive companies are basically completely out of the spotlight.”
How the coronavirus outbreak will stress-test startups
The coronavirus pandemic continues to spread with no signs of abating. Over 100,000 cases have been confirmed. Some 4,000 deaths have been reported.
A surge in funding for Latin American startups is having an effect on companies in the region’s smaller markets.
US and France reach a compromise on France’s tax on tech giants
During a news briefing at the Group of Seven summit, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that U.S. President Donald Trump and Macron have agreed on a compromise regarding the controversial…
