Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Spotify launches AI Playlist in beta for its Premium users in the UK and Australia, letting users generate playlists using a text prompt  —  Spotify already found success with its popular AI DJ feature, and now the streaming music service is bringing AI to playlist creation. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Natasha Singer / New York Times: Maryland’s legislature passed two privacy bills, one restricting data collection practices and the other focused on minors’ safety on social platforms  —  One bill would require apps like Instagram and TikTok to prioritize young people’s safety and the other would restrict the collection of consumer data. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: A look at Towa Corp., which TechInsights says commands two-thirds of the global chip molding equipment market and has seen shares jump ~400% in the past year  —  – SK Hynix, Samsung need Towa’s machines to make high-end memory  — Firm is developing tools it says will halve chip molding costs Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anthony Boadle / Reuters: A Brazilian Supreme Court justice opens inquiry into Elon Musk for obstruction of justice involving X and says X faces ~$20K/day in fines if it does not comply  —  Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Sunday opened an inquiry into Elon Musk for obstruction … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Orion Donovan Smith / Spokesman.com: Lawmakers share a draft of the American Privacy Rights Act, which would create a registry of data brokers, let consumers opt out of some data collection, more  —  WASHINGTON – Since the dawn of the internet age, tech companies have developed increasingly sophisticated ways to collect … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cheyenne MacDonald / Engadget: Report: Google changed its privacy policy on July 1, 2023, to more broadly cover its use of publicly available content, like in Google Docs, to train AI models  —  According to The New York Times, the companies may have violated YouTube creators’ copyrights. Lees verder op Tech Meme