Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Clearview AI wins an appeal against the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, which imposed a ~£7.5M fine in May 2022 for alleged breaches of local privacy laws  —  Controversial US facial recognition company, Clearview AI, has won an appeal against a privacy sanction issued by the U.K. last year. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: SecureW2, which offers a passwordless authentication service to companies, raised $80M from Insight Partners  —  Passwordless security startup SecureW2 Inc. said today it has closed on a hefty $80 million funding round from the software-focused venture capital firm Insight Partners LLC. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Natalie Alms / Nextgov/FCW: The US GSA plans to add facial recognition tech to Login.gov in 2024 and a digital identity verification option for those who don’t want to use facial matching  —  The General Services Administration is changing its digital identity service to allow users to authenticate themselves by matching … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Amazon launches 60-minute drone deliveries for ~500 medications purchased from Amazon Pharmacy for customers in College Station, Texas; delivery is free for now  —  Amazon’s Prime Air drone service has been slow to take off for the company, with limited operations in just two locales … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal: Netflix raises its US prices for its basic plan from $9.99 to $11.99, its premium plan from $19.99 to $22.99, and some of its prices in the UK and France  —  Hollywood strikes will lead to lower content spending, more free cash flow this year, company says  —  Netflix said its efforts … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Clearview AI wins an appeal against the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, which imposed a ~£7.5M fine in May 2022 for alleged breaches of local privacy laws  —  Controversial US facial recognition company, Clearview AI, has won an appeal against a privacy sanction issued by the U.K. last year. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kris Holt / Engadget: Amazon plans to expand its Prime Air drone delivery system to the UK, Italy, and a third US city in late 2024 and integrate Prime Air into its delivery network  —  The company will also bring the Prime Air program to a third US city by the end of 2024.  —  Amazon has some big plans … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: Sources: YouTube is building an AI tool that lets creators record audio using famous musicians’ voices and seeking major record labels’ rights to train the tool  —  – YouTube is seeking rights from major music companies  — Video site had hoped to unveil the music tool last month Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: The US House’s China committee asks about Sequoia’s investments since 2010 in AI, quantum, and chip companies based, or with “significant operations”, in China  —  Scrutiny of California VC firm comes amid mounting tension between Washington and Beijing Lees verder op Tech Meme