20 posts tagged ‘Government & Policy’
As more than $1 trillion flows into climate tech, incentive-tracking apps find firm footing
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Climate tech is suddenly so awash in cash that there are a number of websites, apps and startups rushing to track all the incentives available. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
X-59 ‘Quiet supersonic’ jet from NASA and Lockheed finally rolls out
NASA and Lockheed Martin have finally taken the wraps off of the X-59, a “quiet supersonic” aircraft that may shape the future of both military and civilian air travel. The X-59 has been under development at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works for years, following a $248 million grant from NASA in 2018. That was just the […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Insights from former Finnish PM Sanna Marin on Russia, women’s leadership, and AI
Earlier this month, at the Slush tech conference in Helsinki, this editor had the opportunity to sit down with Sanna Marin, the popular former prime minister of Finland who became known internationally for socializing with friends, but whose accomplishments in office are far more significant, including successfully pushing Finland to join NATO to better protect the […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
The regulation is coming from inside the house!
Google's losing the antitrust lawsuit concerning the Play Store brought by Epic Games is going to have far-reaching implications for the mobile app economy. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Change in X’s terms indicate EU researchers will get API access
After taking over Twitter last year, Elon Musk famously yanked API access from third-party apps and changed API pricing tiers to make it difficult for researchers to access and study the platform’s data. Now the company he’s since renamed X has backtracked in the European Union where legal obligations in the bloc’s Digital Services Act […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
France’s Mistral dials up call for EU AI rules to fix rules for apps, not model makers
Divisions over how to set rules for applying artificial intelligence are complicating talks between European Union lawmakers trying to secure a political deal on draft legislation in the next few weeks, as we reported earlier this week. Key among the contested issues is how the law should approach upstream AI model makers. French startup Mistral […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Feds want speed reduction tech in every new car. Are American drivers ready?
On a Saturday afternoon in January 2022, a 2018 Dodge Challenger ran through a stop sign in Las Vegas, picked up the pace to a speed of 103 miles per hour and flew through an intersection on a red light. The Dodge struck the right side of a Toyota Sienna minivan, which carried seven occupants, […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
What you need to know about Google’s search antitrust case
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, where we sit down with a key topic and dive deep into it. This week we brought TechCrunch’s own Rebecca Bellan […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.