Multiple US House aides say ByteDance’s video editing app CapCut could also be subject to the same divest-or-ban requirement as TikTok (Taylor Lorenz/Washington Post)

Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
Multiple US House aides say ByteDance’s video editing app CapCut could also be subject to the same divest-or-ban requirement as TikTok  —  ByteDance’s CapCut editing app made it easy to edit short-form video.  The legislation that could ban TikTok also applies to CapCut, congressional aides say.

NBCUniversal plans to raise Peacock Premium with ads by $2 to $7.99/month and Premium Plus by $2 to $13.99/month starting July 18, its second hike in two years (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Todd Spangler / Variety:
NBCUniversal plans to raise Peacock Premium with ads by $2 to $7.99/month and Premium Plus by $2 to $13.99/month starting July 18, its second hike in two years  —  NBCUniversal is looking to wring more money out of Peacock subscribers, with the streamer set to raise prices this summer …

A survey of 10,133 US adults: 78% say social media companies have too much political power; 51% say Big Tech should be regulated more than it is now (Monica Anderson/Pew Research Center)

Monica Anderson / Pew Research Center:
A survey of 10,133 US adults: 78% say social media companies have too much political power; 51% say Big Tech should be regulated more than it is now  —  Most think social media companies have too much influence in politics and censor political viewpoints they object to – both sentiments are growing among Democrats

NIST launches a new program to assess generative AI technologies, with plans to release benchmarks, help create “content authenticity” detection tech, and more (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
NIST launches a new program to assess generative AI technologies, with plans to release benchmarks, help create “content authenticity” detection tech, and more  —  The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the U.S. Commerce Department agency that develops …

Sources describe Techstars under CEO Mäelle Gavet, facing departures of senior execs and corporate sponsors at times and, last year, a $7.2M loss on operations (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)

Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch:
Sources describe Techstars under CEO Mäelle Gavet, facing departures of senior execs and corporate sponsors at times and, last year, a $7.2M loss on operations  —  A year of financial losses, employee cuts and dirty kitchens  —  Last spring, founders from all over the world began …

Google rejected 2.28M “policy-violating” Android apps and blocked ~333K dev accounts from Google Play in 2023, up from 1.5M apps and 173K accounts in 2022 (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Google rejected 2.28M “policy-violating” Android apps and blocked ~333K dev accounts from Google Play in 2023, up from 1.5M apps and 173K accounts in 2022  —  Google blocked 2.28 million Android apps from being published on Google Play after finding various policy violations that could threaten user’s security.

Google rejected 2.28M “policy-violating” Android apps and blocked ~333K dev accounts from Google Play in 2023, up from 1.5M apps and 173K accounts in 2022 (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Google rejected 2.28M “policy-violating” Android apps and blocked ~333K dev accounts from Google Play in 2023, up from 1.5M apps and 173K accounts in 2022  —  Google blocked 2.28 million Android apps from being published on Google Play after finding various policy violations that could threaten user’s security.