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Daily Crunch: After glitch causes a two-hour global outage, WhatsApp restores service

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Hit me baby one more time : Manish also writes about Google, which got its second penalty from India’s antitrust watchdog, this time $113 million for what the organization said was anticompetitive practices with Play Store policies. 8 questions to answer before your startup faces technical due diligence. Big Tech Inc.

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Beyond the hype: Key components of an effective AI policy

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In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, artificial intelligence (AI) plays a pivotal role in transforming businesses across various sectors. Creating a robust AI policy is imperative for companies to address the ethical, legal and operational challenges that come with AI implementation.

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Taiwanese startup WritePath’s AI tech speeds up financial disclosure translation

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WritePath make the process faster and scalable by combining its AI tech with human translators. TechCrunch first covered WritePath back in 2014 when it was an essay editing service for college applicants, technical writers and academic researchers. Donnelly and Pronexus by combining human translators with AI tech in its workflow.

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Four investors explain why AI ethics can’t be an afterthought

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It’s reasonable to ask what role ethics plays in the building of this technology and, perhaps more importantly, where investors fit in as they rush to fund it. So some onus lies on investors to make sure these new technologies are being built by founders with ethics in mind.

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Venture capital undermines human rights

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The future of technology is determined by a handful of venture capitalists. The world’s 10 leading venture capital firms have, together, invested over $150 billion in technology startups. Europe and China, which in turn are shaping the future of technology. Despite gains, gender diversity in VC funding struggled in 2020.

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Surging homegrown talent and VC spark Italy’s tech renaissance

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As Italy reinstates many COVID-19 restrictions, the country’s tech ecosystem is watching and waiting to see what the wider effects of the emergency will be. Italy’s ecosystem for tech venture capital and startups has been in development for years and has made decent strides in the last decade.

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Elon guts Twitter, Google shutters Hangouts, and the tech layoffs continue

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Hey, all — welcome back to Week in Review , the newsletter where we sum up the most read TechCrunch stories from the past week. Layoffs everywhere : Meanwhile, news of tech industry layoffs continues to pour in. And oof, what a week it was. Want this newsletter in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. Let’s just dive right in.