Most actors were able to pretend convincingly they would rather be wearing a black tuxedo in central London than sitting in their garden sunbathing.
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Spotify's addition of its AI DJ feature, which introduces personalized song selections to users, was the company's first step into an AI future. Now, Spotify is developing an alternative version of that DJ that will speak Spanish. References to the new AI DJ were spotted in the app's code by tech veteran and reverse engineer Chris Messina.
The UK will shortly get its own rulebook for Big Tech, after peers in the House of Lords agreed Thursday afternoon to pass the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer bill (DMCC) -- removing the last obstacle to the bill becoming law in the limited parliamentary time remaining for the government. The pro-competition reform, which has been on the slate for years, amps up powers available to the UK's competition watchdog, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
Prosecutors argue Live Nation used its Ticketmaster ticketing monopoly to suppress competition, the latest in several actions to rein in the power of big corporations across America.