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Quotient Technology, parent of Coupons.com and other digital marketing platforms, agrees to merge with retail marketing firm Neptune in a $430M all-cash deal (Samrhitha Arunasalam/Reuters)

Samrhitha Arunasalam / Reuters: Quotient Technology, parent of Coupons.com and other digital marketing platforms, agrees to merge with retail marketing firm Neptune in a $430M all-cash deal  —  Retail marketing firm Neptune Retail Solutions will acquire Coupons.com-parent Quotient Technology (QUOT.N) for $430 million in cash, the companies said on Tuesday.

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ElevenLabs, whose AI tech can turn text into speech using synthetic or cloned voices, raised a $19M Series A, a source says at a $99M post-money valuation (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: ElevenLabs, whose AI tech can turn text into speech using synthetic or cloned voices, raised a $19M Series A, a source says at a $99M post-money valuation  —  ElevenLabs, the viral AI-powered platform for creating synthetic voices, has raised a new round of cash.

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Document: LexisNexis’ $16.8M contract with ICE includes software that purports to detect suspicious activity of migrants by using license plate reader data (Sam Biddle/The Intercept)

Sam Biddle / The Intercept: Document: LexisNexis’ $16.8M contract with ICE includes software that purports to detect suspicious activity of migrants by using license plate reader data  —  ICE uses LexisNexis to track cars, gather information on people, and make arrests for its deportation machine, according to a contract.

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A look at the White House’s urgent push for AI regulation, as Biden meets with a group of AI experts for a non-industry perspective on risks and opportunities (Jeremy Diamond/CNN)

Jeremy Diamond / CNN: A look at the White House’s urgent push for AI regulation, as Biden meets with a group of AI experts for a non-industry perspective on risks and opportunities  —  President Joe Biden huddled in the Oval Office with several of his top advisers in early April as an aide typed prompts

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Reddit suspended some moderators after they changed their subreddits to NSFW; Reddit says it’s a violation of its policy to incorrectly mark subreddits as NSFW (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Jay Peters / The Verge: Reddit suspended some moderators after they changed their subreddits to NSFW; Reddit says it’s a violation of its policy to incorrectly mark subreddits as NSFW  —  Reddit has started removing moderator teams managing subreddits that switched the labeling on their communities to Not Safe For Work …

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Spotify updates its desktop app with redesigned “Your Library” and “Now Playing” user interfaces, meant to align the experience with the company’s mobile app (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Spotify updates its desktop app with redesigned “Your Library” and “Now Playing” user interfaces, meant to align the experience with the company’s mobile app  —  Spotify is updating its desktop experience with redesigned “Your Library” and “Now Playing” interfaces, the company announced on Tuesday.

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How to fix the cloud sync error on the Steam Deck?

The Steam Deck brings PC gaming to a handheld device with players able to access and play thousands of games, including quite a few AAA games, from Steam’s extensive library to the portable console. And with Steam Cloud, you don’t have to worry about losing their progress, stats, settings, and other information when switching between

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Blood Pressure Monitor for Under $1

Medical equipment is not generally known for being inexpensive, with various imaging systems usually weighing in at over a million dollars, and even relatively simpler pieces of technology like digital thermometers, stethoscopes, and pulse oximeters coming in somewhere around $50. As the general pace of technological improvement continues on we expect marginal decreases in costs,

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Modular Keyboard and Custom Game Controller

Most video games, whether on console or PC, have standardized around either a keyboard and mouse or an analog controller of some sort, with very little differences between various offerings from the likes of Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, or even Valve. This will get most of us through almost all video games, but for those looking

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Twitch will require streamers to add new content labels for streams containing sexual themes, graphic violence, drugs use, gambling, or “significant” vulgarity (Taylor Hatmaker/TechCrunch)

Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: Twitch will require streamers to add new content labels for streams containing sexual themes, graphic violence, drugs use, gambling, or “significant” vulgarity  —  Twitch is rethinking the way it flags mature content, swapping its existing toggle for a more granular set of topic-specific labels.

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Letter: Grab CEO tells staff the company plans to cut 1,000 jobs, or 11% of its workforce, citing the need to manage costs and ensure more affordable services (Xinghui Kok/Reuters)

Xinghui Kok / Reuters: Letter: Grab CEO tells staff the company plans to cut 1,000 jobs, or 11% of its workforce, citing the need to manage costs and ensure more affordable services  —  Singapore-based Grab Holdings (GRAB.O), Southeast Asia’s leading ride-hailing and food delivery app, is cutting 1,000 jobs or 11% …

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Twitch adds new labels for streams with mature content

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Twitch is replacing its Mature Content toggle for livestreams with new “Content Classification Labels,” according to a blog post published Tuesday. The new labels are more descriptive, meaning streamers can be more specific about what viewers might see. Twitch says streamers can now mark if their stream features:

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Databricks takes on Snowflake, MongoDB with new Lakehouse Apps

Databricks on Tuesday said that developers will be able to build applications on  enterprise data stored in the company’s data lakehouse and list them on the Databricks Marketplace. Dubbed Lakehouse Apps, these new applications will run on an enterprise’s Databricks instance and use company data along with security and governance features provided by Databricks’ platform, the

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How Big Telecom lobbied US lawmakers to squeeze out new municipal networks, ensuring much of President Biden’s $41.6B broadband funding goes to big corporations (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

Sean Hollister / The Verge: How Big Telecom lobbied US lawmakers to squeeze out new municipal networks, ensuring much of President Biden’s $41.6B broadband funding goes to big corporations  —  President Joe Biden’s internet access plan will hand $41.6 billion to internet service providers.  In many places, that money will get funneled into private hands.

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Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, Activision’s Bobby Kotick, and Sony’s Jim Ryan plan to testify in court over the FTC’s bid to block the Microsoft-Activision deal (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, Activision’s Bobby Kotick, and Sony’s Jim Ryan plan to testify in court over the FTC’s bid to block the Microsoft-Activision deal  —  Microsoft is sending CEO Satya Nadella, Xbox chief Phil Spencer, and many other Xbox executives to defend against its Federal Trade Commission …

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The US DOJ announces NatSec Cyber, a new section within its National Security Division that will focus on prosecuting malicious foreign cyber activity (Martin Matishak/The Record)

Martin Matishak / The Record: The US DOJ announces NatSec Cyber, a new section within its National Security Division that will focus on prosecuting malicious foreign cyber activity  —  The U.S. Department of Justice is adding a new section to its National Security Division that will focus on prosecuting malicious foreign cyber activity …

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