@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-09-22 05:50:45
Belgium-based AI recruitment platform Spott raised a $21M Series A led by Balderton, with Base10, YC, and Fortino participating, bringing total funding to $24M (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2026/0…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-07-22 00:25:44
PolitiFact launches Well Informed to provide credible health information on social media and to news partners, with plans to launch a paid B2B newsletter (Jennifer Orsi/Poynter)
https://www.poynter.org/news-r…
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-08-21 16:18:03
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-09-22 20:45:55
TikTok US joins child safety initiative Lantern, which says members like Meta and X shared 2M signals of potentially violating behavior from 2023 through 2025 (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/22/tiktoks-us…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-07-23 02:06:44
If you're a resident of California, make a DROP request.
(That's Delete Request and Opt-out Platform).
This one bit of paperwork lets you tell every data broker registered in the state of California that you'd like them to delete your information from their databases and request they stop selling and sharing your information.
Head to the California Privacy Protection Agency's DROP website to start your request.
Before you start, there are a few piece…
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-07-20 16:41:03
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-09-22 03:01:06
The White House launches Trump TV, a 24/7 YouTube livestream of the administration's "top past moments", after press pool ban; critics call it "state-run media" (Casey Loving/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/po
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-09-22 15:10:51
Kalshi Klear, the company's internal clearing house, files for CFTC approval to add margin trading as it seeks to attract institutional liquidity (Davis Giangiulio/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/22/kalshi-ask
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-08-21 13:50:44
Kakao plans to spin off its chat app-based platform business into a new company tentatively named KakaoAI, which it expects to relist in Korea in 2027 (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/kakao-sp…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-07-21 05:50:43
Sony Music files a second copyright suit against Udio, alleging the AI music company copied 30,117 recordings without permission to train its AI models (Murray Stassen/Music Business Worldwide)
https://www.
