Author: Daniel Harrison

and veritone theverge Ad and content licensing company Veritone launches MARVEL.ai to let celebrities, influencers, and others clone their voices using AI and license them out  —  Deepfake voices could be a lucrative business for influencers  —  Recording advertisements and product endorsements can be lucrative work for celebrities and influencers. Source Keep visiting techedirt.com for the latest news and updates.

autograph brady nfts 170m series perkinsmatneytechcrunch Autograph, an agency co-founded by Tom Brady that helps celebrities get involved with NFTs, raises a $170M Series B co-led by a16z and Kleiner Perkins  —  Autograph, an NFT agency co-founded by athlete Tom Brady with a particularly deep bench of star power, has banked new funding … Source Keep visiting techedirt.com for the latest news and updates.

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chinabased tandemai preseries China-based TandemAI, which uses AI to speed up the design and optimization of drug candidates, raises $25M in seed and pre-Series A funding  —  TandemAI, a Suzhou, and Shangai, China-based provider of a computational platform to accelerate the design and optimization of drug candidates, raised $25m in Seed and pre-Series A financing. Source Keep visiting techedirt.com for the latest news and updates.

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speaking secretarygeneral mathias cormannburnsreuters Speaking at Davos, OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann says the global digital tax will be implemented in 2024 rather than 2023 due to slow negotiations Source Keep visiting techedirt.com for the latest news and updates.

twilio ceo jeff lawson franciscochronicle Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson calls out tech leaders for bailing on SF and being rude about it as they leave, says he is staying and working to make the city better  —  There are plenty of ways to leave a party.  —  You can quietly say your thanks and goodbyes and be on your way.  You can stay a while to help clean up. Source Keep visiting techedirt.com for the latest news and updates.

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limestone tennesseewilliams washingtonpost Limestone, Tennessee residents were promised economic benefits from a bitcoin mine, but now face constant noise pollution from its computers and cooling fans  —  LIMESTONE, Tenn. — It started as a low hum one day last spring.  Then it got louder, and soon some residents said the noise was like a jet engine idling on a nearby tarmac. Source Keep visiting techedirt.com for the latest news and updates.