Interviews with lawmakers and sources reveal how, over just 11 days, MEPs created a draft bill on generative AI, a rare example of quick consensus in the EU (Reuters) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 19:41 Rating: 5

Apple drops its lawsuit against Gerard Williams III, a former Apple chip executive who allegedly poached its employees and used company resources to start Nuvia (Joel Rosenblatt/Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 18:41 Rating: 5

Source: IRL CEO Abraham Shafi has stepped down, following allegations the messaging startup used bots to inflate the users it reported publicly and to investors (Mark Matousek/The Information) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:41 Rating: 5

Docs and sources: OpenAI closed a $10.3B+ funding round from Microsoft, Tiger Global, Sequoia, a16z, Thrive, Founders Fund, and others at a $27B-$29B valuation (TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:41 Rating: 5

Filing and sources: drone delivery startup Zipline is raising a $330M Series F at a ~$4.2B valuation, up 55% from its $2.7B valuation in 2021 (Forbes) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5

Synergy: enterprise cloud spending in Q1 grew 19% YoY to $63B, down from a 32% growth in Q1 2022; Amazon, Microsoft, and Google accounted for 63% of spending (Ron Miller/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5

ChatGPT is again available in Italy, after OpenAI met data watchdog's demands, including a form for EU users to object to having their data used for training (Kelvin Chan/Associated Press) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:41 Rating: 5

The New York City MTA ends its Twitter service alerts, saying the platform is "no longer reliable"; MTA: Twitter demanded $50K per month for API access (Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 18:43 Rating: 5

Canada's Online Streaming Act passes final hurdle in Parliament; it requires streamers to support Canadian content and gives the CRTC regulatory power over them (Mickey Djuric/Canadian Press) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:41 Rating: 5

Toronto-based Practice Better, which makes client management software for health and wellness professionals, raised $27M led by Five Elms Capital (Meagan Simpson/BetaKit) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:41 Rating: 5