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Cops Terrorize Black Family but Blame License Plate Reader for Misidentifying 'Stolen' Car

Gizmodo

The Aurora Police Department in Colorado is blaming its license plate reader for misidentifying a “stolen” vehicle after video went viral showing a Black family with young children being menaced and traumatized by several cops. It’s just the latest example of police terror that likely wouldn’t have drawn much… Read more.

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New trade body wants to license training data for AI use

CIO Business Intelligence

Seven companies that license music, images, videos, and other data used for training artificial intelligence systems have formed a trade association to promote responsible and ethical licensing of intellectual property.

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Music-licensing startup Audiosocket hits play on effort to get more digital creators using its products

GeekWire

Audiosocket Photo) TikTok videos posted by Charli D’Amelio , Miss Universe , and the Philadelphia Eagles are quite different from one another, but they share something in common thanks to a Seattle startup. On TikTok, the video-sharing social giant, Audiosocket’s artists are trending, amassing more than 300 million views this year.

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Spotify now supports video podcasts

The Verge

Spotify now supports video podcasts, starting with a handful of shows that can be viewed by most free and premium users. For now, though, only certain podcasts are able to post video to Spotify; most podcasters won’t be able to upload their own video footage. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Apple has removed almost 42,000 games so far in App Store licensing purge in China

Venture Beast

To comply with Chinese law, Apple has removed nearly 42,000 games from its App Store in China because they didn't have proper licenses. Read More.

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Epic Games buys Seattle-area video game development toolmaker RAD

GeekWire

If you’ve played any video game that was made in the last 21 years or so, there’s a good chance the game was using RAD’s Bink tool to encode its video files. Bink has quietly powered an incredible number of games’ video cutscenes over the last 21 years or so. Epic Games Image).

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StatusPro unveils NFL Pro Era as licensed VR game

Venture Beast

StatusPro announced that its NFL Pro Era will debut this fall on virtual reality headsets as the first officially licensed NFL VR title. Read More.

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