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Uber Faces €825M Dutch GDPR Fine Over Automated Driver Suspensions
Uber faces an €825 million Dutch privacy fine over automated driver suspensions, with regulators citing inadequate human review and transparency for drivers.
Shivangi Yadav
Technology writer, AI and startups
Covers AI companies, startup funding, digital platforms and consumer technology, and the regulation shaping them.
About Shivangi
Shivangi Yadav is a technology writer at TechAmerica.ai, covering artificial intelligence, startups, digital platforms, consumer technology, mobility, and emerging technologies.
Her reporting follows major developments across the global technology industry, from AI companies and startup funding to product launches, regulatory investigations, software platforms, and changes affecting large technology markets.
At TechAmerica.ai, Shivangi looks beyond the initial announcement to understand what a development means in practice. Her coverage often examines how new technologies, regulatory decisions, and business moves could affect companies, consumers, and the wider industry.
She writes for an international audience, focusing on clear, well-researched reporting that gives readers useful context on fast-moving technology stories.
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- Warsaw, Poland
Latest Articles by Shivangi Yadav
HardwareFlock CEO Calls for Privacy-Safety Compromise as Surveillance Backlash Grows
Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley calls for a balance between privacy and public safety as scrutiny grows over license plate cameras and police misuse.
AIIs Training AI on Copyrighted Books Legal? U.S. Courts Are Still Drawing the Lines
U.S. courts are beginning to define when copyrighted books can be used to train AI, with fair use, piracy and market harm emerging as key legal issues.
BriefHarvard’s $699 Startup Bootcamp Uses AI Avatars to Coach Entrepreneurs
Harvard Business School’s $699 Foundry bootcamp uses HeyGen AI avatars of instructors to give entrepreneurs feedback on practice pitches and board meetings.
AIInherent Says Faraday Beats Claude and GPT-5.5 at Replicating Research
Inherent says its Faraday AI agent beat Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.5 on research-replication tasks using a 27B-parameter model and reinforcement learning.
BriefOpenAI Calls on California to Strengthen SB 53 AI Safety Rules
OpenAI is urging California to strengthen SB 53 with added monitoring and cybersecurity rules for frontier AI models following recent safety incidents.
ClimateU.S. Battery Startups Gain $500M DOE Boost as Defence Demand Grows
U.S. battery startups are seeing increased defence demand as the Energy Department awards $500 million to strengthen domestic battery and critical-mineral supply chains.
Biotech & HealthOuter Biosciences Trains AI on Living Human Skin to Find New Cosmetic Ingredients
Outer Biosciences uses living human skin and machine learning to discover new cosmetic ingredients, keeping tissue viable for up to four weeks in the lab.
SpaceJapan’s Letara Raises $16M to Expand Hybrid Rocket Systems
Japanese space startup Letara raised ¥2.6 billion, about $16 million, to expand its hybrid propulsion technology for larger rocket systems in space and defence.
BriefNvidia Takes Minority Stake in Cloverleaf to Expand AI Data Centre Infrastructure
Nvidia has taken a minority stake in Cloverleaf Infrastructure to support U.S. AI data centre development, including power, cooling and site planning.
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