The European Union has been busy in the world of tech, and not just on AI.

Last month, the European Data Protection Board slapped Meta with a $1.3 billion fine over alleged violations of the region’s data privacy laws. Last week, EU antitrust regulators accused Google of anticompetitive ad-tech practices and suggested that selling off part of its business was the only way to “address its competition concerns.”

The recommendation comes as part of the European Commission’s preliminary findings in an investigation that dates back to 2021 into whether Google violated EU rules by allegedly “favoring its own online display advertising services to the detriment of competing providers.”

“We are concerned that Google may have illegally distorted competition in the online advertising technology industry, also known as ‘ad tech,’” European Commission Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager said in remarks published last week.

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Quantum information science might not be making the rounds in most news headlines, but it’s a field that has become a hot topic in Washington due to its potential commercial and military applications.

In 2018, Congress designated $1.2 billion for research and development in quantum technologies as part of the National Quantum Initiative Act. Authorization for the act, which created an interagency program spanning the Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, and the National Institutes of Standards and Technology, expires in September. Bipartisan approval is expected from Congress for its reauthorization in the coming months.

“I cannot overstate the importance of maintaining the US competitive advantage in quantum capabilities,” Oklahoma Representative Frank Lucas told the House Science, Space, and Technology committee at a reauthorization hearing earlier this month. “The global leader in commercial and military quantum applications will have an economic and strategic advantage not seen since the United States ushered in the nuclear era in the 1940s.”

Congress is expected to grant reauthorization “relatively quickly with strong bipartisan support,” Paul Stimers, a partner at Holland & Knight and founder of the Quantum Industry Coalition, told Tech Brew.

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How would you describe your job to someone who doesn’t work in tech?

I lead product at Ancestry, touching everything from product management, design, content, localization, and user research. I’m always looking for ways to better match our products and services with the way customers want to use and interact with them.

In our case, that means helping people discover, craft, and connect around their family story. The other important aspect of my job is partnering with our leadership team to set a vision for where we want to go as a company, and then demonstrating—through our products and services—how we’re delivering on that vision.

What’s the most compelling tech project you’ve worked on, and why?

One of my favorite projects as of late is Ancestry Storymaker Studio, a centralized, one-stop destination within the Ancestry mobile app to curate facts, images, records, and memories to create engaging, shareable stories. Sharing stories about our families and heritage strengthens family bonds and creates a greater sense of belonging, not just with our families, but with our community. With Storymaker Studio, you can now create and share the stories in your family tree in a simple way.

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Stat: 30%. That’s how much federal incentives via the Inflation Reduction Act can offset the cost of putting solar panels on the roof of your home, CNET reported.

Quote: “We make products that help partners customize the AI experience for their brands and for their customers…And brands love this, of course, because it allows them to give voice and intelligence to their brands.”—VP of Alexa Aaron Rubenson to Tech Brew about the new voice assistant, Hey Disney!

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