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China’s State Administration for Market Regulation ordered Tencent to end its exclusive music licensing rights within 30 days including requirements for copyright holders to give the company better treatment than rivals. Google announced it will now designate a subset of APIs across the company as Google Enterprise APIs, which will be subject to strict guidelines about any change to them that would impact consumer software built around them. Sean Hollister at the Verge recently profiled how the YouTube channel Upscale is recreating classic video game cutscenes at high resolution. The channel does this using Topaz Video Enhance AI.
China announces new regulation impacting EdTech, food delivery, and music streaming, LG announces new wireless earbuds with a “whisper mode,” and Samsung’s The Wall display to be used at South Korean virtual production facility.