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Helix, founded in 2025 by Alex Oberg, Anna Dorofiyenko, and Mike Hall, has raised $6 million led by Chicago Ventures to build voice-based identity verification technology. The system runs locally on a user's device and can determine whether a speaker is human and estimate their age, and Siri co-founder Dag Kittlaus has invested and joined as an advisor.
The European Commission unveiled proposed consumer-protection rules banning manipulative 'dark pattern' design, curbing dynamic ticket pricing by companies like Ticketmaster, and requiring influencers to disclose paid promotions. The Digital Fairness Act would also let users disable addictive features such as autoplay and streaks on apps like Duolingo and Strava, ban personalized ads targeting minors, simplify subscription cancellations, and guarantee access to human customer service.