Tech Meme

Anna Heim / TechCrunch: Paris-based Qantev, which offers an AI-based claim management software for health and life insurance companies, raised a €30M Series B  —  Health and life insurance providers face a rising volume of claims due to chronic disease and aging populations, but their processes lack scalability. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Amazon says Apple TV+ will be available as a $9.99/month subscription add-on in Prime Video Channels later this month in the US, joining 100+ streaming services  —  Apple will begin selling TV+ subscriptions through Prime later this month, Mike Hopkins, senior vice president of Amazon Prime Video … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stefan Boscia / Politico: The UK’s defense ministry is using an AI model created by Palantir to sift through submissions for a comprehensive review of the country’s defense capabilities  —  LONDON — The U.K. government is using artificial intelligence to help put together its landmark review of Britain’s armed forces … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Kan / PCMag: Florida-based data broker National Public Data files for bankruptcy, admitting its breach that led to the August 2024 SSN leak may impact “hundreds of millions”  —  In court documents, National Public Data concedes the breach may impact ‘hundreds of millions’ of people … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samantha Cole / 404 Media: WordPress.org adds a checkbox to confirm users aren’t “affiliated with WP Engine in any way, financially or otherwise” before they log in or register an account  —  WordPress.org users are forced to confirm they are not “affiliated with WP Engine in any way, financially or otherwise” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

CNBC: Grabango, which provided cashierless checkout tech and raised $73M+, shuts down after failing to “secure the funding it needed to continue providing service”  —  Grabango, a venture-backed startup that was vying to take on Amazon in cashierless checkout technology … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Natalie Alms / Nextgov/FCW: The US GSA’s Login.gov is giving government agencies access to its IAL2-compliant face recognition tech, which compares a user’s live selfie with their photo ID  —  Agencies using the government-created service will have the option to incorporate new face-matching capabilities or stick with existing offerings. Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Information: Sources: Sierra, an AI agent startup co-founded by Bret Taylor, is raising hundreds of millions of dollars in new funding led by Greenoaks at a $4B+ valuation  —  Sierra, an artificial intelligence startup co-founded by former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor, is raising hundreds of millions … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hayden Field / CNBC: OpenAI says it has disrupted 20+ operations and deceptive networks in 2024 so far that tried to use its models, including four that had election-related content  —  OpenAI is increasingly becoming a platform of choice for cyber actors looking to influence democratic elections across the globe. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: A threat actor hacked the Internet Archive and stole a user authentication database with 31M unique records; a DDoS attack took the site offline on October 9  —  Internet Archive’s “The Wayback Machine” has suffered a data breach after a threat actor compromised the website and stole … Lees verder op Tech Meme