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

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: A profile of FTC Chair Lina Khan, whose term ended in September 2024, as a bipartisan club of tech figures and VCs, including Reid Hoffman, call for her ouster  —  Biden’s FTC chair has toughened merger oversight, taken on noncompetes and made the donor class crazy. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Helen Reid / Reuters: Ecommerce Europe: e-commerce turnover in Europe including the UK to rise 8% YoY to €958B in 2024, the first growth year since 2021 in inflation-adjusted terms  —  Recovering consumer confidence has boosted online shopping in Europe this year, industry group Ecommerce Europe said on Wednesday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andy Greenberg / Wired: A SCOTUS decision means that the US now legally owns the 69,370 BTC obtained during its Silk Road probe; the ex-IRS agent who seized them is in a Nigerian jail  —  The $4.4 billion in crypto is set to be the largest pile of criminal proceeds ever sold off by the US. Lees verder op 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

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