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Jacob Robbins / PitchBook: Brazil-based Asaas, which offers payment processing, invoicing, fraud protection, and other financial services to SMBs, raised a $148M Series C led by BOND  —  Asaas, a Brazilian enterprise fintech company, has raised a $148 million Series C as global investors once more look for opportunities in Latin America’s burgeoning tech scene. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: Anthropic launches Message Batches API in beta, for batches of up to 10K queries that are processed within 24 hours and cost 50% less than standard API calls  —  Anthropic, a leading artificial intelligence company, launched its new Message Batches API on Tuesday, allowing businesses … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Washington Post: ISD: top officials in NC and at FEMA responding to Hurricane Helene face antisemitic attacks largely on X, where 10 of the posts collectively drew 17.1M views  —  Report finds Elon Musk’s X is fueling conspiracy theories that risk undermining rescue efforts and preparations for Hurricane Milton. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sara Fischer / Axios: OpenAI signs a content deal with Hearst to use content from 40+ local newspapers and 20+ magazines in its products, after Condé Nast and Dotdash Meredith deals  —  – Like its other recent publisher deals, OpenAI says Hearst content that’s used to fuel answers to user queries in ChatGPT will feature … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal: Marketing tech company Zeta Global agrees to acquire LiveIntent, another marketing tech provider, for $250M in cash and stock, in a deal set to close in Q4 2024  —  Zeta said LiveIntent’s database of customer information will strengthen its own offerings as marketers make first-party data a priority Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sara Fischer / Axios: OpenAI signs a content deal with Hearst to use content from 40+ local newspapers and 20+ magazines in its products, after Condé Nast and Dotdash Meredith deals  —  – Like its other recent publisher deals, OpenAI says Hearst content that’s used to fuel answers to user queries in ChatGPT will feature … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Snap says it is bringing Sponsored Snaps to Snapchat’s Chat tab for the first time, starting with ad partner Disney, and launches “Promoted Places” on Snap Map  —  Snapchat is bringing ads to the app’s main Chat tab, the company announced on Tuesday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Pew Research Center: US adults on TikTok follow influencers and creators popular on social media but very few politicians, civic actors, or traditional media outlets and journalists  —  Adult TikTok users in the U.S. use the platform to follow pop culture and entertainment accounts much more than news and politics Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: The Biden-Harris administration launches a White House account on Reddit for news and info about federal government work; the first posts cover Hurricane Helene  —  VP Kamala Harris is on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast, FEMA has a page dedicated to fighting the rumors circulating on social media … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kris Holt / Engadget: Rockstar plans to bring Red Dead Redemption to PC, 14 years after its PS3 and Xbox 360 debut, via the Rockstar Store, Epic Games Store, and Steam on October 29  —  It will arrive on October 29 with zombie spin-off Undead Nightmare bundled in.  —  Fourteen years after it debuted on PS3 and Xbox 360 … Lees verder op Tech Meme