Forbes: Filing and sources: drone delivery startup Zipline is raising a $330M Series F at a ~$4.2B valuation, up from its $2.7B valuation for its Series E in June 2021 — The funding, revealed in a filing, shows that the logistics company priced a $330 million Series F funding round in April. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Forbes: Filing and sources: drone delivery startup Zipline is raising a $330M Series F at a ~$4.2B valuation, up 55% from its $2.7B valuation in 2021 — The funding, revealed in a filing, shows that the logistics company priced a $330 million Series F funding round in April. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kim Zetter / Wired: Sources: the US DOJ discovered the SolarWinds breach in late May 2020, months before its public disclosure in December 2020, but was unaware of its significance — In May 2020, the US Department of Justice stumbled upon Russian hackers in its network, but did not realize the significance of what it had found for six months. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kelvin Chan / Associated Press: ChatGPT is available again in Italy after OpenAI met regulator Garante’s demands, including a form for EU users to object to having their data used for training — ChatGPT’s maker said Friday that the artificial intelligence chatbot is available again in Italy after the company met the demands … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Stephen Graves / Decrypt: Bluesky sees an influx of new users including @dril and AOC; some have adopted “skeeting” to mean posting on the Jack Dorsey-backed decentralized social network — Instead of “tweeting,” the influx of new Bluesky users has coined a new term for sharing their thoughts on the decentralized social media app. Lees verder op Tech Meme
New York Times: Sources: Elon Musk shut off OpenAI’s access to Twitter’s data in December 2022, believing that the $2M/year licensing fee that OpenAI was paying wasn’t enough — The billionaire plans to compete with OpenAI, the ChatGPT developer he helped found, while calling out the potential harms of artificial intelligence. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Joyce E. Cutler / Bloomberg Law: Ex-HeadSpin CEO Manish Lachwani pleads guilty to securities and wire fraud charges for disseminating false and overstated revenue figures to potential investors — Manish Lachwani, who co-founded and led Silicon Valley startup HeadSpin Inc., pleaded guilty Thursday to securities and wire fraud charges, federal prosecutors said. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: A look at Google’s DeepMind-Brain merger; sources: Demis Hassabis ceded DeepMind’s cherished independence for greater power and influence over the future of AI — Start-up founder Demis Hassabis trades independence for greater influence over the future of artificial intelligence Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kim Zetter / Wired: Sources: the US DOJ detected the SolarWinds breach in late May 2020, months before it was disclosed in December 2020, but was unaware of its significance — In May 2020, the US Department of Justice stumbled upon Russian hackers in its network, but did not realize the significance of what it had found for six months. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ron Miller / TechCrunch: Synergy: enterprise cloud spending grew 19% YoY to $63B in Q1 2023, vs. 32% growth in Q1 2022; Amazon took 32% market share, Microsoft 23%, and Google 10% — As expected, companies are continuing to cut back on their cloud spend where possible, as tech budgets continue to get careful scrutiny. Lees verder op Tech Meme