Tech Meme

Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News: VC funding for cybersecurity startups fell to $2.7B in Q1 2023, down 58% from $6.5B in Q1 2022; the number of announced deals dropped 45% YoY to 149  —  Although venture funding struggled mightily in the first quarter, funding to cybersecurity startups specifically remained relatively … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Instagram adds creator-focused updates to Reels, including a dedicated trends section, expansion of gifts to more countries, and enhanced editing tools  —  As governments around the world express growing concerns about TikTok, its rival Instagram Reels is getting a series of new updates aimed at creators. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Spotify plans to shut down Heardle on May 5, after acquiring the Wordle-inspired music guessing game in July 2022, to focus on other music discovery objectives  —  Spotify is closing down Heardle, the Wordle-inspired music guessing game it acquired last July for an undisclosed sum. Lees verder op Tech Meme

James Vincent / The Verge: Sam Altman says OpenAI won’t train GPT-5 for “some time” and the letter to pause AI development missed “most technical nuance about where we need the pause”  —  In a discussion about threats posed by AI systems, Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO and co-founder … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: the European parliament is close to finalizing tough new measures on AI, including forcing chatbot makers to reveal if they use copyrighted material  —  Proposals include requiring chatbot makers to reveal if they are using copyrighted material  —  The European parliament … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Callie Holtermann / New York Times: BeReal fights to retain users as some find its authenticity monotonous; Apptopia: the app’s daily users fell to under 6M in March 2023 from ~15M in October 2022  —  BeReal was pitched as Gen Z’s safe haven from the artifice of social media.  For some, authenticity only proved interesting for so long. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Denver-based Elevate, which provides a dashboard for employees to manage their pre-tax benefits, raised $28M led by Anthemis, bringing its total funding to $43M  —  Elevate, a consumer benefits administration platform, today announced that it raised $28 million in a funding round led by Anthemis … Lees verder op Tech Meme

@twitterwrite: Twitter increases the tweet length for Blue subscribers to 10,000 characters, up from the 4,000 set in February 2023, and adds bold and italic text formatting  —  We’re making improvements to the writing and reading experience on Twitter! Starting today, Twitter now supports Tweets up to 10,000 characters in length, with bold and italic text formatting. Sign up for Twitter Blue to access these new features, and apply to enable… https://twitter.com/… Lees verder op Tech Meme

Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: WhatsApp rolls out new device verification and account protection features, including defenses against SIM jacking and other social engineering attacks  —  WhatsApp has begun rolling out a handful of new security features.  The most notable sees the company doing more to protect users … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kris Holt / Engadget: Meta open sources AI project Animated Drawings, which turns doodles into animations, with a dataset of nearly 180K drawings, after releasing a web tool in 2021  —  Meta has open-sourced an artificial intelligence project that lets anyone bring their doodles to life. Lees verder op Tech Meme