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VideoCardz.com: MSI shares an unlisted video confirming Intel’s upcoming 14th Gen CPUs will see no major core count upgrades and will be 3% faster on average than 13th Gen CPUs  —  MSI unimpressed with 14th Gen Core series  —  MSI made a mistake of sharing an unlisted video which has now leaked out. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Nomad, which provides Brazilians access to financial services in the US, such as an investment platform, raised $61M led by Tiger Global at a ~$361M valuation  —  Brazilian financial tech firm Nomad raised $61 million in an investment round led by Tiger Global Management … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brendan Case / Bloomberg: Walmart partners with Alphabet’s Wing to test drone deliveries of up to six miles at two stores in the Dallas area, dropping off food and household essentials  —  – Project boosts aerial range capabilities for the retailer  — Service will be offered at two stores in the Dallas area Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Modular, a platform for developing AI systems, raised $100M led by General Catalyst, bringing its total funding to $130M; GV, Greylock, and others invested too  —  Modular, a startup creating a platform for developing and optimizing AI systems, has raised $100 million in a funding round led … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nathan McAlone / Insider: OnlyFans reports revenue up 17% YoY to $1.1B in the FY to November 30, 2022, profit up 24% YoY to $404M, creators up 47% YoY to 3.2M, and users spent $5.6B  —  – The OnlyFans business is still booming.  — OnlyFans users spent $5.6 billion on the platform in 2022, up from $4.8 billion in 2021. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Associated Press: Uber raises the minimum age requirement for new ride-hailing California drivers to 25, but not Uber Eats, citing the rising costs of commercial auto insurance  —  Uber raised the minimum age requirement for most of its new drivers in California to 25 on Thursday under rules the company … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Telecoms plan to repair the West Africa Cable System, which runs ~16,000 km from Europe to Africa, by September, after disruptions at all South African networks  —  – Cable-layer vessel Leon Thevenin moored in Cape Town  — Rock fall in Congo Canyon damaged West Africa cable system Lees verder op Tech Meme

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: To comply with the EU’s DSA, Google plans to expand its Ads Transparency Center and offer more info on EU targeted ads, give researchers more access, and more  —  Google will provide more information on targeted advertisements and give researchers more access to data on how its products work … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jack Schickler / CoinDesk: Court filings: FTX wants to begin selling, staking, and hedging its crypto holdings, valued at over $3B, and seeks to hire Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy as an advisor  —  The bankrupt exchange wants to return funds to creditors in dollars without denting value.  —  Register Now Lees verder op Tech Meme

Haomiao Huang / Ars Technica: How LLMs for chat turned AI into a general-purpose information-processing tool, as AI undergoes a transformation much like how chips gave rise to CPUs and GPUs  —  Until recently, AI models were specialized tools.  Modern LLMs are different.  —  The chief technology officer … Lees verder op Tech Meme