Tech Meme

Lance Whitney / ZDNet: Microsoft adds Bing AI features to the beta version of its SwiftKey keyboard for Android, including web search, a chatbot, and a tone mode to rewrite text  —  Android users who want to tap into some AI as they type on their phones can now do so with help from Microsoft. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gené Teare / Crunchbase News: Global VC funding fell 53% YoY to $76B in Q1 2023, down from $162B in Q1 2022, including OpenAI’s $10B and Stripe’s $6.5B; $39.2B went to late-stage startups  —  Venture and growth investors in private companies continued to scale back their investment pace in the first quarter of 2023, Crunchbase data shows. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: Influencers, small businesses, and others say Meta gutting its customer service teams has left them with nobody to call to handle scammers and technical issues  —  – Meta’s two rounds of layoffs are affecting the company’s already poor customer service for users, influencers, communities and businesses. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Sources: Tesla staff privately shared videos from customers’ car cameras from 2019 to 2022 in one-on-one chats, including of a car hitting a child riding a bike  —  Tesla Inc assures its millions of electric car owners that their privacy “is and will always be enormously important to us.” Lees verder op Tech Meme

Oliver Knight / CoinDesk: The Australian Securities & Investments Commission cancels the license of Binance Australia Derivatives, which must close all derivatives positions by April 21  —  The exchange will close all of its customers’ open derivatives positions by April 21.  The Australian Securities … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: An interview with Sundar Pichai on adding conversational AI to Search, why chatbots are not a threat to the Search ads business, the efficiency drive, and more  —  ‘More work left to do’ in efficiency drive, chief executive says  —  Google plans to add conversational artificial-intelligence features … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gené Teare / Crunchbase News: Global VC funding fell 53% YoY to $76B in Q1 2023, down from $162B in Q1 2022, including OpenAI’s $10B and Stripe’s $6.5B; $39.2B went to late-stage startups  —  Venture and growth investors in private companies continued to scale back their investment pace in the first quarter of 2023, Crunchbase data shows. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Masha Borak / MIT Technology Review: A look at how invading Ukraine supercharged the decline of Russia’s struggling tech sector, further pushing Yandex and other successful companies into isolation  —  Seven days after the invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Belugin packed up his and his family’s belongings, canceled the lease … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: India amends its IT law to ban social media platforms from hosting “misleading” content about the government and requiring that they use its fact-check unit  —  India amended its IT law on Thursday to prohibit Facebook, Twitter and other social media firms from publishing … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kevin Varley / Bloomberg: US Census data: chip imports rose 17% YoY to $4.86B in February 2023 with Asia accounting for 83%, led by Malaysia at 20%, Taiwan at 15.1%, and Vietnam at 11.6%  —  Thailand, Vietnam, India and Cambodia have emerged as early winners this year as semiconductor production begins to move away … Lees verder op Tech Meme