Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Berlin-based Patient21, which provides software for managing patients and clinics, raised a €100M Series C in equity and debt led by Pitango — Patient21, a four-year-old German startup that combines a digital healthcare platform with real-world brick-and-mortar clinics … Lees verder op Tech Meme
John Harris / The Guardian: An interview with AI researcher Timnit Gebru on her controversial sacking by Google in 2020, biases in AI and Big Tech, racism in Silicon Valley, and more — The Ethiopian-born computer scientist lost her job after pointing out the inequalities built into AI. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: The EU fines Meta €1.2B over sending European user data to the US, a record GDPR fine, and orders Meta to stop transfers and delete the data within six months — Decision places pressure on Washington to implement surveillance changes for Europe to allow Meta to keep the data spigot open Lees verder op Tech Meme
Financial Times: Experts say a ban on “forever chemicals”, considered toxic for humans and the environment, could derail the EU’s chip plans as there are no safe alternatives — When Mark Newman walked into the lobby of a Tokyo hotel for a customer conference late last year … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: The EU fines Meta €1.2B over sending European user data to the US, a record GDPR fine, and orders Meta to stop transfers and delete the data within six months — Decision places pressure on Washington to implement surveillance changes for Europe to allow Meta to keep the data spigot open Lees verder op Tech Meme
Paul Alcorn / Tom’s Hardware: Top500: 121 of the fastest supercomputers globally are powered by AMD silicon, up 29% YoY; the AMD-based Frontier supercomputer retains its top spot — AMD’s silicon churns out the flops. — The Top 500 list of the fastest supercomputers in the world was released today … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Berlin-based Patient21, which provides software for managing patients and clinics, raised a €100M Series C in equity and debt led by Pitango — Patient21, a four-year-old German startup that combines a digital healthcare platform with real-world brick-and-mortar clinics … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg: A researcher says crypto mixer Tornado Cash was taken over by hackers on May 20, who used a malicious governance proposal to give themselves a majority of votes — Tornado Cash, a service that allows users to mask cryptocurrency transactions, suffered a hostile takeover by hackers through a malicious governance proposal. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: An overview of the executive team behind Apple’s mixed reality headset, including group leader Mike Rockwell, COO Jeff Williams, Rockwell’s boss Dan Riccio — Apple is just a few weeks away from debuting its mixed-reality headset. This past week, I gave an in-depth look at the device’s development and features. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: Nvidia, HPE, and the University of Bristol unveil Isambard 3, a supercomputer using 384 Nvidia Grace CPUs, each with 144 cores, reaching speeds of 2.7 petaflops — Nvidia Corp. today detailed three initiatives in which researchers will use its chips to support scientific discovery. Lees verder op Tech Meme