Tech Meme

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Filings: BlackRock cut the valuation of India’s most valuable startup Byju’s from $22B to $11.5B and Invesco cut Swiggy’s valuation from $10.7B to ~$8B  —  Some of the biggest Indian startups are taking a haircut in their valuations, at least in the eyes of their investors … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: GM plans to drop Apple CarPlay and Android Auto support in future EVs, using a Google infotainment system to capture more data and inform subscription launches  —  General Motors’ electric future doesn’t include Apple CarPlay or Android Auto.  —  The automaker’s upcoming lineup … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mimi Billing / Sifted: Copenhagen-based Agreena, whose AI monitors satellite images to let farmers earn carbon credits, raised a €46M Series B led by HV, after a €20M Series A in 2022  —  The startup helps European farmers reduce carbon emissions and trade in carbon credits Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Filings: BlackRock has cut valuation of India’s most valuable startup Byju’s from $22B to $11.5B and Invesco cut Swiggy’s valuation from $10.7B to ~$8B  —  Some of the biggest Indian startups are taking a haircut in their valuations, at least in the eyes of their investors … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Twitter open sources a portion of its code on GitHub, including its algorithm for recommending tweets in For You but excluding its ad recommendation algorithm  —  As repeatedly promised by Twitter CEO Elon Musk, Twitter has opened a portion of its source code, including the algorithm it uses … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: GM’s upcoming EVs won’t support Apple CarPlay and Android Auto in favor of a system developed with Google, to help capture more data and subscription launches  —  General Motors’ electric future doesn’t include Apple CarPlay or Android Auto.  —  The automaker’s upcoming lineup of electric vehicles … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sara Fischer / Axios: Email: The White House will not pay for Twitter Blue for its staff; the White House and top officials’ accounts like POTUS will likely maintain gray checkmarks  —  The White House will not pay to have its staff’s official Twitter profiles continue to be verified, according to guidance issued to staffers via an email obtained by Axios. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jeffrey Rousseau / GamesIndustry.biz: Roblox plans to hide advertisements from users 13 and younger, after nonprofit Truth in Advertising filed an FTC complaint in April 2022 against the company  —  Changes come nearly a year after advertising watchdog filed an FTC complaint over company’s ad policies Lees verder op Tech Meme

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google updates Bard by incorporating some of its PaLM models to better answer math and logic questions and promises that coding capabilities are “coming soon”  —  To date, Bard has used LaMDA (Language Model for Dialogue Applications), which is focused on conversational dialogue … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mimi Billing / Sifted: Copenhagen-based Agreena, whose AI monitors satellite images to let farmers earn carbon credits, raised a €46M Series B led by HV, after a €20M Series A in 2022  —  The startup helps European farmers reduce carbon emissions and trade in carbon credits Lees verder op Tech Meme