Tech Meme

Bloomberg: An analysis of 115 warrants in five US states shows that investigators are increasingly using Google’s location and search data to try to solve nonviolent cases  —  Investigators increasingly use warrants to obtain location and search data from Google, even for nonviolent cases—and even for people who had nothing to do with the crime. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: NYC-based market intelligence startup AlphaSense raised a $150M Series E at a $2.5B valuation led by Bond after raising $100M at a $1.8B valuation in April 2023  —  Market intelligence — where organizations gather information about industries, other businesses, trends … Lees verder op Tech Meme

CNBC: GameStop names Ryan Cohen as its CEO, effective immediately, and says Cohen won’t be compensated for his work, after firing CEO Matthew Furlong in June 2023  —  – Ryan Cohen was appointed the company’s CEO, president and chairman and won’t receive compensation for his work. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ash Parrish / The Verge: Epic Games confirms it is laying off 16% of its workforce, or about 830 people, and intends to divest from Bandcamp and spin off “kid-tech” company SuperAwesome  —  Bloomberg reports that Fortnite developer Epic Games is expected to lay off 16 percent of its workforce. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jason Koebler / 404 Media: Email: Serve Robotics, which delivers for Uber Eats in LA, provided video filmed by one of its food delivery robots to LAPD as part of a criminal investigation  —  This article was primarily reported using public records requests.  We are making it available to all readers as a public service. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Carly Page / TechCrunch: Google patches a zero-day in Chrome that was exploited by a commercial spyware vendor, just two days after it was reported by Google’s Threat Analysis Group  —  Google has rushed to patch a zero-day vulnerability in Chrome that was exploited by a commercial spyware vendor. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Victoria Song / The Verge: Google unveils the Fitbit Charge 6, with a physical side button, integration with Google services like YouTube Music, and more, available on October 12 for $160  —  Fitbit is back with the Charge 6 — and on paper, this one feels like the most Fitbit-y Fitbit since Google actively began folding the company into its ecosystem. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Amazon announces the general availability of Bedrock, unveiled in April 2023 to offer generative AI models from Amazon and third-party partners through an API  —  Amazon today announced the general availability of Bedrock, its service that offers a choice of generative AI models from Amazon itself … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Victoria Song / The Verge: Google unveils Fitbit Charge 6, with a physical side button, integration with Google services like YouTube Music, and more, available on October 12 for $160  —  Fitbit is back with the Charge 6 — and on paper, this one feels like the most Fitbit-y Fitbit since Google actively began folding the company into its ecosystem. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Amazon announces the general availability of Bedrock, unveiled in April to offer generative AI models from Amazon itself and third-party partners through an API  —  Amazon today announced the general availability of Bedrock, its service that offers a choice of generative AI models … Lees verder op Tech Meme