Tech Meme

Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire: Amazon announces Amazon Anywhere to let users of third-party apps buy related real-world items while in the app, launching with Niantic’s new AR game Peridot  —  The so-called “everything store” is looking to go “anywhere.”  —  Amazon announced the launch Tuesday of “Amazon Anywhere,” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

James Vincent / The Verge: Meta unveils ImageBind, an open-source AI model combining text, audio, visual, movement, thermal, and depth data, as rivals become more secretive with research  —  Meta has announced a new open-source AI model that links together multiple streams of data, including text, audio, visual data, temperature, and movement readings. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andy Greenberg / Wired: Inside Big Pipes, an FBI team with ~30 members responsible for three major cybercriminal takedowns, including dozens of illicit services, in the past five years  —  For a decade, a group called Big Pipes has worked behind the scenes with the FBI to target the worst cybercriminal “booter” services plaguing the internet. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Wayland / CNBC: General Motors hires former Apple VP Mike Abbott to lead a newly created software unit, starting May 22; Abbott was VP of Engineering for Apple’s Cloud Services  —  – General Motors has hired former Apple executive Mike Abbott to lead a newly created software unit for the Detroit automaker. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Christine Hall / TechCrunch: 8fig, which plans to offer an AI-powered “C-suite” for e-commerce companies, starting with an AI CFO, raised a $40M Series B and $100M in a credit facility  —  E-commerce businesses don’t often build big companies: they might be big in revenue, but remain lean in headcount. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Edward Ludlow / Bloomberg: Finnish wearable maker Oura acquires Proxy, which makes digital identification tools, in an all-equity deal; PitchBook says Proxy was valued at $292M in 2020  —  Finnish wearable-technology maker Oura Health Oy is acquiring a little-known tech startup, Proxy Inc., which makes digital identification tools … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Microsoft opens the Microsoft 365 Copilot Early Access Program to 600 global customers, up from the initial 20, and adds new features, like a Semantic Index  —  Microsoft is expanding preview access to its Microsoft 365 Copilot, a digital assistant based on OpenAI’s GPT-4 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Damilare Dosunmu / Rest of World: African B2B e-commerce startups are scaling back operations and laying off staff; 28 of them raised $470M+ since 2008, of which 90% came between 2021 and 2022  —  Amid the global funding crunch, B2B startups are scaling back operations and laying off employees.  —  • LAGOS, NIGERIA Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: Apple announces Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for iPad, available as subscriptions on May 23; Final Cut requires an M1 chip or newer and Logic needs A12 or newer  —  Mic drop moment for pro apps team at Apple this morning.  Apple just announced that Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro are officially and finally coming to iPad. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: IBM announces watsonx, a suite of AI services that includes watsonx.ai, an “enterprise studio for AI builders”, watsonx.data, and watsonx.governance  —  IBM, like pretty much every tech giant these days, is betting big on AI.  —  At its annual Think conference … Lees verder op Tech Meme