Tech Meme

Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg: The UK CMA opens a phase one merger probe into chip designer Synopsys’ $35B takeover of 3D design software maker Ansys due to competition concerns  —  Chip-design firm Synopsys Inc.’s $34 billion takeover of software developer Ansys Inc. will be investigated by the UK’s antitrust watchdog. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sara Fischer / Axios: Sources: Meta strikes a multi-year deal with Reuters to use its news content to provide real-time answers to user queries in Meta AI chatbot, a first for Meta  —  – Meta has backed away from news content in its platforms’ main feeds amid regulatory scrutiny, but news content may prove harder … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Chinese self-driving firm WeRide raised $120M in its US IPO at a $4.21B valuation, and sold 7.7M shares at $15.50 a piece, the lower end of its targeted range  —  Self-driving firm WeRide WRD.O notched a valuation of $4.21 billion after raising $120 million in its U.S. initial public offering … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Katherine Hamilton / Wall Street Journal: A look at the fight over valuable social media accounts when couples divorce; data: 44% of 27M paid US content creators say social media is their full-time job  —  When couples who make their living online split up, assessing the accounts’ future value and divvying them up fairly is a drag Lees verder op Tech Meme

Max Ufberg / Fast Company: A profile of and an interview with CISA Director Jen Easterly, as the agency ramps up efforts to protect the US elections from cyberattacks and misinformation  —  Jen Easterly’s confirmation by the Senate in July 2021 to become director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: UnitedHealth says over 100M people had their data stolen in the February ransomware attack on Change Healthcare, the largest-ever US healthcare data breach  —  UnitedHealth has confirmed for the first time that over 100 million people had their personal information and healthcare data stolen … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Isaiah Poritz / Bloomberg: A US federal judge allows 150+ cases from school districts against Meta, Google, and Snap alleging their apps contributed to students’ mental health crisis  —  – Federal judge lets claims proceed after state judge declined  — Companies face significant exposure from hundreds of cases Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Vladimir Putin since late 2022; Putin asked Musk to not activate Starlink in Taiwan as a favor to Xi Jinping  —  Regular contacts between world’s richest man and America’s chief antagonist raise security concerns; topics include geopolitics, business and personal matters Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Verge: Source: OpenAI plans to launch its next flagship model, codenamed Orion, by December, rolling it out in phases starting with the company’s trusted partners  —  OpenAI plans to launch Orion, its next frontier model, by December, The Verge has learned.  —  Unlike the release of OpenAI’s last two models … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emily Mason / Bloomberg: Identity verification service provider Socure agrees to acquire Effectiv, which helps businesses manage fraud prevention tools, for $136M in cash and equity  —  – Platform allows for integration with third party vendors  — Firm seeks to combat increasingly sophisticated fraud attacks Lees verder op Tech Meme