Tech Meme

Umar Shakir / The Verge: Tesla stops FSD beta installations in the US and Canada until a future OTA update addresses an NHTSA recall; owners with FSD installed may keep using it, as is  —  Tesla is putting a hold on new installations of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta software in the US and Canada until a firmware update … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gabby Miller / Columbia Journalism Review: An analysis of Meta’s Journalism Project initiatives: $29.4M invested in 564 organizations through 17 grant programs since 2018, 43% received just $5K, and more  —  b  —  “People want more local news, and local newsrooms are looking for more support,” Campbell Brown wrote in 2019 when Meta … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samantha Murphy Kelly / CNN: Meta backs the NCMEC’s Take It Down tool, letting minors anonymously attach a hash of intimate images or videos, to stop sextortion on Facebook and Instagram  —  Meta is taking steps to crack down on the spread of intimate images of teenagers on Facebook and Instagram. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: Autonomous drone manufacturer Skydio, used by the Ukrainian military, raised a $230M Series E at a $2.2B valuation and plans to expand its US factory 10-fold  —  Skydio Inc. is known for selling drones to tech heads seeking expensive selfies — but the company also has hundreds of customers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rana Foroohar / Financial Times: To achieve its chip moonshot, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says the US must reform its education system and triple chip-related college graduates by 2032  —  To build a domestic industry, the US must reform how it teaches its workforce  —  In the decade following US President John F … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kelvin Chan / Associated Press: Of the 2,000 exhibitors and sponsors at MWC Barcelona, 150 are Chinese companies; Huawei has the biggest presence and expanded its footprint by 50% over 2022  —  A contingent of Chinese companies led by technology giant Huawei is turning the world’s biggest wireless trade fair into an opportunity … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: London-based Flock, which uses real-time data to insure vehicle fleets for Amazon, Jaguar Land Rover, Onto, and others, raised a $38M Series B led by Octopus  —  It’s only human nature.  If you tell a driver their insurance premium will go down if they drive more safely, then – it turns out – they will probably drive more safely. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Meir Orbach / CTech: Tel Aviv-based cloud security startup Wiz raised a $300M Series D led by Lightspeed at a $10B valuation, up from $6B in October 2021 after its $250M Series C  —  The Israeli startup said that it will not hold any of the funds in Israel due to the impending judicial coup Lees verder op Tech Meme

Washington Post: After a string of high-profile setbacks, the White House and the FTC find that breaking up Big Tech is hard, as Google hires ex-DOJ lawyers for its court battle  —  Google is hiring teams of former DOJ lawyers to fight antitrust lawsuits as the battle over tech firms’ power shifts to the courts Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gabby Miller / Columbia Journalism Review: An analysis of Meta’s Journalism Project: investments in 564 organizations totaling $29.4M through 17 grant programs since 2018, 43% received just $5K, and more  —  b  —  “People want more local news, and local newsrooms are looking for more support,” Campbell Brown wrote in 2019 when Meta … Lees verder op Tech Meme