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Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Identity verification startup Socure plans to acquire rival service Berbix for $70M in cash and stock; Berbix raised $11.6M in total, including $9M in 2020  —  Socure, the identity verification service that raised a massive $450 million Series E round at a $4.5 billion valuation during … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Meir Orbach / CTech: Israeli autonomous cloud security startup Cyera raised a $100M Series B led by Accel with Sequoia and others participating, a source says at a $500M valuation  —  The Israeli company’s data security platform learns an enterprise’s unique data and business purpose using large language models … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: Google plans to offer DIY repairs for the Pixel Fold via its iFixit partnership, including the battery and inner, folding display  —  One of the biggest downsides of foldable smartphones right now is durability and, more so, repairability.  Google is breaking new ground with the Pixel Fold … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Natasha Singer / New York Times: A look at Newark Public Schools’ test of AI chatbot Khanmigo, one of the first in the US, and concerns over the tool doing too much of the students’ thinking  —  Newark public schools are cautiously trying out a new automated teaching aid from Khan Academy.  The preliminary report card: “could use improvement.” Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sanne Wass / Bloomberg: The EU launches four “crash test” facilities for AI tools, funded by a €220M investment, which will let companies test AI and robotics in real-life settings  —  The Europe Union is introducing “crash test” systems for artificial intelligence to ensure new innovations are safe before they hit the market. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: How routine drug use by Silicon Valley executives moved from an after-hours activity squarely into corporate culture, causing issues for boards and tech leaders  —  Entrepreneurs including Elon Musk and Sergey Brin are part of a drug movement that proponents hope will expand minds, enhance lives and produce business breakthroughs Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ron Miller / TechCrunch: Data streaming service Redpanda raised a $100M Series C led by Lightspeed, GV, and HaystackVC, following a $50M Series B in February 2022  —  Redpanda helps companies capture data in real time in a modern context, providing a new way to stream data while maintaining backwards compatibility with Kafka … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sanne Wass / Bloomberg: The EU launches four “crash test” facilities for AI tools, funded by a €220M investment, which will let companies test AI and robotics in real-life settings  —  The Europe Union is introducing “crash test” systems for artificial intelligence to ensure new innovations are safe before they hit the market. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: US government official Kurt Campbell confronted Sequoia’s Don Vieira in DC over the VC firm’s ties to China, eventually leading to the three-way split  —  Scrutiny from Washington aggravated tensions within the venture-capital firm, fueling its decision to break up Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: Tel Aviv-based NoTraffic, an AI-based traffic management service, raised a $50M Series B led by M&G Investments, following a $17.5M Series A in July 2021  —  AI-based traffic management platform NoTraffic has bagged $50 million in Series B funding as it picks up momentum in cities across … Lees verder op Tech Meme