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Investor letter: Reid Hoffman won't be a GP for Greylock's next $1B fund, down from its $1.5B funds in 2020 and 2021; Hoffman made one deal in its 16th fund (Berber Jin/Wall Street Journal) 31-08-2023

Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: Investor letter: Reid Hoffman won’t be a GP for Greylock’s next $1B fund, down from its $1.5B funds in 2020 and 2021; Hoffman made one deal in its 16th fund  —  Co-founder of LinkedIn is one of Silicon Valley’s most influential AI enthusiasts  —  Reid Hoffman, one of Silicon Valley’s … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chinese state media heralds Huawei's new Mate 60 Pro, which apparently includes a Huawei-made Kirin 5G chip, as a repudiation of US efforts to contain China (Bloomberg) 31-08-2023

Bloomberg: Chinese state media heralds Huawei’s new Mate 60 Pro, which apparently includes a Huawei-made Kirin 5G chip, as a repudiation of US efforts to contain China  —  – Patriotic fervor spills over Chinese social media after debut  — Mate 60 Pro release coincided with Gina Raimondo’s China visit Lees verder op Tech Meme

Microsoft plans to unbundle Teams from Microsoft 365 and Office 365 across Europe from October 1, instead offering Teams to enterprise for €24 per year (Samuel Stolton/Bloomberg) 31-08-2023

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: Microsoft plans to unbundle Teams from Microsoft 365 and Office 365 across Europe from October 1, instead offering Teams to enterprise for €24 per year  —  – Company offers to unbundle Teams from other business software  — EU investigating if Microsoft’s bundling broke antitrust law Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lessons from the rapid grocery delivery boom: $10B+ of VC money, used for ads and promos, created the market from nothing, app downloads have cratered, and more (Bryce Elder/Financial Times) 31-08-2023

Bryce Elder / Financial Times: Lessons from the rapid grocery delivery boom: $10B+ of VC money, used for ads and promos, created the market from nothing, app downloads have cratered, and more  —  The failure and folly behind a $10bn bribe to not go to the shops  —  The inflation adjusted price for delivering you a packet … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stockholm-based Klarna reports H1 2023 revenue up 15% YoY to ~$963M and a ~$185M adjusted loss, down from a ~$570M loss in H1 2022, as the company cuts costs (Aisha S Gani/Bloomberg) 31-08-2023

Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg: Stockholm-based Klarna reports H1 2023 revenue up 15% YoY to ~$963M and a ~$185M adjusted loss, down from a ~$570M loss in H1 2022, as the company cuts costs  —  – Revenue rose 15% in the first half of the year, Klarna says  — Swedish buy-now-pay-later firm achieves a profitable month Lees verder op Tech Meme

X plans to let paid users hide their Likes from other users and “from the X APIs”, reversing a longstanding feature; individual Likes will appear on posts (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch) 31-08-2023

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: X plans to let paid users hide their Likes from other users and “from the X APIs”, reversing a longstanding feature; individual Likes will appear on posts  —  Elon Musk-owned X, formerly Twitter, is now rolling out a feature for paid users to let them hide their likes. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Microsoft plans to unbundle Teams from Microsoft 365 and Office 365 across Europe from October 1, instead offering Teams to enterprise for €24 per year (Samuel Stolton/Bloomberg) 31-08-2023

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: Microsoft plans to unbundle Teams from Microsoft 365 and Office 365 across Europe from October 1, instead offering Teams to enterprise for €24 per year  —  – Company offers to unbundle Teams from other business software  — EU investigating if Microsoft’s bundling broke antitrust law Lees verder op Tech Meme

Elon Musk says X users will be able to make video and audio calls without a phone number, but offers no timeframe, as X “is the effective global address book” (Charlotte Hughes-Morgan/Bloomberg) 31-08-2023

Charlotte Hughes-Morgan / Bloomberg: Elon Musk says X users will be able to make video and audio calls without a phone number, but offers no timeframe, as X “is the effective global address book”  —  Users of X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, will be able to make video and audio calls through … Lees verder op Tech Meme

A monthslong investigation exposes the secrets of Russian ransomware gang Trickbot, which thrived despite global disruption efforts, and a key member's identity (Wired) 31-08-2023

Wired: A monthslong investigation exposes the secrets of Russian ransomware gang Trickbot, which thrived despite global disruption efforts, and a key member’s identity  —  A WIRED investigation into a cache of documents posted by an unknown figure lays bare the Trickbot ransomware gang’s secrets, including the identity of a central member. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Microsoft plans to unbundle Teams from Microsoft 365 and Office 365 across Europe from October 1, instead offering Teams to enterprise for €24 per year (Samuel Stolton/Bloomberg) 31-08-2023

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: Microsoft plans to unbundle Teams from Microsoft 365 and Office 365 across Europe from October 1, instead offering Teams to enterprise for €24 per year  —  – Company offers to unbundle Teams from other business software  — EU investigating if Microsoft’s bundling broke antitrust law Lees verder op Tech Meme