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Christine Hall / TechCrunch: Latin America-focused rapid grocery startup JOKR raised a $50M Series D led by Convivialité at an $800M valuation, down from a $1.3B valuation in February 2023  —  Online grocery delivery company JOKR is out to show that it can continue to be a leader in the industry. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Victoria Song / The Verge: Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 review: Precision Finding, Double Tap is great, and some Siri and brightness improvements, but many of the tweaks feel minor  —  Iterative updates aren’t flashy, but these smartwatches are mainly for folks who don’t have Apple Watches yet. Lees verder op Tech Meme

CNBC: Sources: as equities soared in 2020, Apple and Goldman were working on a stock trading feature for iPhones, shelving the project in 2022 as markets turned  —  – Apple was exploring the launch of an iPhone feature that would let users buy and sell stocks, according to three sources familiar with the plans. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Christine Hall / TechCrunch: Latin America-focused rapid grocery startup JOKR raised a $50M Series D led by Convivialité at an $800M valuation, down from a $1.3B valuation in February 2023  —  Online grocery delivery company JOKR is out to show that it can continue to be a leader in the industry. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Christine Hall / TechCrunch: Latin America-focused rapid grocery startup JOKR raised a $50M Series D led by Convivialité at an $800M valuation, down from a $1.3B valuation in February 2023  —  Online grocery delivery company JOKR is out to show that it can continue to be a leader in the industry. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Qianer Liu / Financial Times: Sources and analysis: four of the eight CPUs in the Kirin 9000S SoC use Arm designs and four use Huawei-modified Arm designs, HiSilicon made the GPU, and more  —  Facing US sanctions, Chinese company emulates Apple by using its own designs in chips for Mate 60 Pro Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: Copenhagen-based Corti, which offers an AI chatbot for hospitals, raised $60M co-led by Atomico and Prosus, sources say at a $260M valuation  —  Investors value company behind AI co-pilot for medical professionals at $260 million.  —  Corti ApS, a medical software startup … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: LimeWire, the infamous piracy site that pivoted to content creation, acquires AI image tool BlueWillow, which has a 2.5M-strong Discord and created 500M+ images  —  In the Wild West of generative AI, a new, unlikely cowboy is riding into town.  LimeWire — once infamous for music piracy … Lees verder op Tech Meme

BBC: After Meta criticizes potential UK encryption rules, the UK says Meta “failed to provide assurances” over keeping its platforms “safe from sickening abusers”  —  Facebook’s owner Meta has hit back at a new government campaign strongly critical of its plans to encrypt messages. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Meta launches in-chat payments for WhatsApp in India, letting businesses accept payments via credit and debit cards, WhatsApp Pay, or UPI at no extra cost  —  Parent company Meta seeks to tap its messaging service’s biggest market to boost revenue  —  Hundreds of millions of WhatsApp users … Lees verder op Tech Meme