Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: NYC-based financial data company AlphaSense raised $100M led by Alphabet’s CapitalG at a $1.8B valuation, after raising $225M at $1.7B valuation in June 2022 — – Alphabet’s CapitalG led a $100 million funding round in AlphaSense at a $1.8 billion valuation. Lees verder op Tech Meme
David Pierce / The Verge: YouTube says NFL Sunday Ticket packages will cost between $249 and $489 depending on the user’s subscription; the company reportedly pays the NFL $2B per year — Football fans, start saving those pennies. YouTube just announced pricing for its new Sunday Ticket package … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Sayan Sen / Neowin: Microsoft fixes a Windows Defender bug, first reported in 2018, that caused Firefox to spike CPU usage, and rolls the patch out on Windows 10 and 11 — It looks like a bug nearly half a decade old has finally been fixed by Microsoft and Mozilla. The issue was related to Windows Defender … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: Citizen Lab and Microsoft detail spyware created by secretive Israeli company QuaDream, used to hack iPhones running iOS 14 used by politicians and journalists — Microsoft and Citizen Lab have new reports out about QuaDream, a little-known Israeli mercenary spyware provider. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: NY-based fintech startup Clear Street, building “modern infrastructure” for capital markets, raised $270M in the second tranche of a Series B at a $2B valuation — Clear Street, which says it is building “modern infrastructure” for capital markets, has raised $270 million … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post: Substack rolls out Notes, its Twitter-like service, to all users; writers have used Notes in beta to talk with their readers, promote newsletters, and network — Notes, the platform’s new feature, functions similarly to its rival social app — LOS ANGELES — The newsletter platform Substack’s … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Pew Research Center: A survey of 10,701 US adults: ~66% are not confident current ways to invest, trade, and use crypto are reliable and safe; 17% have used crypto, up from 16% YoY — Cryptocurrency markets are taking hits from all sides – from declines in value to multiple corporate bankruptcies to lawsuits and regulatory threats. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: London-based Infogrid, which uses AI to analyze IoT data on building occupancy, air quality, and more, raised a $90M Series B led by Northzone and AO Proptech — Infogrid, a startup that uses AI to collect and analyze data on things like air quality, occupancy and energy consumption … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Christine Hall / TechCrunch: Former GoFundMe chairman and CEO Rob Solomon announces Kite, a commerce company investing in digital-first consumer product brands, with $200M in equity funding — Three years after stepping down as GoFundMe’s chairman and CEO, Rob Solomon is returning to the industry he calls his “first love … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Laurie Clarke / VICE: Reddit moderators describe recent waves of spam, generated by ChatGPT or other AIs, the main issues being coordinated attacks and the speed and volume of posts — Reddit moderators say they already see an increase in spam and that the future will “require a lot of human labor.” — LC Lees verder op Tech Meme