Tech Meme

Allie Garfinkle / Fortune: Google Ventures CEO David Krane about GV’s first 15 years, operating independently from Alphabet, early investments in Nest and Uber, generative AI, and more  —  One of the first things David Krane and I do is look at some weird sculptures.  —  Walking through Google’s Mountain View … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kalley Huang / The Information: Source: most daily users of Meta AI use it via WhatsApp, followed by Facebook, and few via Instagram; the vast majority of Meta AI’s users are outside of the US  —  A year after Meta Platforms introduced its artificial intelligence assistant, a picture is emerging of how people are using it … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Qualcomm made a takeover approach to Intel in recent days  —  A deal for Intel would be massive and come at a time when the chip maker is sputtering. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ash Parrish / The Verge: Twitch changes how it enforces its community guidelines: strikes for some offenses will depreciate over time, users will get more info about strikes, and more  —  Twitch is changing the way it enforces its community guidelines.  In an announcement posted on its website … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Tumblr says it has seen a 222.99% growth in communities and a 349.55% growth in users since the X ban in Brazil, with DAUs up 30% from the 110K prior to the ban  —  Bluesky isn’t the only social networking service to benefit from X’s ban in Brazil, now under legal penalties. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Sources: Black Forest Labs, whose Flux.1 model powers Grok’s image generator, is raising $100M at a $1B valuation; Black Forest raised a $31M seed  —  While OpenAI pursues yet another monster fundraise, it is not stealing all the oxygen in the room: AI startups building promising foundational models … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Benoit Berthelot / Bloomberg: French digital health insurance startup Alan raised €173M led by Belgian bank Belfius Bank at a €4B valuation, bringing its total raised since 2021 to €500M+  —  – French startup to also provide insurance to Belfius employees  — Alan has raised more than half a billion euros since 2021 Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ash Parrish / The Verge: Twitch changes enforcement of community guidelines so that strikes for some offenses will depreciate over time, users will get more info on strikes, and more  —  Twitch is changing the way it enforces its community guidelines.  In an announcement posted on its website … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Constellation Energy plans to invest $1.6B to revive the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania and sell all the output to Microsoft for data centers  —  Constellation to invest $1.6 billion to restart dormant reactor as data-center power demand surges. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: Sources: EU officials are preparing formal charges against Google under the DMA, targeting how it displays rival product results across its search services  —  – Google risks hefty fines if it fails to address EU concerns  — Regulators are set to issue warning under Digital Markets Act Lees verder op Tech Meme