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Aria Alamalhodaei / TechCrunch: Denver-based True Anomaly, founded by ex-Space Force members to make “autonomous orbital pursuit” intelligence satellites, raised $30M including a $17M Series A  —  As tensions between the United States and China continue to escalate, a new startup has emerged from stealth … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tim Keary / VentureBeat: Bitdefender survey of 400+ IT and security professionals: 42% were told to cover up data breaches that should have been reported and 29.9% admit doing so  —  In a world where cybercrime is becoming more difficult to prevent, many security leaders are putting pressure on IT professionals to bury the truth. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matt Taibbi / Racket News: Matt Taibbi says he will use Substack Notes instead of Twitter after he was told Twitter is blocking Substack links because it is upset about Substack Notes  —  On staying at Substack, and leaving Twitter, I guess  —  Earlier this afternoon, I learned Substack links were being blocked on Twitter. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nathan Edwards / The Verge: Google plans to end support for the Dropcam and the Nest Secure home security system on April 8, 2024, as it shelves products it can’t migrate to Google Home  —  Google is ending support for the Dropcam and the Nest Secure home security system in exactly one year, on April 8th, 2024. Lees verder op Tech Meme

TechCrunch: Anthropic’s Series C pitch deck shows the AI startup aims to raise ~$5B over the next two years to take on OpenAI and enter over a dozen major industries  —  Anthropic plans to train a powerful model with billions in new funding  —  AI research startup Anthropic aims to raise as much as $5 billion … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post: Sources: Meta told political campaigns that it is reviewing AI-generated images under its fact-checking program from which candidates and parties are exempt  —  Facebook parent is reviewing AI-generated images under its fact-checking program, it recently confirmed to campaigns, meaning politicians may be exempt from the rules Lees verder op Tech Meme

Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post: Sources: Meta told political campaigns that is reviewing AI-generated images under its fact-checking program from which candidates and parties are exempt  —  Facebook parent is reviewing AI-generated images under its fact-checking program, it recently confirmed to campaigns, meaning politicians may be exempt from the rules Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gené Teare / Crunchbase News: Global VC funding fell 53% YoY from $162B in Q1 2022 to $76B in Q1 2023, including OpenAI’s reported $10B and Stripe’s $6.5B; $39.2B went to late stage startups  —  Venture and growth investors in private companies continued to scale back their investment pace in the first quarter of 2023, Crunchbase data shows. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gené Teare / Crunchbase News: Global VC funding fell 53% YoY from $162B in Q1 2022 to $76B in Q1 2023, including OpenAI’s reported $10B and Stripe’s $6.5B; $39.2B went to late stage startups  —  Venture and growth investors in private companies continued to scale back their investment pace in the first quarter of 2023, Crunchbase data shows. Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Verge: Substack founders criticize Twitter over restrictions, saying this is a reminder of why writers need a platform “that protects the free press and free speech”  —  / Substack’s founders say this serves as a reminder of why writers need a platform that ‘puts them in charge … Lees verder op Tech Meme