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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 (Qianer Liu/Financial Times) 20-09-2023

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

Copenhagen-based Corti, which offers an AI chatbot for hospitals, raised $60M co-led by Atomico and Prosus, sources say at a $260M valuation (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg) 20-09-2023

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

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 (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) 20-09-2023

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

After Meta criticizes potential UK encryption rules, the UK says Meta “failed to provide assurances” over keeping its platforms “safe from sickening abusers” (BBC) 20-09-2023

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

A profile of Jeff Yass, whose Susquehanna International Group has a ~15% stake in ByteDance, as he works to prevent a US TikTok ban by donating to lawmakers (Wall Street Journal) 20-09-2023

Wall Street Journal: A profile of Jeff Yass, whose Susquehanna International Group has a ~15% stake in ByteDance, as he works to prevent a US TikTok ban by donating to lawmakers  —  Financier Jeff Yass made a big bet on the app, and he’s a top donor to lawmakers who support it  —  WASHINGTON—TikTok had hardly … Lees verder op Tech Meme

WhatsApp announces Flows to help merchants build richer shopping experiences, including letting users pick a flight seat or order a meal without leaving the app (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch) 20-09-2023

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: WhatsApp announces Flows to help merchants build richer shopping experiences, including letting users pick a flight seat or order a meal without leaving the app  —  WhatsApp is bolstering its shopping experience for both merchants and users through a new feature called Flows … Lees verder op Tech Meme

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 (Financial Times) 20-09-2023

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

Meta expands its Meta Verified program to businesses on Facebook and Instagram in select markets, for $21.99/month/page for each or $34.99/month/page for both (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch) 20-09-2023

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Meta expands its Meta Verified program to businesses on Facebook and Instagram in select markets, for $21.99/month/page for each or $34.99/month/page for both  —  Meta announced today that it is expanding Meta Verified to businesses after first launching it for creators in March. Lees verder op Tech Meme

An Uber executive says the EU's Platform Work Directive designating gig workers as employees may result in Uber closing in hundreds of cities and price hikes (Javier Espinoza/Financial Times) 20-09-2023

Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: An Uber executive says the EU’s Platform Work Directive designating gig workers as employees may result in Uber closing in hundreds of cities and price hikes  —  Prices paid by consumers would also rise if Brussels enacts Platform Work Directive, says Uber’s European chief Lees verder op Tech Meme

Neuralink opens enrollment for the first human trial of its brain implant for paralysis patients, expected to take about six years, likely to include <10 people (Mariam Sunny/Reuters) 20-09-2023

Mariam Sunny / Reuters: Neuralink opens enrollment for the first human trial of its brain implant for paralysis patients, expected to take about six years, likely to include <10 people  —  Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s brain-chip startup Neuralink said on Tuesday it has received approval … Lees verder op Tech Meme