Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Protect AI, which offers security tools for AI systems, raised a $35M Series A led by Evolution Equity Partners, taking its total funding to $48.5M  —  Protect AI, a startup building tools to harden the security around AI systems, today announced that it raised $35 million in a Series … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: As droughts spread across Spain, the US, and elsewhere, communities are battling water-hungry data centers; Meta expects a €1B facility to use 665M liters/year  —  With drought spreading around the globe, battles over water are erupting between AI companies seeking more computing power … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: Samsung announces the Galaxy Z Fold5, offering the same 7.6 and 6.2 displays, Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, 50MP rear camera, a new hinge, and new colors for $1,800  —  Samsung is now on its fifth generation of foldable smartphones, with the Galaxy Z Fold 5 being the culmination of the Fold series. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Bumble launches its standalone Bumble for Friends app in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the Philippines, the UK, and the US  —  Dating app company Bumble announced today that it releasing a separate app called “Bumble for Friends” aimed at finding friends in Australia, Canada … Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: Despite not being in SAG-AFTRA, many influencers are passing up deals to promote movies and TV shows to avoid being barred from the guild and online criticism  —  Despite not being in the actors’ union, many content creators are passing up deals to promote films or TV shows … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kif Leswing / CNBC: The Overture Maps Foundation, formed by Meta, Microsoft, AWS, and TomTom, releases its first dataset with 59M “points of interest” donated by Meta and Microsoft  —  – A group formed by Meta, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services and TomTom is releasing data that could enable companies … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: As droughts spread across Spain, the US, and elsewhere, communities are battling water-hungry data centers; Meta expects a €1B facility to use 665M liters/year  —  With drought spreading around the globe, battles over water are erupting between AI companies seeking more computing power … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cherlynn Low / Engadget: Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5 hands-on: the new Flex Hinge seems solid and larger 3.4 external display has potential but apps may struggle with the odd aspect ratio  —  Software gets even more complicated with a larger outside screen.  —  After I reviewed the Motorola Razr+ earlier this year, I grew besotted with its external screen. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: As droughts spread across Spain, the US, and elsewhere, communities are battling water-hungry data centers; Meta expects a €1B facility to use 665M liters/year  —  With drought spreading around the globe, battles over water are erupting between AI companies seeking more computing power … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Farouq Suleiman / Reuters: The UK CMA says Amazon’s proposals over third-party sellers on Marketplace address its competition concerns in a preliminary view and opens consultations  —  Britain’s anti-trust regulator said its preliminary view was that Amazon’s (AMZN.O) offer to change the way it treats third-party sellers using … Lees verder op Tech Meme