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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Tumblr says it has seen a 222.99% growth in communities and 349.55% growth in users since the X ban in Brazil, with DAUs up 30% from 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

Allie Garfinkle / Fortune: Google Ventures CEO David Krane about the firm’s first 15 years, operating independently from Alphabet, early investments in Nest and Uber, generative AI, 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

Olena Harmash / Reuters: Ukraine bans the use of Telegram on official devices used by state officials, military personnel, and critical workers over fears of Russian spying  —  Ukraine has banned use of the Telegram messaging app on official devices used by state officials, military personnel and critical workers … 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

Kalley Huang / The Information: Source: most daily users of Meta AI do so through WhatsApp, followed by Facebook, and few via Instagram; the vast majority of Meta AI’s users are outside 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

Bloomberg: A profile of Xbox President Sarah Bond, who helped mollify the UK CMA concerning the Activision acquisition and is leading a transformation of the Xbox division  —  A relative outsider, Sarah Bond is leading a high-stakes transformation of a company that’s lagging behind Sony and Nintendo. 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

Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg: A German court rules that Nokia Oyj can stop Amazon from selling Fire TV Sticks in Germany after Amazon lost a patent case; Nokia hasn’t enforced the injunction  —  – Nokia has not enforced the Munich court’s injunction yet  — Nokia also filed complaints in the US, India, UK and EU 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

Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: OpenAI makes its latest AI models, o1-preview and o1-mini, available to all ChatGPT Enterprise and ChatGPT Edu customers  —  OpenAI has made its latest AI models, o1-preview and o1-mini, available to all ChatGPT Enterprise and ChatGPT Edu customers.  These models, designed … Lees verder op Tech Meme