Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Certa, which offers a compliance, governance, and risk management service for enterprises, raised a $35M Series B, bringing its total raised to “just over” $50M  —  Certa, a compliance, governance and risk management platform for enterprises, today announced that it raised $35 million … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Google plans to update Chrome to incorporate its Material You design language in the coming weeks, including refreshed icons and new color palettes  —  Chrome on the desktop is about to get a new look.  Google’s widely used browser is getting an update based on its Material You design language … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Trisha Thadani / Washington Post: Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt attributes angst over driverless cars to anti-robot bias, saying “anything that we do differently than humans is being sensationalized”  —  Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt said in an interview with The Washington Post that the angst around driverless cars in San Francisco is overblown Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Phillips / Eurogamer.net: Source: at Gamescom in August, Nintendo demoed the Switch 2 running a souped up version of Breath of the Wild to developers; the device is expected in 2024  —  Ahead of widely-expected launch next year.  —  News by Tom Phillips Editor-in-Chief  —  In Cologne last month … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Richard Milne / Financial Times: Norway’s $1.4T oil fund, which owns ~1.5% of all listed companies, details its three concerns over AI: board responsibility, transparency, and risk management  —  Head of sovereign investor warns boards are ‘absolutely not on top’ of the issues surrounding the technology Lees verder op Tech Meme

CNBC: Riot reports earning $31.7M in energy credits from Texas power grid operator ERCOT to curtail its usage in August, dwarfing the ~$8.9M worth of bitcoin mined  —  – Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms raked in $31.7 million in energy credits from Texas power grid operator ERCOT in August. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Randles / Bloomberg: Bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Genesis sues its parent DCG, seeking to recover ~$620M in cash and bitcoin in outstanding loans despite ongoing settlement talks  —  – Suits seek to recover about $620 million in cash and Bitcoin  — DCG said it’s documenting a standstill agreement with Genesis Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gene Park / Washington Post: Doug Bowser, president of Nintendo of America, describes the company’s evolution from a gaming company to a broader entertainment company, including live events  —  For decades, Nintendo was synonymous with video games.  Now in its second century, the Japanese company wants to be much more. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: SK Hynix opens an investigation into the Huawei Mate 60 Pro using its LPDDR5 and NAND flash memory, some of the few materials in 60 Pro sourced outside China  —  – Korean maker says it hasn’t worked with Huawei since sanctions  — Mate 60 Pro handset uses Hynix memory and flash storage chips Lees verder op Tech Meme

Leo Schwartz / Fortune: A profile of Circle, after secondary market shares of the USDC developer traded at a ~$4.8B valuation in August 2023; Circle was valued at $8B in April 2022  —  On a fateful evening in March, Jeremy Allaire sat in a Dubai hotel room as a catastrophe unfolded. Lees verder op Tech Meme