Tech Meme

Ben Blanchard / Reuters: Foxconn reports Q2 revenue down 13.8% YoY to ~$41.76B and June revenue down 19.7% YoY to ~$13.6B due to weak consumer device demand, but forecasts a brighter Q3  —  Taiwan’s Foxconn, a major iPhone assembler for Apple Inc (AAPL.O), said on Wednesday that second quarter revenue dropped 13.8% year … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: Lyon-based Dougs, an online accounting startup for SMBs that is profitable with ~€15M in ARR, raised €25M in its first VC round since being founded in 2014  —  Dougs, a French accounting startup, has been around since 2015.  It already generates $16.4 million (€15 million) in annual recurring revenue. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nate Lanxon / Bloomberg: Neko Health, a startup founded by Spotify CEO Daniel Ek and Watty founder Hjalmar Nilsonne that makes an AI-based full-body scanner, raised €60M led by Lakestar  —  Neko Health, the medical diagnostics company co-founded by Spotify Technology SA Chief Executive Officer Daniel Ek … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: The European Commission sets new rules to speed up privacy regulators’ cross-border cases and give companies more rights, after criticism of slow investigations  —  Stung by criticism of tardy privacy investigations and the Irish privacy regulator’s outsized role in overseeing Big Tech … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Will Bedingfield / Wired: A look at AI Dungeon and other games that let players create in-game content using generative AI, raising questions about authorship, ownership, and copyright  —  Titles like AI Dungeon are already using generative AI to generate in-game content.  Nobody knows who owns it. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Instagram briefly launched a basic Threads web UI, offering an early look at what to expect before its July 6 launch; the service appears to have 2,500+ users  —  Instagram’s new Threads app, a Twitter competitor, isn’t supposed to launch until July 6th, but the web interface went live for a few hours today for everyone to explore. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jack Thompson / Rest of World: How some farmers in Senegal who struggle to read or write use WhatsApp voice notes to collaborate with NGOs and researchers to share the latest farming tips  —  For farmers in Senegal who struggle to read or write, sending voice notes has unlocked a new world of collaboration across the industry. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nate Lanxon / Bloomberg: Neko Health, a startup founded by Spotify CEO Daniel Ek and Watty founder Hjalmar Nilsonne that makes an AI-based full-body scanner, raised €60M led by Lakestar  —  Neko Health, the medical diagnostics company co-founded by Spotify Technology SA Chief Executive Officer Daniel Ek … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kris Holt / Engadget: Twitter quietly backtracks and lets logged out users see individual tweets, ending Elon Musk’s “temporary emergency measure”; profiles are still not visible  —  The platform is becoming slightly more usable just as Meta opens up its Twitter competitor. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: Lyon-based Dougs, an online accounting startup for SMBs that is profitable with ~€15M in ARR, raised €25M in its first VC round since being founded in 2015  —  Dougs, a French accounting startup, has been around since 2015.  It already generates $16.4 million (€15 million) in annual recurring revenue. Lees verder op Tech Meme