Tech Meme

Curtis Heinzl / Bloomberg: Datamaran, which has an analytics platform for clients to monitor risk and track adherence to ESG regulations, raised a $33M Series C from Morgan Stanley funds  —  The company said in a statement on Thursday that it will use part of the proceeds to advance its generative AI capabilities. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Intel says it has no plans to sell its stake in self-driving tech company Mobileye; MBLY, down 69% in 2024, jumped 14%+; Intel had an 88.3% stake on December 30  —  Intel (INTC.O) said on Thursday it had no plans to sell its majority stake in Mobileye Global (MBLY.O), sending shares of the self-driving tech firm up more than 13%. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal: Memo: Disney plans to stop using Slack in most units by the end of 2024, after a hacking group leaked 1TB+ of its data, including 44M Slack messages, in July  —  The company said in a memo that most of its businesses would stop using the tool by the end of this year Lees verder op Tech Meme

Juli Clover / MacRumors: Apple seeds the first iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1 public betas, with a Siri redesign and some Apple Intelligence features, like Writing Tools  —  Apple today released the first public betas of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1, allowing non-developers to test the software ahead of its October launch. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: server CPU design startup Ampere is exploring a potential sale; Ampere was reportedly valued at $8B in a SoftBank proposed minority investment in 2021  —  – Ampere has been working with an adviser amid takeover interest  — Firm valued at $8 billion before 2022 confidential IPO filing Lees verder op Tech Meme

Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal: Memo: Disney plans to stop using Slack in most of its businesses by the end of this year, after a hacking group leaked more than 1TB of company data in summer  —  The company said in a memo that most of its businesses would stop using the tool by the end of this year 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

CNBC: Amazon launches Amelia, an AI tool designed to help third-party sellers resolve account issues and fetch sales and inventory data, in beta for select US sellers  —  Amazon is rolling out an artificial intelligence tool designed to help third-party sellers quickly resolve issues with their accounts and fetch sales and inventory data. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cecilia Kang / New York Times: The US FTC releases a four-year study of how Meta, YouTube, TikTok, and six other companies collected and used data, finding a “vast surveillance” of consumers  —  Meta, YouTube and other sites collected more data than most users realized, a new report by the Federal Trade Commission finds. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Google unveils Password Manager PIN to let Chrome users sync passkeys across Windows, macOS, Linux, ChromeOS, and Android devices, with iOS support coming soon  —  The search giant is introducing a Google Password Manager PIN that allows users to securely save and synchronize passkeys for use across Windows … Lees verder op Tech Meme