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Cyber insurance startup Resilience, whose AI analyzes policyholders' systems to determine risk, raised a $100M Series D, taking its total funding to $225M+ (James Rundle/Wall Street Journal) 07-08-2023

James Rundle / Wall Street Journal: Cyber insurance startup Resilience, whose AI analyzes policyholders’ systems to determine risk, raised a $100M Series D, taking its total funding to $225M+  —  Series D round signals continued growth of cyber insurtechs  —  This feature is powered by text-to-speech technology. Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at Senator Chuck Schumer's efforts to boost US chip manufacturing, such as pushing the CHIPS Act, which may lead to substantial funds flowing to New York (Ana Swanson/New York Times) 07-08-2023

Ana Swanson / New York Times: A look at Senator Chuck Schumer’s efforts to boost US chip manufacturing, such as pushing the CHIPS Act, which may lead to substantial funds flowing to New York  —  The Senate majority leader helped deliver billions of dollars in federal funding for semiconductors.  Now he’s pushing for his state to reap benefits. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 review: a useful cover screen and widgets, IPX8, and five years of patches, but so-so battery, tricky cover apps, and unknown durability (Allison Johnson/The Verge) 07-08-2023

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 review: a useful cover screen and widgets, IPX8, and five years of patches, but so-so battery, tricky cover apps, and unknown durability  —  It’s a big update year for Samsung’s flip-style foldable — and a much larger cover screen makes all the difference. Lees verder op Tech Meme

How bringing Lionel Messi to the MLS could help Apple, which has almost no content made in non-English-speaking markets, attract international TV+ subscribers (Alex Webb/Bloomberg) 07-08-2023

Alex Webb / Bloomberg: How bringing Lionel Messi to the MLS could help Apple, which has almost no content made in non-English-speaking markets, attract international TV+ subscribers  —  Messi+ Apple TV+ has come a long way in a relatively short period of time.  The streaming service won an Academy Award for best picture with CODA. Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at Senator Chuck Schumer's efforts to boost US chip manufacturing, including marshalling the CHIPS Act, leading to substantial funds flowing to New York (Ana Swanson/New York Times) 07-08-2023

Ana Swanson / New York Times: A look at Senator Chuck Schumer’s efforts to boost US chip manufacturing, including marshalling the CHIPS Act, leading to substantial funds flowing to New York  —  The Senate majority leader helped deliver billions of dollars in federal funding for semiconductors.  Now he’s pushing for his state to reap benefits. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Toshiba announces a ~$14B tender offer to take the company private at ~$32/share led by Japan Industrial Partners, a buyout fund of Japanese banks and companies (Yuri Kageyama/Associated Press) 07-08-2023

Yuri Kageyama / Associated Press: Toshiba announces a ~$14B tender offer to take the company private at ~$32/share led by Japan Industrial Partners, a buyout fund of Japanese banks and companies  —  Toshiba announced a 2 trillion yen ($14 billion) tender offer on Monday in a move that would take it private … Lees verder op Tech Meme

India's lower house of parliament passes a revised Digital Personal Data Protection Bill despite pushback from critics, who worry about granting Modi more power (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch) 07-08-2023

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: India’s lower house of parliament passes a revised Digital Personal Data Protection Bill despite pushback from critics, who worry about granting Modi more power  —  India’s lower house of parliament greenlit the revised data privacy legislation presented the previous week … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Germany's “Silicon Saxony”, where TSMC is widely expected to build a European fab, may be undermined by few local workers and rising anti-immigration movements (Guy Chazan/Financial Times) 07-08-2023

Guy Chazan / Financial Times: Germany’s “Silicon Saxony”, where TSMC is widely expected to build a European fab, may be undermined by few local workers and rising anti-immigration movements  —  Industry concerned rise of anti-immigration movements in state of Saxony will hinder efforts to attract foreign talent Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma plans to buy a 10.3% stake in Paytm from Ant without using cash, apparently to cut Paytm's exposure to Ant; PAYTM jumps 5%+ (Manish Singh/TechCrunch) 07-08-2023

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma plans to buy a 10.3% stake in Paytm from Ant without using cash, apparently to cut Paytm’s exposure to Ant; PAYTM jumps 5%+  —  Vijay Shekhar Sharma, founder and chief executive of Paytm, has entered into a deal with Ant Financial to acquire a 10.30% stake … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Researchers show that ChatGPT 3.5 outperforms ChatGPT 4 in many tasks, including solving math problems, highlighting the issue of “drift” in improving AI models (Josh Zumbrun/Wall Street Journal) 07-08-2023

Josh Zumbrun / Wall Street Journal: Researchers show that ChatGPT 3.5 outperforms ChatGPT 4 in many tasks, including solving math problems, highlighting the issue of “drift” in improving AI models  —  AI chatbots have stoked fears that they could spin out of control, but they also suffer from a type of deterioration called ‘drift’ Lees verder op Tech Meme