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Over 100 artists including Tom Morello call for a live event facial recognition ban and pledge to boycott venues using the tech, citing privacy and bias risks (Ethan Millman/Rolling Stone) 23-06-2023

Ethan Millman / Rolling Stone: Over 100 artists including Tom Morello call for a live event facial recognition ban and pledge to boycott venues using the tech, citing privacy and bias risks  —  The artists are among 100 other performers and venues calling for the ban of facial recognition technology at live events Lees verder op Tech Meme

EvaluAgent, which is developing quality assurance testing software for call centers, raised a $20M Series A led by PeakSpan, bringing its total funding to $21M (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) 23-06-2023

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: EvaluAgent, which is developing quality assurance testing software for call centers, raised a $20M Series A led by PeakSpan, bringing its total funding to $21M  —  After spending more than a decade in the customer experience industry, three friends, Jaime Scott, Michelle Dinsmore and Alex Richards … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: Reddit's revenue rose 38% YoY to ~$670M in 2022, a steep drop from 2021's 100%+ growth, adding to IPO uncertainties and suggesting a $3.3B+ valuation (Cory Weinberg/The Information) 23-06-2023

Cory Weinberg / The Information: Sources: Reddit’s revenue rose 38% YoY to ~$670M in 2022, a steep drop from 2021’s 100%+ growth, adding to IPO uncertainties and suggesting a $3.3B+ valuation  —  A stark business reality faced Reddit before a user uprising engulfed its site this month: slowing sales growth. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Accelerant, which launched a marketplace for insurance underwriters, raised $150M led by Barings at a $2.4B valuation, up from $2.2B in 2022 (Katie Roof/Bloomberg) 23-06-2023

Katie Roof / Bloomberg: Accelerant, which launched a marketplace for insurance underwriters, raised $150M led by Barings at a $2.4B valuation, up from $2.2B in 2022  —  Barings LLC is leading a $150 million investment in Accelerant, valuing the insurance-related business at $2.4 billion. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Precision Neuroscience, founded by a Neuralink co-founder, claims to have conducted its first in-human clinical study to map brain signals via a neural implant (Ashley Capoot/CNBC) 23-06-2023

Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Precision Neuroscience, founded by a Neuralink co-founder, claims to have conducted its first in-human clinical study to map brain signals via a neural implant  —  – Founded in 2021 by a co-founder of Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface startup, Precision Neuroscience … Lees verder op Tech Meme

A mistakenly released FDIC doc lists SVB customers before its collapse: Sequoia with $1B, Beijing-based Kanzhun with $902.9M, Altos Labs with $680.3M, and more (Bloomberg) 23-06-2023

Bloomberg: A mistakenly released FDIC doc lists SVB customers before its collapse: Sequoia with $1B, Beijing-based Kanzhun with $902.9M, Altos Labs with $680.3M, and more  —  When federal regulators stepped in to backstop all of Silicon Valley Bank’s deposits, they saved thousands of small tech startups … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Court filing: the US SEC agreed to forego $30M of bankrupt crypto lender BlockFi's $50M fine, for not registering with the regulator, until investors are repaid (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk) 23-06-2023

Sandali Handagama / CoinDesk: Court filing: the US SEC agreed to forego $30M of bankrupt crypto lender BlockFi’s $50M fine, for not registering with the regulator, until investors are repaid  —  The regulator agreed to forego the payment, owed as part of a settlement of charges against BlockFi, to maximize and speed up payments to investors. Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Biden administration broadens eligibility for federal Chips Act subsidies to include companies providing tools, chemicals, and other semiconductor supplies (Yuka Hayashi/Wall Street Journal) 23-06-2023

Yuka Hayashi / Wall Street Journal: The Biden administration broadens eligibility for federal Chips Act subsidies to include companies providing tools, chemicals, and other semiconductor supplies  —  Biden administration expands eligibility for federal subsidies to semiconductor factory suppliers Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at Apple Vision Pro features based on the visionOS SDK, including a “Moving at Unsafe Speed” alert, a “Travel Mode” for airplanes, and a “Guest Mode” (Filipe Espósito/9to5Mac) 23-06-2023

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: A look at Apple Vision Pro features based on the visionOS SDK, including a “Moving at Unsafe Speed” alert, a “Travel Mode” for airplanes, and a “Guest Mode”  —  Apple announced Vision Pro at WWDC 2023.  But even so, there are still a lot of details … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: most of the ~12K workers at TSMC's Arizona fab are non-union contractors; workers detail wage theft, accidents of loads dropped from cranes, and more (Lee Harris/American Prospect) 23-06-2023

Lee Harris / American Prospect: Sources: most of the ~12K workers at TSMC’s Arizona fab are non-union contractors; workers detail wage theft, accidents of loads dropped from cranes, and more  —  TSMC’s $40 billion semiconductor facility in Phoenix, an open shop that resisted signing an agreement with labor unions … Lees verder op Tech Meme