Politico: EU Commissioner Thierry Breton starts a two-day California trip to push DSA in meetings with Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, and others — Thierry Breton flies to US to warn Twitter’s Elon Musk and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg to fall in line with EU law. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Acryl Data, which offers a data catalog service built on DataHub open source framework, raised a $21M Series A led by 8VC, bringing its total funding to $30M — With the explosion of different kinds of data, companies are struggling to realize meaningful value from their stored data. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Bloomberg: The US and the EU both agree that Google’s adtech dominance must end and call for a breakup; Margrethe Vestager hailed “close and fruitful” work with the DOJ — European Union and US antitrust regulators may have gone their separate ways of late. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Utah-based Limble, which helps companies track “dumb” and unconnected physical assets, raised a $58M Series B from Goldman Sachs at a $450M post-money valuation — Advances in Internet of Things technologies promise to give organizations and us ordinary people an unprecedented view … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Allison Johnson / The Verge: Motorola Razr Plus review: a useful large cover screen, all-day battery, and a fun form factor, but only splash-resistant and the cover screen setup is fiddly — June 22, 2023 … The Motorola Razr Plus is the first folding phone that makes me genuinely excited for what’s ahead. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: Stability AI launches SDXL 0.9, a model that uses a higher number of parameters to produce more photorealistic images than its SDXL beta from April, on Clipdrop — Artificial intelligence startup Stability AI is releasing a new model for generating images that its says can produce pictures … Lees verder op Tech Meme
SemiAnalysis: A look at Intel’s history as the chip industry’s only major Integrated Design Manufacturer and why the position is both a structural advantage and disadvantage — Foundry Cost, Hot Lots, Steppings, Tool Utilization, Test & More: Path to Operational Efficiency? — ∙ Paid Lees verder op Tech Meme
Wall Street Journal: A look at TikTok’s effect on US small businesses, as the app has become “a billion-person focus group”, disrupting business cycles and upending corporate R&D — The social-media giant has become ‘a billion-person focus group,’ disrupting business cycles and upending corporate R&D Lees verder op Tech Meme
Chavi Mehta / Reuters: Intel restructures its manufacturing business to work separately and says the unit will begin to generate a margin, but offers no clear scaling up timeframe — Intel Corp (INTC.O) said on Wednesday its manufacturing business will work like a separate unit and will begin to generate a margin … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: Sources: EU antitrust regulators are expected to open a full-scale probe into Amazon’s $1.7B acquisition of iRobot following the end of a preliminary review — EU antitrust regulators are expected to open a full-scale investigation into Amazon’s (AMZN.O) $1.7 billion acquisition … Lees verder op Tech Meme