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Networking startup Nile, founded by ex-Cisco executives, raised a $175M Series C co-led by March Capital and Saudi Arabia's Sanabil, taking its funding to $300M (Krystal Hu/Reuters) 01-08-2023

Krystal Hu / Reuters: Networking startup Nile, founded by ex-Cisco executives, raised a $175M Series C co-led by March Capital and Saudi Arabia’s Sanabil, taking its funding to $300M  —  Nile, a networking startup co-founded by former Cisco Systems executives John Chambers and Pankaj Patel, has raised $175 million … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Neon, a serverless PostgreSQL database startup, raised a $46M Series B led by Menlo Ventures, taking its total funding to $104M, after launching in 2022 (Sean Michael Kerner/VentureBeat) 01-08-2023

Sean Michael Kerner / VentureBeat: Neon, a serverless PostgreSQL database startup, raised a $46M Series B led by Menlo Ventures, taking its total funding to $104M, after launching in 2022  —  Neon, a serverless PostgreSQL database company, announced it has successfully raised $46 million in a series B round of funding. Lees verder op Tech Meme

The global race to develop quantum computing, encryption, and more demands balancing protectionism and the spirit of cooperation for the US and its allies (Damien Cave/New York Times) 01-08-2023

Damien Cave / New York Times: The global race to develop quantum computing, encryption, and more demands balancing protectionism and the spirit of cooperation for the US and its allies  —  A global race to harness the power of atoms for navigation, computing and encryption is pitting concerns over protectionism against the spirit of cooperation. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Snap launches a new Lens Creator Rewards program for Snapchat to give AR creators and developers a chance to earn up to $7,200/month for top performing Lenses (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch) 01-08-2023

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Snap launches a new Lens Creator Rewards program for Snapchat to give AR creators and developers a chance to earn up to $7,200/month for top performing Lenses  —  Snapchat is introducing a new Lens Creator Rewards program to give AR creators and developers the chance to earn money for top-performing Lenses … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: under pressure from the EU, Meta offers to seek user consent in Europe for targeted ads based on users' digital activity as soon as October 2023 (Sam Schechner/Wall Street Journal) 01-08-2023

Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: Sources: under pressure from the EU, Meta offers to seek user consent in Europe for targeted ads based on users’ digital activity as soon as October 2023  —  Under pressure from regulators, the Facebook and Instagram owner proposes asking users to opt in before targeting ads with their digital activity Lees verder op Tech Meme

The FBI says a contractor misled the agency and used NSO's Landmark to track people in Mexico without consent; the FBI terminated the contract in April 2023 (New York Times) 01-08-2023

New York Times: The FBI says a contractor misled the agency and used NSO’s Landmark to track people in Mexico without consent; the FBI terminated the contract in April 2023  —  After a Times report, the bureau canceled its contract with a government contractor that used the tool on its behalf.  But questions remain. Lees verder op Tech Meme

After Curve disclosed a hack, CRV dropped by ~25% in three days, prompting fears of wider market turbulence; DefiLlama: crypto using Curve fell ~50% to $1.9B (Bloomberg) 01-08-2023

Bloomberg: After Curve disclosed a hack, CRV dropped by ~25% in three days, prompting fears of wider market turbulence; DefiLlama: crypto using Curve fell ~50% to $1.9B  —  – Curve’s native CRV coin posted three-day, 25% slump after hack  — Drop raised concerns about wider fallout from platform’s woes Lees verder op Tech Meme

Uber reports Q2 revenue up 14% YoY to $9.23B, gross bookings up 16% YoY to $33.6B, and a $394M net income, up from a $2.6B loss in Q2 2022, its first profit (Preetika Rana/Wall Street Journal) 01-08-2023

Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal: Uber reports Q2 revenue up 14% YoY to $9.23B, gross bookings up 16% YoY to $33.6B, and a $394M net income, up from a $2.6B loss in Q2 2022, its first profit  —  Ride-hailing and delivery businesses grew in the second quarter, though freight shrank  —  Uber Technologies posted … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Pearson plans to launch generative AI study tools for the upcoming academic year, including an “On a Tight Schedule” feature to summarize key learning points (Charlotte Hughes-Morgan/Bloomberg) 01-08-2023

Charlotte Hughes-Morgan / Bloomberg: Pearson plans to launch generative AI study tools for the upcoming academic year, including an “On a Tight Schedule” feature to summarize key learning points  —  – ChatGPT-style features will be added to Pearson+ and Mastering  — New AI tools will not give students a ‘shortcut to an answer’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Court filings: FTX Group details a draft plan to repay creditors, including settling claims in USD and wiping out FTT; seven classes of creditors can now vote (Jeremy Hill/Bloomberg) 01-08-2023

Jeremy Hill / Bloomberg: Court filings: FTX Group details a draft plan to repay creditors, including settling claims in USD and wiping out FTT; seven classes of creditors can now vote  —  – Customer claims to be valued in US dollars as of bankruptcy  — Company hasn’t ruled out rebooting offshore exchange Lees verder op Tech Meme