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Riyadh-based Manafa, which offers SMBs debt and equity financing based on a crowdfunding model, raised a ~$28.2M Series A led by STV and Aramco's Wa'ed Ventures (Deena Kamel/The National) 03-01-2023

Deena Kamel / The National: Riyadh-based Manafa, which offers SMBs debt and equity financing based on a crowdfunding model, raised a ~$28.2M Series A led by STV and Aramco’s Wa’ed Ventures  —  The series A round was led by STV and Aramco’s venture capital arm  —  Listen In English Listen in Arabic Lees verder op Tech Meme

India releases draft online gaming rules, seeking to create a self-regulatory body and to require parental consent for gamers under 18, for public consultation (Moneycontrol) 03-01-2023

Moneycontrol: India releases draft online gaming rules, seeking to create a self-regulatory body and to require parental consent for gamers under 18, for public consultation  —  These draft regulations come at a time when India’s gaming sector has seen unprecedented growth in terms of app downloads and revenue Lees verder op Tech Meme

Shopify President Harley Finkelstein says the company's Audiences marketing tool, which uploads customer data to Meta and Google's ad platforms, is a key focus (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times) 03-01-2023

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: Shopify President Harley Finkelstein says the company’s Audiences marketing tool, which uploads customer data to Meta and Google’s ad platforms, is a key focus  —  Canadian ecommerce group touts new tool that allows retailers to pool customer data and better target ads Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zomato co-founder and CTO Gunjan Patidar leaves, after the exits of two senior executives and another co-founder in December; Zomato's stock fell 57%+ in 2022 (Manish Singh/TechCrunch) 02-01-2023

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Zomato co-founder and CTO Gunjan Patidar leaves, after the exits of two senior executives and another co-founder in December; Zomato’s stock fell 57%+ in 2022  —  Zomato said on Monday its co-founder and chief technology officer Gunjan Patidar has left the firm, the latest in a series … Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at China's growing, Beijing-endorsed “virtual people” industry, including scandal-free influencers, performers, and customer service representatives (Evelyn Cheng/CNBC) 02-01-2023

Evelyn Cheng / CNBC: A look at China’s growing, Beijing-endorsed “virtual people” industry, including scandal-free influencers, performers, and customer service representatives  —  – Tech company Baidu said the number of virtual people projects it’s worked on for clients has doubled since last year … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Research: 35+ companies have pledged ~$200B for chip-related manufacturing projects in the US since spring 2020 across 16 states and 23 new chip factories (New York Times) 02-01-2023

New York Times: Research: 35+ companies have pledged ~$200B for chip-related manufacturing projects in the US since spring 2020 across 16 states and 23 new chip factories  —  Amid a tech cold war with China, U.S. companies have pledged nearly $200 billion for chip manufacturing projects since early 2020. Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look back at 2022 as a dismal year for startups, from plummeting investments to scarce public listings, as data suggests 2023 could be even more difficult (Heather Somerville/Wall Street Journal) 02-01-2023

Heather Somerville / Wall Street Journal: A look back at 2022 as a dismal year for startups, from plummeting investments to scarce public listings, as data suggests 2023 could be even more difficult  —  Founders and investors face potential further declines before venture-capital market recovers  —  Startups had a dismal year … Lees verder op Tech Meme

An overview of Chinese tech companies rushing to match generative AI tools like DALL-E 2 despite tighter regulations, censorship, US chip sanctions, and more (Rita Liao/TechCrunch) 02-01-2023

Rita Liao / TechCrunch: An overview of Chinese tech companies rushing to match generative AI tools like DALL-E 2 despite tighter regulations, censorship, US chip sanctions, and more  —  Chinese tech companies rush to match Stable Diffusion and DALL-E 2, but roadblocks lie ahead  —  The gigantic technological leap … Lees verder op Tech Meme

In an open letter, Cameron Winklevoss accuses Digital Currency Group CEO Barry Silbert of engaging in “bad faith stall tactics” after Genesis halted withdrawals (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg) 02-01-2023

Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: In an open letter, Cameron Winklevoss accuses Digital Currency Group CEO Barry Silbert of engaging in “bad faith stall tactics” after Genesis halted withdrawals  —  The fallout from the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire just got messier, with digital-asset entrepreneur … Lees verder op Tech Meme

PyTorch identifies a malicious dependency using its “torchtriton” library name, warning nightly version users to uninstall; the hacker claims ethical research (Ax Sharma/BleepingComputer) 02-01-2023

Ax Sharma / BleepingComputer: PyTorch identifies a malicious dependency using its “torchtriton” library name, warning nightly version users to uninstall; the hacker claims ethical research  —  PyTorch has identified a malicious dependency with the same name as the framework’s ‘torchtriton’ library. Lees verder op Tech Meme