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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Instagram launches a feature to protect users from unwanted images and videos in DMs: users are limited to one text-only request to those they don’t follow  —  Instagram is launching a new feature that is designed to better protect users from unwanted images and videos in DMs, the company announced on Thursday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: Miami-based Lula, which offers insurance products to car sharing, trucking, and other industries, raised a $35.5M Series B, following an $18M Series A in 2021  —  Lula, a startup which aims to be the ‘Stripe for insurance,’ has raised $35.5 million in a Series B funding round after experiencing a massive surge in customers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Patricia Nilsson / Financial Times: German chipmaker Infineon plans to spend a further €5B to build more capacity in Malaysia, for a €7B total investment, to capitalize on growing EV chips demand  —  German chipmaker announces investment but pressure on existing automotive business leads to share price fall Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Smith / AnandTech: AMD announces the Radeon Pro W7600 for $599, $50 cheaper than its predecessor, and W7500 for $429, both based on the new Navi 33 GPU, available later in Q3  —  As AMD continues to launch their full graphics product stacks based on their latest RDNA 3 architecture GPUs, the company is now preparing … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Patricia Nilsson / Financial Times: German chipmaker Infineon plans to spend a further €5B to build more capacity in Malaysia, for a €7B total investment, to capitalize on growing EV chips demand  —  German chipmaker announces investment but pressure on existing automotive business leads to share price fall Lees verder op Tech Meme

Patricia Nilsson / Financial Times: German chipmaker Infineon plans to spend a further €5B to build more capacity in Malaysia, for a €7B total investment, to capitalize on growing EV chips demand  —  German chipmaker announces investment but pressure on existing automotive business leads to share price fall Lees verder op Tech Meme

Vishal Chawla / The Block: Coinbase plans to open Base, its layer-2 blockchain built on Optimism’s OP Stack, to the public on August 9 and launches an Ethereum bridge  —  – Coinbase released a bridge between its Base network and Ethereum.  — The public launch of Base is set for August 9, making it accessible to everyone. Lees verder op Tech Meme

GPU Utils: An in-depth look at GPU supply and demand, particularly Nvidia H100s, how a reliance on TSMC causes bottlenecks, H100 clients, Nvidia’s allocations, and more  —  Introduction  —  As of August 2023, it seems AI might be bottlenecked by the supply of GPUs. … Is There Really A Bottleneck? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: Endor Labs, which offers code and pipeline governance tools, raised a $70M Series A led by Lightspeed, just 10 months after launching  —  Code and pipeline governance startup Endor Labs Inc. said today it has closed on a big funding round, reeling in $70 million in an early-stage round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Claire Moses / New York Times: As Dutch e-bike maker VanMoof goes bankrupt, owners of its $2,000+ bikes worry over replacing proprietary parts and losing important app-enabled bike functions  —  VanMoof’s sleek electric bikes attracted fans, but the Dutch company’s demise has left owners unable to get repairs and worried that app-enabled functions may stop working. Lees verder op Tech Meme