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Worldcoin integrates with Okta and launches its World ID identity protocol in Germany, starting in Berlin, using its Orbs biometrics hardware to verify users (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk) 29-06-2023

Eliza Gkritsi / CoinDesk: Worldcoin integrates with Okta and launches its World ID identity protocol in Germany, starting in Berlin, using its Orbs biometrics hardware to verify users  —  World ID, which uses biometric data to verify users, helps apps distinguish people from bots and is more private than alternatives like Google sign-in. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Microsoft adds AI-powered shopping tools, including AI-generated buying guides in the US, to its new Bing search engine and the Bing AI chatbot in Edge (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch) 29-06-2023

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Microsoft adds AI-powered shopping tools, including AI-generated buying guides in the US, to its new Bing search engine and the Bing AI chatbot in Edge  —  Microsoft today announced a slew of new AI-powered shopping tools for its new Bing search engine and the Bing AI chatbot in the Edge sidebar. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Austria-based One Trading, the digital asset exchange formerly called Bitpanda Pro, raised a €30M Series A led by Valar Ventures, as it separates from Bitpanda (Brandy Betz/CoinDesk) 29-06-2023

Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: Austria-based One Trading, the digital asset exchange formerly called Bitpanda Pro, raised a €30M Series A led by Valar Ventures, as it separates from Bitpanda  —  The crypto exchange has split from Bitpanda and now operates as One Trading.  —  Austria-based One Trading … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Snap announces that Snapchat+, which lets users access experimental and pre-released features for $3.99 per month, reached 4M paid subscribers in its first year (Sara Fischer/Axios) 29-06-2023

Sara Fischer / Axios: Snap announces that Snapchat+, which lets users access experimental and pre-released features for $3.99 per month, reached 4M paid subscribers in its first year  —  Snapchat on Thursday will announce that its subscription service, Snapchat+, has reached 4 million paid subscribers in its first year, executives told Axios. Lees verder op Tech Meme

An analysis of WeChat's tracking ecosystem using reverse engineering: the app records and tracks user behavior when executing Mini Programs, a privacy risk (The Citizen Lab) 29-06-2023

The Citizen Lab: An analysis of WeChat’s tracking ecosystem using reverse engineering: the app records and tracks user behavior when executing Mini Programs, a privacy risk  —  Key findings  — This work performs the first analysis of WeChat’s tracking ecosystem.  Using reverse engineering methods … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Inflection AI, a startup led by DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman that released its Pi chatbot in May 2023, raised $1.3B, a source says at a $4B valuation (Alex Konrad/Forbes) 29-06-2023

Alex Konrad / Forbes: Inflection AI, a startup led by DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman that released its Pi chatbot in May 2023, raised $1.3B, a source says at a $4B valuation  —  Backed by Microsoft, Nvidia and billionaires Reid Hoffman, Bill Gates and Eric Schmidt, the startup led by ex-DeepMind leader Mustafa Suleyman … Lees verder op Tech Meme

NYC-based Runway AI, which lets customers generate videos from text prompts, raised $141M from Google, Nvidia, and others, taking its total funding to ~$237M (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg) 29-06-2023

Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: NYC-based Runway AI, which lets customers generate videos from text prompts, raised $141M from Google, Nvidia, and others, taking its total funding to ~$237M  —  Runway AI Inc., whose artificial intelligence software can create a short video from just a few typed words … Lees verder op Tech Meme

An analysis of WeChat's tracking ecosystem using reverse engineering: the service records activity and usage when users launch Mini Programs, a privacy risk (The Citizen Lab) 29-06-2023

The Citizen Lab: An analysis of WeChat’s tracking ecosystem using reverse engineering: the service records activity and usage when users launch Mini Programs, a privacy risk  —  Key findings  — This work performs the first analysis of WeChat’s tracking ecosystem.  Using reverse engineering methods … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Activists and researchers file a GDPR complaint against Pornhub in Italy, claiming the company is “illegally” handling user data; the process may take years (Matt Burgess/Wired) 29-06-2023

Matt Burgess / Wired: Activists and researchers file a GDPR complaint against Pornhub in Italy, claiming the company is “illegally” handling user data; the process may take years  —  Complaints filed in the European Union claim the porn site fails to follow basic data-collection policies under GDPR. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chinese food delivery giant Meituan plans to acquire AI startup Light Year from Meituan co-founder Wang Huiwen for ~$233.7M in cash and ~$50.7M in debt (John Biju/Reuters) 29-06-2023

John Biju / Reuters: Chinese food delivery giant Meituan plans to acquire AI startup Light Year from Meituan co-founder Wang Huiwen for ~$233.7M in cash and ~$50.7M in debt  —  Chinese food delivery giant Meituan (3690.HK) said on Thursday that it is acquiring artificial intelligence (AI) company Light Year … Lees verder op Tech Meme