Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: IBM plans to acquire Apptio for $4.6B in cash from Vista Equity Partners, which paid $1.94B to take the cloud IT management startup private in November 2018  —  As cloud architecture continues to more ubiquitous among organizations, increasingly what is more apparent is that many organizations … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: AI-powered analytics startup ThoughtSpot plans to acquire business intelligence startup Mode Analytics for $200M in cash and stock; Mode had raised $81M to date  —  ThoughtSpot, an AI-powered analytics startup, today announced that it’s entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Mode Analytics … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: A profile of South Korean engineer Choi Jin-seok, who set out to become a star in China’s chip industry after his career stalled and now faces IP theft charges  —  In 2006, a Korean engineer called Choi Jin-seok achieved a feat that earned him the nickname “master of semiconductor yield”. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk: FTX bankruptcy team says the exchange owed customers ~$8.7B after commingling and misusing their deposits, and ~$7B in liquid assets have been recovered so far  —  Commingling and misuse of customer and corporate funds occurred from the inception of FTX, says current CEO John J. Ray III. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brian Fung / CNN: A breakdown of how much each US state will get in the $42.5B broadband infrastructure plan; Texas leads with $3.3B+, followed by California with $1.8B+  —  The Biden administration on Monday outlined how states across the country will be receiving billions of dollars in federal funding … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Google Pixel Fold review: nice landscape mode for videos and usable outer display, but it’s heavy, may not be durable, has limited multitasking, and is pricey  —  If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission.  See our ethics statement.  —  The Google Pixel Fold is a lot of phone. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: ThoughtSpot, an AI-powered analytics startup, plans to acquire Mode Analytics, a business intelligence startup, for $200M in cash and stock; Mode raised $81M  —  ThoughtSpot, an AI-powered analytics startup, today announced that it’s entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Mode Analytics … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Will Knight / Wired: DeepMind co-founder and CEO Demis Hassabis shares details on Gemini, a ChatGPT rival DeepMind is making that blends strengths of LLMs with AlphaGo-type systems  —  Demis Hassabis says the company is working on a system called Gemini that will tap techniques that helped AlphaGo defeat a Go champion in 2016. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Meta announces Quest+, a VR subscription service that gives Quest 2, Quest 3, and Quest Pro users access to two games every month for $7.99/month or $59.99/year  —  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg just announced Quest Plus, the company’s new “virtual reality subscription” that gives users access to “the best titles on the platform,” he said. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Thompson / Stratechery: While the FTC’s Amazon complaint has valid points, Prime’s value proposition is overwhelmingly positive for consumers and the FTC seems to ignore the trade-offs  —  It was Friday morning, and I needed sunglasses — specifically the nerdy ones that fit on top of a pair of prescription glasses. Lees verder op Tech Meme