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Liz Young / Wall Street Journal: Amazon is rolling out AI across 12 fulfillment centers to weed out damaged goods and says the tech is 3x as effective at spotting damage as a warehouse worker  —  Company expects artificial intelligence to reduce the number of damaged items moving through fulfillment centers and to speed up deliveries Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Lang / Road to VR: Ultraleap unveils the $140 hand-tracking module Leap Motion 2, its first since the original in 2013, with support for standalone XR headsets; preorders open  —  The Daily Roundup Newsletter  —  Keep your finger on the pulse of the XR industry with the Daily Roundup, the most important news in one daily email. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Cortex, which sells an internal developer portal for teams making software at scale, raised a $35M Series B led by IVP, taking its total funding to nearly $53M  —  Cortex, a startup building an internal developer portal that helps engineering teams build better software at scale … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael McSweeney / The Block: Crypto bridging protocol Multichain says it suspended service for multiple chains after being unable to contact its CEO to get server access amid tech problems  —  – Multichain, the cross-chain protocol, confirmed Wednesday that the team is unable to contact its chief executive amid ongoing technology problems. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple is testing two new high-end Macs, one with M2 Max, and the other with the unannounced M2 Ultra chip with 60 graphics cores and up to 192GB of RAM  —  Apple Inc. is testing a pair of new high-end Macs and their accompanying processors ahead of its Worldwide Developers Conference next week … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mike Freeman / San Diego Union-Tribune: San Diego-based Measurabl, which makes carbon footprint management tools for properties, raised a $93M Series D led by Energy Impact Partners and Sway Ventures  —  Measurabl managed to raise money despite the venture capital market being largely frozen for technology entrepreneurs. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Natasha Singer / New York Times: Amazon agrees to pay $25M to settle FTC and DOJ charges over the company keeping Alexa voice recordings and geolocation data collected from children for years  —  Regulators said the tech giant kept children’s Alexa voice recordings “forever,” violating a children’s privacy law. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Amazon’s Ring agrees to pay $5.8M to settle FTC allegations that until 2017, Ring gave employees and third-party contractors full access to every customer video  —  Amazon.com Inc. agreed to pay $30.8 million to resolve two cases brought by the Federal Trade Commission Wednesday related to privacy lapses by its smart devices. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jane Lee / Reuters: Boston-based Lightmatter, which uses light for AI computing, raised a $154M Series C from Fidelity, GV, and others, and claims to have tripled its valuation  —  Lightmatter, a Boston-based startup using light for AI computing, said on Wednesday it raised $154 million and tripled its valuation … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rohan Goswami / CNBC: CrowdStrike reports Q1 revenue up 42% YoY to $692.6M, vs. $676.4M est., and ARR up 42% YoY to $2.73B, slower than the 61% growth in Q1 2023; CRWD drops 10%+  —  – CrowdStrike reported first quarter results for its fiscal 2024 year on Wednesday, at a time when China-related cybersecurity concerns have mounted. Lees verder op Tech Meme