Tech Meme

Katie Roof / Bloomberg: Redpanda, which sells AI-powered data analytics tools, raised a $100M Series D led by GV, with participation from Lightspeed, doubling its 2023 valuation to $1B  —  Lightspeed Venture Partners also participated in the deal, which Redpanda announced Thursday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Chainalysis: North Korean hackers stole $6B+ in crypto over the past decade and accounted for 60%+ of theft losses in 2024; the regime commands 8,000 hackers  —  More than $6 billion from heists highlights the sophistication of cyber operations funneling cash to Kim Jong Un’s nuclear program Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: China places some rare earth elements under export restrictions as part of its response to Trump’s tariffs and imposes a 34% retaliatory tariff on US goods  —  China placed some rare earth elements under export restrictions on Friday as part of its sweeping response to President Donald Trump’s … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kalley Huang / The Information: Sources: Meta aims to launch Llama 4 later in April after pushing back its release at least twice due to benchmark underperformance in reasoning and math tasks  —  Last spring, Meta Platforms was on a tear.  It had just released Llama 3, a new generation of its large language model … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Economic Times: Bengaluru-based fintech Scapia, which offers a travel-focused credit card and app, raised a $40M Series B led by Peak XV, bringing its total funding to $72M  —  Travel-focused fintech Scapia, founded by ex-Flipkart executive Anil Goteti, raised $40 million in funding led by Peak XV Partners. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Midjourney debuts V7 in alpha, its first new AI image model in nearly a year with a “totally different architecture”, a week after OpenAI’s new image generator  —  Midjourney, one of the first AI-based image generators on the web, has released its first new AI image model in nearly a year. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: The Meta antitrust case is the first big test of President Trump’s FTC and its chair Andrew Ferguson, a Big Tech critic; Meta seems to be exploring a settlement  —  Mark Zuckerberg steps up lobbying effort with antitrust regulator set to signal its approach to Big Tech Lees verder op Tech Meme

Washington Post: US officials say NSA director and Cyber Command head Timothy Haugh was fired on April 3, along with his civilian deputy Wendy Noble and at least five aides  —  The director of the NSA, the powerful wiretapping and cyber espionage service, was fired Thursday, according to U.S. officials.  —  just now Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kalley Huang / The Information: Sources: Meta aims to release Llama 4 later this month after pushing back its release date at least twice due to underperformance in reasoning and math tasks  —  Last spring, Meta Platforms was on a tear.  It had just released Llama 3, a new generation of its large language model … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Pew Research Center: Survey: 35% of US adults say they think AI’s impact on the US will be negative over the next 20 years, while 56% of AI experts say AI’s impact will be positive  —  The public and experts are far apart in their enthusiasm and predictions for AI.  But they share similar views in wanting … Lees verder op Tech Meme