Tech Meme

Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: GP Bullhound: European tech startups raised €30.5B in debt in 2022, up from €15.9B in 2021, as the global tech slump made raising new equity more difficult  —  European technology startups nearly doubled the amount of debt they took on last year, exposing them to the turmoil … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Instagram plans to roll out ads in search result globally in the coming months after initial tests and launches Reminder Ads for opt-in reminders about events  —  Meta is introducing two new tools on Instagram designed to open up additional avenues for advertising as the company grapples with weak advertising demand. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cade Metz / New York Times: The Association for Computing Machinery awards Bob Metcalfe the Turing Award for his work on Ethernet at the Palo Alto Research Center in the 1970s  —  In the 1970s, Bob Metcalfe helped develop the primary technology that lets you send email or connect with a printer over an office network. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Luke Plunkett / Kotaku: Ubisoft unveils Ghostwriter and says the internal AI tool will help scriptwriters save time and create more realistic non-player character interactions  —  Ubisoft Ghostwriter is described by the company as ‘an AI tool’  —  Ubisoft, the publishers behind Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry and Ghost Recon … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Arian Khameneh / Wired: Researchers: Iran’s cyber army, or Cyberi, ramped up spear-phishing and adopted new tactics aiming to sow distrust among citizens as political unrest continues  —  Amid ongoing protests, the Iranian regime has lost control of its image, pushing it to employ increasingly drastic tactics where everyone loses. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Nvidia announces the H800 chip, a modified H100 chip, for export to China; Alibaba, Baidu, Tencent, and other Chinese companies are already using the H800  —  Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O), the U.S. semiconductor designer that dominates the market for artificial intelligence (AI) chips … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Silicon Canals: Paris-based XXII, an AI-powered computer vision SaaS provider for the deployment and configuration of video stream analysis algorithms, raised a €22M Series A  —  Paris-based XXII, an AI-powered computer vision company, announced on Tuesday that it has secured €22M in a Series … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: The US proposes barring CHIPS Act beneficiaries from expanding manufacturing output in “countries of concern” by 5% for advanced chips and 10% for legacy chips  —  The Biden administration unveiled tight restrictions on new operations in China by chipmakers that get federal funds … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jaron Schneider / PetaPixel: Digital photography site DPReview, owned by Amazon, is closing April 10; people can request downloads of photos or texts they uploaded to the site until April 6  —  DPReview, easily one of the most beloved publications among photography enthusiasts, will shut down and its content will be deleted. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Silicon Canals: Paris-based XXII, an AI-powered computer vision SaaS provider for the deployment and configuration of video stream analysis algorithms, raised a €22M Series A  —  Paris-based XXII, an AI-powered computer vision company, announced on Tuesday that it has secured €22M in a Series … Lees verder op Tech Meme