Tech Meme

Laura Cooper / Wall Street Journal: Sources: private equity firms Francisco Partners and TPG are working together on a $5B+ bid to acquire observability software company New Relic  —  Buyout firms Francisco Partners, TPG team up in $5 billion-plus bid  —  Private-equity firms Francisco Partners and TPG are working together … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Logitech partners with iFixit to help with DIY repairs, supplying spare parts, batteries, and guides for select Logitech hardware starting this summer in the US  —  / Official spare parts, batteries, and repair guides for select Logitech hardware will be available through iFixit starting ‘this summer.’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dietrich Knauth / Reuters: Voyager expects users to recover ~35% of their crypto deposits as a US judge approves its liquidation plan, letting the company return ~$1.33B in crypto assets  —  Crypto lender Voyager Digital said Wednesday that customers will recover about 35% of their cryptocurrency deposits as the company winds … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dietrich Knauth / Reuters: Voyager says customers will recover ~35% of their crypto deposits as a US judge approves its liquidation plan, allowing it to return ~$1.33B in crypto assets  —  Crypto lender Voyager Digital said Wednesday that customers will recover about 35% of their cryptocurrency deposits as the company winds … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: An update to Google’s Personal Safety app for Android suggests the company plans to offer a Dashcam recording feature for Pixel phones and other select devices  —  Rather than needing to buy a (sometimes pricey) dedicated gadget, you should soon be able to use your Pixel (and select other Android devices) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Draft doc: European telecoms propose that companies accounting for 5%+ of a provider’s peak average internet traffic help fund the rollout of 5G and broadband  —  Big tech companies accounting for more than 5% of a telecoms provider’s peak average internet traffic should help fund the rollout … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Draft doc: European telecom groups propose that companies considered “large traffic generators” should help fund the rollout of 5G and broadband across Europe  —  Big tech companies accounting for more than 5% of a telecoms provider’s peak average internet traffic should help fund … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Louise Matsakis / Semafor: After FiscalNote, which offers data to US lobbyists, shared plans to use ChatGPT, OpenAI told the company the chatbot can only be used for grassroots campaigns  —  OpenAI told a leading company that provides data to Washington lobbyists and policy advocates that it can’t advertise using ChatGPT for politics. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: Sources: the Irish DPC is set to hand Meta a record EU privacy fine and order the company to stop all data transfers to the US that rely on certain clauses  —  Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc. is set to be handed a record European Union privacy fine eclipsing a €746 million ($809 million) penalty doled out to Amazon.com Inc.. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Peter Landers / Wall Street Journal: IBM plans to give $100M and Google plans to give $50M for quantum computing research to the University of Chicago and the University of Tokyo  —  Deal to be announced at Hiroshima G-7 summit seeks to preserve American lead in critical technology  —  TOKYO—IBM and Google are giving $150 million … Lees verder op Tech Meme