Tech Meme

Jon Porter / The Verge: Humane co-founder Imran Chaudhri demoed an AI-powered screenless wearable with a projector to display info, voice and gestures for input, and no phone required  —  Humane, the startup founded by ex-Apple employees Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno, has given a first live demo of its new device … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kate Clark / The Information: Amsterdam-based Weaviate, an open-source vector database for startups building generative AI, raised a $50M Series B led by Index Ventures at a $200M valuation  —  Weaviate, an infrastructure startup whose technology is essential for companies trying to build generative AI tools … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aaron Tilley / Wall Street Journal: Docs: Apple plans an iPhone journaling app to let users compile their daily activities, in an expansion of the company’s mental and physical health efforts  —  Daily activities log is set to compete with existing software  —  Apple Inc. is planning an iPhone app to let users compile … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ina Fried / Axios: Humane previews AI-powered wearable  —  Ex-Apple employee Imran Chaudhri gave TED attendees on Thursday an early glimpse of the AI-powered wearable that his startup, Humane, has been developing. … – He also answered a phone call from his wife with the call information appearing as a green image projected onto his hand. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: The Linux Foundation launches the TLA+ Foundation to promote and develop the TLA+ programming language; inaugural members include AWS, Oracle, and Microsoft  —  The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit tech consortium that manages various open source efforts, today announced the launch … Lees verder op Tech Meme

John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: The White House meets with corporate, government, and academic experts to begin developing 6G goals and strategies, as the US seeks to build a lead over China  —  Biden administration aims to reassert U.S. leadership in telecom, an area where China has made gains Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Austin-based Halcyon, which uses AI to protect against ransomware events, raised a $50M Series A, including $6M in debt, led by SYN Ventures and Corner Ventures  —  Following the Colonial Pipeline incident in 2021, Jon Miller and Ryan Smith wondered why, with the widespread adoption of security tools … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Internal Q&A: Mark Zuckerberg says Meta plans to backfill vacated positions but slow hiring to a net employee growth of 1% to 2% year over year going forward  —  Facebook-parent CEO says employee growth of 1%-2% a year will be standard in future  —  Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dara Kerr / NPR: Sources: Twitter removed “visibility filtering rules”, known as “shadow bans”, for government accounts and state-affiliated media from Russia, China, and Iran  —  Dmitry Medvedev, a leading government official and former president of Russia, took to Twitter earlier … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Lyft plans to lay off 1,200+, or 30%+ of its 4,000+ staff, days after its new CEO took over, aiming to cut its costs by 50%; Lyft cut ~700 jobs in 2022  —  Latest cuts could impact 30% or more of company’s over 4,000 employees  —  Lyft Inc. plans to cut 1,200 or more jobs … Lees verder op Tech Meme