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China's Big Fund pledges to invest ~$1.9B more in memory chipmaker YMTC, suggesting Beijing is again boosting its beleaguered chip industry after US tech curbs (Bloomberg) 02-03-2023

Bloomberg: China’s Big Fund pledges to invest ~$1.9B more in memory chipmaker YMTC, suggesting Beijing is again boosting its beleaguered chip industry after US tech curbs  —  China has pledged to invest an additional $1.9 billion in the country’s biggest maker of memory chips, a deal that may herald … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: EU regulators seem likely to approve Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, satisfied by the company's Nintendo and Nvidia licensing deals (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters) 02-03-2023

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: Sources: EU regulators seem likely to approve Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, satisfied by the company’s Nintendo and Nvidia licensing deals  —  EU antitrust regulators are not expected to demand that Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) sell assets to win approval for its $69 billion acquisition … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wunderkind, which lets brands target web visitors through emails, texts, and more, raised a $76M Series C, bringing its total funding to $150M+ (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) 02-03-2023

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Wunderkind, which lets brands target web visitors through emails, texts, and more, raised a $76M Series C, bringing its total funding to $150M+  —  Wunderkind, a platform that enables brands to target web visitors through emails, texts and other digital advertising formats … Lees verder op Tech Meme

CRM startup Attio, which claims better performance than Salesforce and its rivals, raised a $23.5M Series A led by Redpoint and crossed $1M ARR in December 2022 (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) 02-03-2023

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: CRM startup Attio, which claims better performance than Salesforce and its rivals, raised a $23.5M Series A led by Redpoint and crossed $1M ARR in December 2022  —  While a partner at a VC firm, Nicolas Sharp took on the project of finding customer relationship management (CRM) software for the firm. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: the FDA rejected Neuralink's trial application, citing dozens of issues to resolve before human testing, including the device's battery and removal (Reuters) 02-03-2023

Reuters: Sources: the FDA rejected Neuralink’s trial application, citing dozens of issues to resolve before human testing, including the device’s battery and removal  —  Musk has said his brain implant company, Neuralink, will make the paralyzed walk, the blind see and eventually turn people into cyborgs. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Coinbase switches banking partners for Prime accounts from Silvergate to Signature, after Silvergate reported being “less than well-capitalized” (Christiana Loureiro/The Block) 02-03-2023

Christiana Loureiro / The Block: Coinbase switches banking partners for Prime accounts from Silvergate to Signature, after Silvergate reported being “less than well-capitalized”  —  Coinbase said it was no longer accepting or initiating payments to or from Silvergate after the troubled crypto bank said yesterday that it may be … Lees verder op Tech Meme

After a report said Binance misplaced ~$1.8B in USDC, Binance offered confused and sometimes contradictory responses, continuing its petulant and defensive tone (David Z. Morris/CoinDesk) 02-03-2023

David Z. Morris / CoinDesk: After a report said Binance misplaced ~$1.8B in USDC, Binance offered confused and sometimes contradictory responses, continuing its petulant and defensive tone  —  The FUD is coming from inside the building, says David Z. Morris, CoinDesk’s chief insights columnist. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Email app BlueMail's co-founder says Apple blocked an update that added ChatGPT-powered features over inappropriate content concerns, requiring a 17+ age limit (Aaron Tilley/Wall Street Journal) 02-03-2023

Aaron Tilley / Wall Street Journal: Email app BlueMail’s co-founder says Apple blocked an update that added ChatGPT-powered features over inappropriate content concerns, requiring a 17+ age limit  —  iPhone maker asks email app with AI-language capabilities to set a 17-and-older age restriction  —  Regulation of Metaverse and Artificial Intelligence Lees verder op Tech Meme

Microsoft updates its Bing chatbot to let users toggle between creative, balanced, and precise tones, hoping to counter Bing's wild outbursts (Tom Warren/The Verge) 02-03-2023

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft updates its Bing chatbot to let users toggle between creative, balanced, and precise tones, hoping to counter Bing’s wild outbursts  —  Microsoft has added a new feature to its Bing chatbot that lets you toggle between different tones for responses. Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Biden administration releases its cybersecurity strategy, seeking to impose minimum standards, shift responsibility to larger software makers, and more (CyberScoop) 02-03-2023

CyberScoop: The Biden administration releases its cybersecurity strategy, seeking to impose minimum standards, shift responsibility to larger software makers, and more  —  The strategy represents a shift in how Washington approaches cybersecurity, veering toward a more strictly regulated approach. Lees verder op Tech Meme