Tech Meme

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Snap plans to let Snapchat users pause Streaks by buying Streak Restores for $0.99 each time and will soon let Snapchat+ subscribers pause Streaks indefinitely  —  Maintaining Snap Streaks — where you send a snap to your friend once every 24 hours — is really important to a lot of Snapchat users. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Martin Smolár / WeLiveSecurity: Researchers detail UEFI bootkit BlackLotus, capable of bypassing UEFI Secure Boot even on up-to-date Windows 11 systems and selling for $5K since October 2022  —  The first in-the-wild UEFI bootkit bypassing UEFI Secure Boot on fully updated UEFI systems is now a reality Lees verder op Tech Meme