Tech Meme

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: UK-based Flock, which uses real-time data to insure commercial vehicle fleets for Amazon, Jaguar Land Rover, and others, raised a $38M Series A led by Octopus  —  It’s only human nature.  If you tell a driver their insurance premium will go down if they drive more safely, then – it turns out – they will probably drive more safely. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Meir Orbach / CTech: Cloud security and visibility startup Wiz raised a $300M Series D led by Lightspeed at a $10B valuation, up from $6B in October 2021 after raising $250M  —  The Israeli startup said that it will not hold any of the funds in Israel due to the impending judicial coup Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zoë Schiffer / @zoeschiffer: Source: Esther Crawford, who has become one of the most influential leaders at Twitter after Musk’s takeover, is out as chief executive of Twitter Payments  —  Just got confirmation that Esther Crawford, chief executive of Twitter Payments, is out. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Washington Post: After a string of high-profile setbacks, the White House and FTC are finding breaking up Big Tech is hard, as Google lawyers up ahead of its court battle  —  Google is hiring teams of former DOJ lawyers to fight antitrust lawsuits as the battle over tech firms’ power shifts to the courts Lees verder op Tech Meme

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: A look at Dude Perfect on YouTube, as its five founders look to build a theme park; a source says Dude Perfect’s 2022 revenue was ~$25M, up from ~$20M in 2021  —  The five friends found fame making basketball trick shots and now hope fans can try similar antics at a theme park they would call Dude Perfect World Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Google announces new features for Android, ChromeOS, and Wear OS, including Fast Pair support for Chromebooks, Keep shortcuts, and Wear OS accessibility modes  —  Google has announced a slew of new features for Android, Chromebook and Wear OS that are designed to improve connectivity, productivity and accessibility. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zoë Schiffer / @zoeschiffer: Source: Esther Crawford, who has become one of the most influential leaders at Twitter after Musk’s takeover, is out as chief executive of Twitter Payments  —  Just got confirmation that Esther Crawford, chief executive of Twitter Payments, is out. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zoë Schiffer / @zoeschiffer: Source: Esther Crawford, who has become one of the most influential leaders at Twitter after Musk’s takeover, is out as chief executive of Twitter Payments  —  Just got confirmation that Esther Crawford, chief executive of Twitter Payments, is out. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: GSMA unveils Open Gateway, an initiative with 21 carriers offering open-source APIs using AWS and Azure to provide carrier billing, location, and other services  —  APIs are the building blocks of how the world of technology works: used to integrate applications with each other … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Sin / XDA Developers: Hands-on with the Xiaomi Wireless AR Smart Glass Explorer Edition, featuring two micro-OLED screens, three front-facing cameras, and weighing 126g, in prototype  —  Xiaomi’s AR Smart Glasses are a prototype not meant for commercial release right now, but the hardware feels more than ready Lees verder op Tech Meme