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Cherlynn Low / Engadget: Kindle Scribe hands-on: AI, annotations, and other software updates help the 2-in-1 e-reader and writing tablet more closely mimic real books and notebooks  —  AI and annotations help the Scribe more closely mimic real books and notebooks.  —  Deputy Editor, Reviews  —  Seventeen years is an odd anniversary to call out. Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Pierce / The Verge: Amazon updates the Kindle Scribe to add modest design improvements like white bezels, a new stylus, and a more paper-like feel, shipping December 4 for $400  —  Ever since Amazon launched the Kindle Scribe in 2022, the company has been noticing some unusual ways people are using the device. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tony Polanco / Tom’s Guide: Kindle Colorsoft hands-on: bold and sharp color on a 7 display, wireless charging, and comfortable, lightweight design, but pricier than other Kindles at $280  —  The Kindle Colorsoft is shaping up to be a winner  —  Early Verdict … The Kindle Colorsoft ($279) is the first color Kindle and something I’ve been waiting years for. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: Lightmatter, which uses silicon photonics with waveguides instead of wires in chips, raised a $400M Series D led by T. Rowe Price at a $4.4B valuation  —  Investors put $400 million into the company, which aims to make it faster to build new AI software. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Prarthana Prakash / Fortune: Amsterdam-based Tebi, a payments app aimed at independent businesses like bars and cafes, raised a €20M Series A led by Index Ventures  —  Tebi was founded in 2021.  —  One of the founders of Dutch fintech star Adyen, Arnout Schuijff, has been quietly building out his next startup since leaving … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Martin Coulter / Reuters: LatticeFlow’s LLM Checker, which analyzed models from Meta, Alibaba, Mistral, Anthropic, and OpenAI against the EU’s AI Act, finds some compliance issues  —  Some of the most prominent artificial intelligence models are falling short of European regulations in key areas such as cybersecurity resilience … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: ASML’s stock falls the most since 1998 after projecting sluggish sales, erasing €50B from its market cap and causing Nvidia and other chip stocks to fall  —  – Magnitude of ASML’s forecast cut was a surprise, Citi says  — Peer Tokyo Electron among worst hit stocks in Asia, down 10% Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Victor / The Information: UK filings: Google DeepMind’s 2023 operating profit rose 91% YoY to £136M, after the Google Brain merger; Alphabet’s Isomorphic Labs loss rose 3x+ YoY to £60.4M  —  Operating profit at Google’s AI research unit, DeepMind, increased 91% last year to 136 million pounds … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Prarthana Prakash / Fortune: Amsterdam-based Tebi, a payments app aimed at independent businesses like bars and cafes, raised a €20M Series A led by Index Ventures  —  Tebi was founded in 2021.  —  One of the founders of Dutch fintech star Adyen, Arnout Schuijff, has been quietly building out his next startup since leaving … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: ASML’s stock falls the most since 1998 after projecting sluggish sales, erasing €50B from its market cap and causing Nvidia and other chip stocks to fall  —  – Magnitude of ASML’s forecast cut was a surprise, Citi says  — Peer Tokyo Electron among worst hit stocks in Asia, down 10% Lees verder op Tech Meme