Samantha Cole / 404 Media: The FBI arrests a man on criminal charges for allegedly producing and distributing AI-generated images of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct  —  He allegedly used Stable Diffusion, a text-to-image generative AI model, to create “thousands of realistic images of prepubescent minors,” prosecutors said. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cory Weinberg / The Information: Sources: Anduril has had early discussions to raise ~$1.5B at a $12.5B+ valuation, and told investors the startup roughly doubled revenue to ~$500M in 2023  —  Military defense startup Anduril has had early discussions to raise what would be one of the largest venture capital rounds of the year so far … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Julia Love / Bloomberg: A profile of Alphabet’s moonshot X lab, which is carving out a path to spin off projects as independent startups, after years of debate and experimentation  —  Alphabet is ending an era of unrestrained invention, spinning off many projects into independent startups. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Los Angeles Times: A look at challenges LA faces as it tries to remain a major tech hub; CB Insights says VC funding of LA-based startups totaled $6.9B in 2023, down 73% from 2021  —  High atop a Century City tower with floor-to-ceiling views of the Westside, a group of venture capitalists … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Toby Sterling / Reuters: European research labs led by Belgium-based imec will receive €2.5B in funding under European Chips Act to set up a pilot line to develop and test sub-2nm chips  —  Leading European research labs will receive 2.5 billion euros ($2.72 billion) in funding under the European Chips Act … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bob Henderson / Wall Street Journal: A look at the use of quantum computing to solve optimization problems, which are devilishly difficult because of the huge number of options they entail  —  Technological advances are letting companies and researchers explore practical uses for quantum computers, such as optimizing airline gate assignments Lees verder op Tech Meme

Toby Sterling / Reuters: European research labs led by Belgium-based imec will receive €2.5B in funding under European Chips Act to set up a pilot line to develop and test sub-2nm chips  —  Leading European research labs will receive 2.5 billion euros ($2.72 billion) in funding under the European Chips Act … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Business Insider: Inside Oracle’s Cerner acquisition, including issues with Cerner’s EHR system, which Oracle says it wasn’t aware of, and its rollout at the US Veterans Affairs  —  Larry Ellison bet $28 billion he could revolutionize healthcare.  So why are so many patients dying?  —  An curved arrow pointing right. Lees verder op Tech Meme