Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: France fines Google €250M for failing to broker deals with media outlets over content linking and using press content to train AI, after a €500M fine in 2021  —  – Firm also accused of breaking other commitments in news case  — Watchdog levies €250 million penalty in latest escalation Lees verder op Tech Meme

Camilla Hodgson / Financial Times: After its early OpenAI bet, Microsoft hiring Mustafa Suleyman and Inflection’s staff continues a strategy of developing close ties with leading AI practitioners  —  Satya Nadella’s hiring of Mustafa Suleyman continues strategy of developing close ties with fledging artificial intelligence companies Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: After damage to four major African subsea internet cables, some telecoms are rerouting traffic via Brazil or overland cables; repairs may take over three weeks  —  – Subsea cable repairs expected to take at least three weeks  — Cables off western coast may have been damaged in landslide Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: SteamDB: after releasing its massive 1.6 update, Stardew Valley hit 146,159 concurrent players on Steam, a new record and above Palworld’s stats this week  —  The cozy farming simulator hit 146,159 concurrent players on Steam according to SteamDB data, smashing the game’s previous record … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: Toronto-based PocketHealth, which helps 775 health care providers exchange images covering 1.5M patients to cut costs, raised a $33M Series B led by Round13  —  – It raised $33 million in a round led by Round13 Capital  — It aims to personalize health care through the use of AI Lees verder op Tech Meme