The government’s antitrust case against Google borrows heavily from the landmark lawsuit against Microsoft 25 years ago. But it lacks the same cultural impact.Lees verder op New York Times
09:52 Niet zozeer de exit uit de investeringsmaatschappij Gimv, wel de timing van de Vlaamse overheid verbaast analisten. ‘Wij hopen dat de transactie snel afgerond of snel geannuleerd wordt’, stelt het beu…Lees verder op De Tijd
Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post: Dennis Austin, who was PowerPoint’s principal developer and continued to lead the presentation software’s team until retiring in 1996, died on September 1 at 76 — The program was the digital successor of the overhead projector. It became one of the most ubiquitous and scorned programs of modern office life. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Wall Street Journal: Sources: Instacart plans to target its IPO at a roughly $8.6B to $9.3B valuation, well below the $39B valuation the company had in March 2021 — The grocery-delivery company aims for $8.6 billion to $9.3 billion, down from $39 billion in 2021. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Wall Street Journal: Sources: Meta plans to begin training a new LLM in Q1 2024 on its own infrastructure and hopes the model will be roughly as capable as OpenAI’s GPT-4 — Parent of Facebook and Instagram wants artificial-intelligence system to be as capable as OpenAI’s most advanced model — Platforms is setting its sights on OpenAI. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Coinbase emails its customers in India to say the company plans to cease operations in the country from September 25, advising users to withdraw remaining funds — Coinbase said Monday that it disabled new user sign-up on its exchange product in India in June of this year but remains committed … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Bengaluru-based fintech Perfios, which offers real-time credit underwriting tools to financial companies, raised a $229M Series D led by Kedaara Capital — Perfios, an Indian fintech that provides real-time credit underwriting solutions to banks and non-banking financial institutions … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Financial Times: How cybercriminals in Turkey teamed up with Russian émigré hackers to steal and sell tens of millions of credit card numbers, passwords, “hot” cookies, and more — Émigré hackers fleeing Putin’s military conscription prompts surge in activity involving stolen financial data Lees verder op Tech Meme
16:39 De N-VA-voorzitter wil na de verkiezingen van 2024 snel een federaal kernkabinet vormen, ondersteund door de deelstaten. CD&V is daarvan geen voorstander.Lees verder op De Tijd
18:41 Paul-Emmanuel Janssen (92), die uit een familie van bankiers en industriëlen stamt, was zijn hele carrière actief bij de Generale Bank.Lees verder op De Tijd