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Australian edtech startup Go1 acquires Berlin-based Blinkist, which offers 15-minute non-fiction book summaries, and raised $30M from Insight Partners (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) 11-05-2023

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Australian edtech startup Go1 acquires Berlin-based Blinkist, which offers 15-minute non-fiction book summaries, and raised $30M from Insight Partners  —  After raising $100 million at a valuation of over $2 billion last year, the Australian ed-tech startup Go1 is making an acquisition … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Enkele buien, later ook wat zon KNMI : 11-05-2023

Enkele buien, later ook wat zon Verwachting voor vandaag en morgen Waarschuwingen Er zijn geen waarschuwingen. Vanmiddag schijnt de zon af en toe. Er komen ook enkele buien voor, met daarbij een kleine kans op onweer. De middagtemperatuur wordt ongeveer 16°C, in het Waddengebied enkele graden lager. Eerst is er weinig wind, later wordt de wind zwak tot matig uit het noordoosten.Vanavond komt er nog een enkele bui voor. Van het het oosten uit neemt de bewolking toe en gaat het regenen. De wind is zwak tot matig uit noord tot noordoost. Langs de westkust en op het IJsselmeer kan… Lees verder »Enkele buien, later ook wat zon KNMI : 11-05-2023

A look at Microsoft's Trust Code training video series, heading into its seventh season, which has hooked employees with popular characters and cliffhangers (Dylan Tokar/Wall Street Journal) 11-05-2023

Dylan Tokar / Wall Street Journal: A look at Microsoft’s Trust Code training video series, heading into its seventh season, which has hooked employees with popular characters and cliffhangers  —  Instead of a finger-wagging snoozer about corporate misbehavior, ‘Trust Code’ has flawed characters, dramatic cliffhangers and fans worldwide Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ireland-based Everseen, which uses computer vision to spot potential retail theft, raised a €65M Series A led by Crosspoint, taking its total funding to ~€82M (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) 11-05-2023

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Ireland-based Everseen, which uses computer vision to spot potential retail theft, raised a €65M Series A led by Crosspoint, taking its total funding to ~€82M  —  In 2007, Alan O’Herlihy, who previously worked with large SAP installations as well as retail, set out to find … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Similar to McKinsey and other consultancy firms, AI advancements may help concentrate wealth, disempower workers, and “sharpen the knife blade of capitalism” (Ted Chiang/New Yorker) 11-05-2023

Ted Chiang / New Yorker: Similar to McKinsey and other consultancy firms, AI advancements may help concentrate wealth, disempower workers, and “sharpen the knife blade of capitalism”  —  As it’s currently imagined, the technology promises to concentrate wealth and disempower workers.  Is an alternative possible? Lees verder op Tech Meme

SoftBank reports Vision Fund lost ~$2B in Q4, down from ~$16B in Q4 2022, leading to a ~$32B full-year loss; investments for the year to March fell to ~$3B (Bloomberg) 11-05-2023

Bloomberg: SoftBank reports Vision Fund lost ~$2B in Q4, down from ~$16B in Q4 2022, leading to a ~$32B full-year loss; investments for the year to March fell to ~$3B  —  SoftBank Group Corp. lost money in its Vision Fund investment unit again despite a rebound in tech stocks, as the Japanese conglomerate … Lees verder op Tech Meme