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Apple begins selling a $99 USB-C charging case for its second-generation AirPods Pro as a standalone purchase; delivery estimates are for after Christmas (Chris Welch/The Verge) 14-12-2023

Chris Welch / The Verge: Apple begins selling a $99 USB-C charging case for its second-generation AirPods Pro as a standalone purchase; delivery estimates are for after Christmas  —  Apple has begun selling the USB-C charging case for its second-generation AirPods Pro as a standalone purchase.  But it doesn’t come cheap. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mexico City-based Kapital, which offers financial visibility tools to SMBs, raised a $40M Series B and $125M in debt, after raising a $20M Series A in May 2023 (Christine Hall/TechCrunch) 14-12-2023

Christine Hall / TechCrunch: Mexico City-based Kapital, which offers financial visibility tools to SMBs, raised a $40M Series B and $125M in debt, after raising a $20M Series A in May 2023  —  Bank and technology platform Kapital continues to rake in venture capital, grabbing another $40 million in Series B dollars and $125 million in debt financing. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lenovo, MSI, Acer, and Asus launch laptops with Intel's Core Ultra chips, featuring an NPU for “low-power AI acceleration and CPU/GPU off-load” for AI tasks (Emma Roth/The Verge) 14-12-2023

Emma Roth / The Verge: Lenovo, MSI, Acer, and Asus launch laptops with Intel’s Core Ultra chips, featuring an NPU for “low-power AI acceleration and CPU/GPU off-load” for AI tasks  —  Intel is taking the wraps off its next generation of CPUs.  During its AI Everywhere event on Thursday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Email: Cruise lays off 900 employees, or about 24% of its workforce, targeting non-engineering jobs, as part of a plan to slash costs and revamp the company (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch) 14-12-2023

Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: Email: Cruise lays off 900 employees, or about 24% of its workforce, targeting non-engineering jobs, as part of a plan to slash costs and revamp the company  —  Cruise, the embattled GM self-driving car subsidiary, is laying off 900 employees, or about 24% of its workforce … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: the UK is considering a crackdown on social media access for kids under 16, including potential bans, and is planning a consultation as soon as January (Bloomberg) 14-12-2023

Bloomberg: Sources: the UK is considering a crackdown on social media access for kids under 16, including potential bans, and is planning a consultation as soon as January  —  – Government plans consultation as soon as January, person says  — Comes as National Crime Agency warns parents about Facebook Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: Google plans to use Gemini across its entire line of products, including an AI assistant called Pixie that will be exclusive to its Pixel devices (Jon Victor/The Information) 14-12-2023

Jon Victor / The Information: Sources: Google plans to use Gemini across its entire line of products, including an AI assistant called Pixie that will be exclusive to its Pixel devices  —  For Google, it was a moment to savor its apparent triumph over the doomsayers.  —  Last week, the company released the first version … Lees verder op Tech Meme

A deepfake of Putin, built by a student from Saint Petersburg State University, quizzed Putin about AI and doppelgangers during a Q&A session with the public (David Averre/Daily Mail) 14-12-2023

David Averre / Daily Mail: A deepfake of Putin, built by a student from Saint Petersburg State University, quizzed Putin about AI and doppelgangers during a Q&A session with the public  —  – The moment saw the Russian president caught uncharacteristically off guard  — It came amid his end of year press conference that lasted some four hours Lees verder op Tech Meme