Ashlee Vance / Bloomberg: A look at Neuralink: more coverage than rivals and neuroscientists worried over hype, but its FDA-approved trial is exciting and its tech potentially miraculous  —  Neuralink has FDA clearance to start messing with people’s heads—and not just figuratively.  —  Elon Musk is preparing for the most consequential launch of his career. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Naomi Nix / Washington Post: Ahead of former Meta consultant Arturo Béjar’s Senate testimony, documents and sources detail staff debates over fostering growth while protecting young users  —  A former engineering and product leader at Meta is expected to testify in Congress about how Meta ignored warnings about youth safety Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paayal Zaveri / Bloomberg: Austin-based Black Ore, which builds AI tools for financial services, emerges from stealth with a $60M combined seed and Series A led by a16z and Oak HC/FT  —  Financial technology startup Black Ore is coming out of stealth with a major investment. … Austin-based Black Ore is the latest AI startup … Lees verder op Tech Meme

CNBC: Cloud monitoring company Datadog’s stock jumps ~30% after reporting Q3 revenue up 25% YoY to $547.5M, vs. $524.1M est., and forecasting Q4 sales above estimates  —  – Datadog surged nearly 30% in Tuesday trading after the company reported stronger-than-expected third-quarter earnings and full-year guidance. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple last week paused developing iOS 18, macOS 15, iPadOS 18, and watchOS 11 to fix bugs and improve performance, and plans to resume work this week  —  – Rare move designed to focus on improving quality, performance  — Despite pause, software releases will likely stay on schedule Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stefania Palma / Financial Times: The CFPB proposes new powers to oversee companies that offer digital wallets and payment apps facilitating 5M+ transactions per year, or currently ~17 companies  —  Proposal would subject tech companies such as Apple and Google to new rules  —  The top US consumer finance regulator is seeking … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brian Fung / CNN: Former Meta consultant Arturo Béjar’s Senate testimony: Meta execs ignored warnings about harms to teens, using carefully crafted metrics to downplay the issue  —  Meta’s top executives, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, ignored warnings for years about harms to teens on its platforms such as Instagram … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: The Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub previews for YC startups a new Nvidia GPU cluster option for AI in Azure and aims to expand access to startups in M12  —  In the midst of an AI chip shortage, Microsoft wants to give a privileged few startups free access to “supercomputing” resources from its Azure cloud for developing AI models. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: IBM debuts a $500M enterprise AI venture fund, to invest in startups across stages, with no set target of annual investments or capital deployment timeline  —  IBM is dedicating $500 million to invest in generative AI startups focused on business customers. Lees verder op Tech Meme