Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: Cambridge, UK-based Pragmatic Semiconductor, which develops and manufactures flexible integrated circuits, raised £182M at a ~£500M post-money valuation  —  The £182mn financing sets Cambridge-based group on track to become Britain’s biggest semiconductor supplier by volume Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Meta plans to fix an issue causing many Instagram videos posted between June 2013 and October 2014 to lose their audio, but offers no timeframe  —  Many of the earliest Instagram videos have lost their sound.  More than a year of videos posted to the platform are now silent … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: Google plans to add its “Help me write” AI tool to Chrome, appearing in autofill popups when typing text, expanding on Google Messages, Gmail, Docs, and Keep  —  Over the past few months, Google has been steadily introducing AI tools to its many apps and services. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brayden Lindrea / Cointelegraph: Coinbase updates Wallet, available in 170+ countries, to let users send crypto on platforms where they can share a link, including email, social, and messaging  —  Recipients need to download a Coinbase Wallet to receive the funds, but the crypto exchange says they’ve simplified the process for less tech-savvy users. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brooks Barnes / New York Times: SAG-AFTRA members ratify the union’s new three-year contract with studios after 78% voted in favor; some members remain unhappy about the deal’s AI protections  —  The SAG-AFTRA vote formally ends six months of labor strife, though some members were not happy about the contract’s artificial intelligence protections. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: Cambridge, UK-based Pragmatic Semiconductor, which develops and manufactures flexible integrated circuits, raised £182M at a ~£500M post-money valuation  —  The £182mn financing sets Cambridge-based group on track to become Britain’s biggest semiconductor supplier by volume Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zhou Xin / South China Morning Post: Sources: ByteDance offers to buy back up to $5B of shares from existing investors at $160 per share, putting the company’s valuation at $268B, down 11% on 2022  —  Beijing-based ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, is offering to buy back up to US$5 billion worth of shares from existing investors … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: Apple tells component suppliers of its preference to source iPhone 16 batteries from Indian factories, as part of plans to diversify from China  —  Tech giant wants suppliers to build key component in India as part of broader effort to diversify supply chain Lees verder op Tech Meme