Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Triller files for a US IPO after unsuccessfully trying to go public via a $5B SPAC merger in 2021; in 2022, Triller had $47.7M in revenue and a loss of $195.6M  —  Triller has long teased its ambitions to go public, and now, the short form video platform seems to on its way to an IPO. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Patricia Nilsson / Financial Times: German chipmaker Infineon plans to spend a further €5B to build more capacity in Malaysia, for a €7B total investment, to capitalize on growing EV chips demand  —  German chipmaker announces investment but pressure on existing automotive business leads to share price fall Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: Miami-based Lula, which offers insurance products to car sharing, trucking, and other industries, raised a $35.5M Series B, following an $18M Series A in 2021  —  Lula, a startup which aims to be the ‘Stripe for insurance,’ has raised $35.5 million in a Series B funding round after experiencing a massive surge in customers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Instagram launches a feature to protect users from unwanted images and videos in DMs: users are limited to one text-only request to those they don’t follow  —  Instagram is launching a new feature that is designed to better protect users from unwanted images and videos in DMs, the company announced on Thursday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew Tarantola / Engadget: IBM, HuggingFace, and NASA release an open-source geospatial foundation model to build climate and Earth science AIs that can track deforestation and more  —  The open-source model will serve as the basis for future forest, crop and climate change-monitoring AI. Lees verder op Tech Meme