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X partners with Au10tix to launch government ID-based account verification for paid users; verification is not yet available in the EU and the UK (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch) 15-09-2023

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: X partners with Au10tix to launch government ID-based account verification for paid users; verification is not yet available in the EU and the UK  —  X, formerly Twitter, has launched government ID-based account verification for paid users to prevent impersonation and give them benefits such as “prioritized support.” Lees verder op Tech Meme

London-based fintech Hyperjar, which offers digital payments, planning, and personalized rewards platform, raised a $24M Series A (Dan Taylor/Tech.eu) 15-09-2023

Dan Taylor / Tech.eu: London-based fintech Hyperjar, which offers digital payments, planning, and personalized rewards platform, raised a $24M Series A  —  London-based fintech, Hyperjar, raises $24 million for expansion.  Known for its digital wallet and personalised rewards, Hyperjar partners with top brands to offer unique discounts and savings. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Microsoft's Start news website published a garbled, seemingly AI-generated obit for former NBA player Brandon Hunter, headlined, “Brandon Hunter useless at 42” (Victor Tangermann/Futurism) 15-09-2023

Victor Tangermann / Futurism: Microsoft’s Start news website published a garbled, seemingly AI-generated obit for former NBA player Brandon Hunter, headlined, “Brandon Hunter useless at 42”  —  “AI should not be writing obituaries.”  —  Former NBA player Brandon Hunter passed away unexpectedly at the young age … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: Meta is exploring whether to show ads in WhatsApp and charge a subscription fee to use the app without ads; WhatsApp denies working on such a feature (Financial Times) 15-09-2023

Financial Times: Sources: Meta is exploring whether to show ads in WhatsApp and charge a subscription fee to use the app without ads; WhatsApp denies working on such a feature  —  Discussions are at an early stage and include possible subscription fee, say people familiar with the matter Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: Google has given a small group of companies access to an early version of its Gemini AI model, as the company nears a launch of the GPT-4 rival (Jon Victor/The Information) 15-09-2023

Jon Victor / The Information: Sources: Google has given a small group of companies access to an early version of its Gemini AI model, as the company nears a launch of the GPT-4 rival  —  Google has given a small group of companies access to an early version of its highly anticipated conversational artificial intelligence software … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Salesforce plans to hire 3,300 people for sales, engineering, and its data cloud product, after cutting 10% of its workforce, or ~8,000 jobs, in January 2023 (Brody Ford/Bloomberg) 15-09-2023

Brody Ford / Bloomberg: Salesforce plans to hire 3,300 people for sales, engineering, and its data cloud product, after cutting 10% of its workforce, or ~8,000 jobs, in January 2023  —  – New hires will be split among sales, engineering, data cloud  — Many hires will be boomerang employees, CEO Benioff says Lees verder op Tech Meme

The US Senate Armed Services Committee is probing national security issues raised by Elon Musk's denial to extend Starlink to aid a Ukrainian attack on Russia (Bloomberg) 15-09-2023

Bloomberg: The US Senate Armed Services Committee is probing national security issues raised by Elon Musk’s denial to extend Starlink to aid a Ukrainian attack on Russia  —  The Senate Armed Services Committee is probing national-security issues raised by Elon Musk’s decision not to extend … Lees verder op Tech Meme