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Neon, a serverless PostgreSQL database startup, raised a $46M Series B led by Menlo Ventures, taking its total funding to $104M, after launching in 2022 (Sean Michael Kerner/VentureBeat) 01-08-2023

Sean Michael Kerner / VentureBeat: Neon, a serverless PostgreSQL database startup, raised a $46M Series B led by Menlo Ventures, taking its total funding to $104M, after launching in 2022  —  Neon, a serverless PostgreSQL database company, announced it has successfully raised $46 million in a series B round of funding. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Networking startup Nile, founded by ex-Cisco executives, raised a $175M Series C co-led by March Capital and Saudi Arabia's Sanabil, taking its funding to $300M (Krystal Hu/Reuters) 01-08-2023

Krystal Hu / Reuters: Networking startup Nile, founded by ex-Cisco executives, raised a $175M Series C co-led by March Capital and Saudi Arabia’s Sanabil, taking its funding to $300M  —  Nile, a networking startup co-founded by former Cisco Systems executives John Chambers and Pankaj Patel, has raised $175 million … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Snap launches a new Lens Creator Rewards program for Snapchat to give AR creators and developers a chance to earn up to $7,200/month for top performing Lenses (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch) 01-08-2023

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Snap launches a new Lens Creator Rewards program for Snapchat to give AR creators and developers a chance to earn up to $7,200/month for top performing Lenses  —  Snapchat is introducing a new Lens Creator Rewards program to give AR creators and developers the chance to earn money for top-performing Lenses … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: under pressure from the EU, Meta offers to seek user consent in Europe for targeted ads based on users' digital activity as soon as October 2023 (Sam Schechner/Wall Street Journal) 01-08-2023

Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: Sources: under pressure from the EU, Meta offers to seek user consent in Europe for targeted ads based on users’ digital activity as soon as October 2023  —  Under pressure from regulators, the Facebook and Instagram owner proposes asking users to opt in before targeting ads with their digital activity Lees verder op Tech Meme

The FBI says a contractor misled the agency and used NSO's Landmark to track people in Mexico without consent; the FBI terminated the contract in April 2023 (New York Times) 01-08-2023

New York Times: The FBI says a contractor misled the agency and used NSO’s Landmark to track people in Mexico without consent; the FBI terminated the contract in April 2023  —  After a Times report, the bureau canceled its contract with a government contractor that used the tool on its behalf.  But questions remain. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Pearson plans to launch generative AI study tools for the upcoming academic year, including an “On a Tight Schedule” feature to summarize key learning points (Charlotte Hughes-Morgan/Bloomberg) 01-08-2023

Charlotte Hughes-Morgan / Bloomberg: Pearson plans to launch generative AI study tools for the upcoming academic year, including an “On a Tight Schedule” feature to summarize key learning points  —  – ChatGPT-style features will be added to Pearson+ and Mastering  — New AI tools will not give students a ‘shortcut to an answer’ Lees verder op Tech Meme