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Perioden met zon en vrijwel overal droog. Morgen meer zon KNMI : 16-05-2023

Perioden met zon en vrijwel overal droog. Morgen meer zon Verwachting voor vandaag en morgen Waarschuwingen Er zijn geen waarschuwingen. Vanavond valt er in het noordoosten plaatselijk nog een bui. Verder blijft het droog en komen er geleidelijk brede opklaringen. Landinwaarts neemt de wind sterk af. Aan de kust en boven het IJsselmeer is de noordwestenwinden soms nog vrij krachtig. Komende nacht valt er in het noorden plaatselijk wat regen. Het koelt af naar 9°C vlak aan zee tot plaatselijk 4°C in het zuiden. De noord(west)elijke wind is matig, langs de noordkust eerst nog vrij krachtig. Morgenochtend blijft het droog… Lees verder »Perioden met zon en vrijwel overal droog. Morgen meer zon KNMI : 16-05-2023

Baidu beats analyst estimates with Q1 revenue up 10% YoY to ~$4.5B and ~$834M net income, up from a ~$13M net loss in Q1 2022, driven by its ad and cloud units (Zheping Huang/Bloomberg) 16-05-2023

Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: Baidu beats analyst estimates with Q1 revenue up 10% YoY to ~$4.5B and ~$834M net income, up from a ~$13M net loss in Q1 2022, driven by its ad and cloud units  —  Baidu Inc.’s revenue rose a stronger-than-expected 10% after its advertising and cloud businesses benefited from China’s post-pandemic reopening. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sam Altman tells Congress that AI regulation is “essential” but must let companies be flexible and adapt to new tech, recommends safety measures, and more (Cristina Criddle/Financial Times) 16-05-2023

Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: Sam Altman tells Congress that AI regulation is “essential” but must let companies be flexible and adapt to new tech, recommends safety measures, and more  —  OpenAI’s chief executive Sam Altman will tell US lawmakers on Tuesday that regulation of artificial intelligence must allow companies … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Futu and Tiger Brokers, Nasdaq-listed online brokerages that cater to clients in mainland China, plan to exit Chinese app stores and stop signing up new users (James T. Areddy/Wall Street Journal) 16-05-2023

James T. Areddy / Wall Street Journal: Futu and Tiger Brokers, Nasdaq-listed online brokerages that cater to clients in mainland China, plan to exit Chinese app stores and stop signing up new users  —  The online brokerages earlier agreed to stop accepting new customers from mainland China  —  Two Nasdaq-listed online brokerages … Lees verder op Tech Meme

A jailed Saudi dissident's sister sues Twitter under the RICO Act, arguing its negligence let staff reveal his identity and thousands of others' to Saudi agents (Joseph Menn/Washington Post) 16-05-2023

Joseph Menn / Washington Post: A jailed Saudi dissident’s sister sues Twitter under the RICO Act, arguing its negligence let staff reveal his identity and thousands of others’ to Saudi agents  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The sister of an imprisoned Saudi dissident filed suit against Twitter Tuesday, arguing that it broke the law … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hippocratic AI, which is building an LLM for health care, raised a $50M seed co-led by General Catalyst and a16z at a “triple digit millions” valuation (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) 16-05-2023

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Hippocratic AI, which is building an LLM for health care, raised a $50M seed co-led by General Catalyst and a16z at a “triple digit millions” valuation  —  AI, specifically generative AI, has the potential to transform healthcare.  —  At least, that sales pitch from Hippocratic Health … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Auradine, a web infrastructure startup focused on decentralized app tech like zero-knowledge proofs, raised a $81M Series A led by Celesta Capital and Mayfield (Brandy Betz/CoinDesk) 16-05-2023

Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: Auradine, a web infrastructure startup focused on decentralized app tech like zero-knowledge proofs, raised a $81M Series A led by Celesta Capital and Mayfield  —  Marathon’s CEO, Fred Thiel, sits on the board of the web infrastructure startup.  —  Auradine, a Silicon Valley-based provider … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Meta spins out CRM company Kustomer, which the company acquired for ~$1B in a deal that closed in 2022; Kustomer raises $60M at a reported $250M valuation (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) 16-05-2023

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Meta spins out CRM company Kustomer, which the company acquired for ~$1B in a deal that closed in 2022; Kustomer raises $60M at a reported $250M valuation  —  Meta’s grand experiment in building an enterprise-ready customer service platform has come to a close: the parent of Facebook … Lees verder op Tech Meme