Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg: Filing: the US FTC revives its challenge of Microsoft’s $69B Activision Blizzard acquisition, a move that may unwind the deal even after its close by October 18  —  – FTC administrative hearing won’t derail deal from closing  — Companies are likely to win UK regulatory approval for deal Lees verder op Tech Meme

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: NYC- and Tel Aviv-based Gem Security, which offers a cloud threat detection, investigation, and response service, raised a $23M Series A led by GGV Capital  —  Cloud detection and response company Gem Security today announced that it has raised a $23 million Series A round led by GGV Capital … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Sources: Meta’s VP of infrastructure, who oversees the company’s efforts to develop its own chips for AI work, is leaving at the end of September 2023  —  A Meta Platforms (META.O) executive overseeing the company’s efforts to develop its own chips for artificial intelligence work is leaving … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Meta debuts the $500 Quest 3 with 30% higher resolution than the Quest 2, double the processing power, better lenses, thinner design, alongside new controllers  —  – New mixed-reality headset to start at $500, a $200 increase  — Apple to launch rival device, Vision Pro, early next year Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Cranz / The Verge: A live blog of Meta’s Connect 2023 event, with details on the upcoming Quest 3 and possibly new software and other hardware  —  After a few years of fairly quiet Meta Connect developer conferences, the big virtual reality show is back with a whole mess of announcements in 2023. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: Linda Yaccarino reflects on her first 100 days as X’s CEO, says the intense public scrutiny is “hard on me”, as sources describe her relationship with Elon Musk  —  Can the chief of the company formerly known as Twitter survive Musk’s chaos and win back advertisers? Lees verder op Tech Meme