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The BBC launches social.bbc, an “experimental” Mastodon server with posts from a handful of BBC accounts, and plans to try out the server for six months (Emma Roth/The Verge) 01-08-2023

Emma Roth / The Verge: The BBC launches social.bbc, an “experimental” Mastodon server with posts from a handful of BBC accounts, and plans to try out the server for six months  —  The BBC has launched its own “experimental” Mastodon server, marking one of the first major news outlets to establish an instance on the Twitter alternative. Lees verder op Tech Meme

A regulatory filing shows that Fidelity has halved its valuation of Indian business messaging startup Gupshup to $697M, down from $1.4B in July 2021 (The Economic Times) 01-08-2023

The Economic Times: A regulatory filing shows that Fidelity has halved its valuation of Indian business messaging startup Gupshup to $697M, down from $1.4B in July 2021  —  Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Fund’s stake in the San Francisco-headquartered startup was valued at nearly $11.09 million as of April 30, 2023, which it successively marked down. Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at South Korea's position in the tech “cold war”, as the country pivots away from China's economy and prepares to comply with the US-led China chip ban (Christian Davies/Financial Times) 01-08-2023

Christian Davies / Financial Times: A look at South Korea’s position in the tech “cold war”, as the country pivots away from China’s economy and prepares to comply with the US-led China chip ban  —  Washington is courting chipmakers and battery manufacturers with large subsidies but demanding they loosen ties with their other major market Lees verder op Tech Meme

China restricts civilian drone exports, citing Russia's war in Ukraine and concern about military use; DJI pulled out of Russia and Ukraine in April 2022 (Joe McDonald/Associated Press) 01-08-2023

Joe McDonald / Associated Press: China restricts civilian drone exports, citing Russia’s war in Ukraine and concern about military use; DJI pulled out of Russia and Ukraine in April 2022  —  China imposed restrictions Monday on exports of long-range civilian drones, citing Russia’s war in Ukraine and concern that drones might be converted to military use. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aanhoudend wisselvallig met van tijd tot tijd veel regen KNMI : 01-08-2023

Aanhoudend wisselvallig met van tijd tot tijd veel regen Verwachting voor vandaag en morgen Waarschuwingen Woensdagmiddag stevige onweersbuien in het zuidoosten (code geel). Vanochtend komen er in het hele land buien voor, de meeste en zwaarste buien worden in het noorden verwacht. Daar is ook kans op onweer. Hier en daar breekt de zon soms door. De wind komt uit een westelijke richting en is matig, aan zee krachtig, windkracht 6.Vanmiddag zijn er eerst veel buien, in het noordoosten en oosten misschien nog met onweer. In de tweede helft van de middag wordt het op de meeste plaatsen droog en… Lees verder »Aanhoudend wisselvallig met van tijd tot tijd veel regen KNMI : 01-08-2023

Sources: Meta plans to launch a range of AI chatbots dubbed “personas” that exhibit personalities as soon as September, to boost engagement on its platforms (Financial Times) 01-08-2023

Financial Times: Sources: Meta plans to launch a range of AI chatbots dubbed “personas” that exhibit personalities as soon as September, to boost engagement on its platforms  —  Facebook owner seeks to seize on hype for AI while challenging rivals such as OpenAI, Snap and TikTok Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: senior EU and US officials are concerned about China's accelerated push into the production of older-generation chips made with 28nm equipment or above (Bloomberg) 01-08-2023

Bloomberg: Sources: senior EU and US officials are concerned about China’s accelerated push into the production of older-generation chips made with 28nm equipment or above  —  – China is building more plants than others despite US sanctions  — Officials are worried about impact on domestic chip plans Lees verder op Tech Meme

A regulatory disclosure shows that Fidelity has halved the valuation of Indian business messaging startup Gupshup to $697M, down from $1.4B in July 2021 (The Economic Times) 01-08-2023

The Economic Times: A regulatory disclosure shows that Fidelity has halved the valuation of Indian business messaging startup Gupshup to $697M, down from $1.4B in July 2021  —  Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Fund’s stake in the San Francisco-headquartered startup was valued at nearly $11.09 million as of April 30, 2023, which it successively marked down. Lees verder op Tech Meme