Matt Burgess / Wired: Interviews and surveys: South Korean NGO Pscore details North Koreans’ limited online use, including a days-long approval process for monitored internet access  —  New testimony from defectors reveals pervasive surveillance and monitoring of limited internet connections. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg: The European Commission approves €8B in state subsidies for chip research, adding to €13.7B in private funding for ~€22B in total, as part of the EU’s Chips Act  —  Semiconductor research projects with €8 billion ($8.6 billion) in public funds were approved … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Toronto-based NLP and chatbot startup Cohere raised $270M led by Inovia Capital, a source says at a $2.1B to $2.2B valuation, taking its total funding to ~$445M  —  Artificial intelligence startup Cohere has raised $270 million from a mix of venture capital and strategic investors including Oracle Corp … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma will include Link Tracking Protection in Mail, Messages, and Safari’s private mode to automatically remove tracking parameters in URLs  —  iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma include even more privacy-preserving features while browsing the web.  —  Link Tracking Protection … Lees verder op Tech Meme