Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: Influencers, small businesses, and others say Meta gutting its customer service teams has left them with nobody to call to handle scammers and technical issues  —  – Meta’s two rounds of layoffs are affecting the company’s already poor customer service for users, influencers, communities and businesses. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gené Teare / Crunchbase News: Global VC funding fell 53% YoY to $76B in Q1 2023, down from $162B in Q1 2022, including OpenAI’s $10B and Stripe’s $6.5B; $39.2B went to late-stage startups  —  Venture and growth investors in private companies continued to scale back their investment pace in the first quarter of 2023, Crunchbase data shows. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lance Whitney / ZDNet: Microsoft adds Bing AI features to the beta version of its SwiftKey keyboard for Android, including web search, a chatbot, and a tone mode to rewrite text  —  Android users who want to tap into some AI as they type on their phones can now do so with help from Microsoft. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Masha Borak / MIT Technology Review: A look at how invading Ukraine supercharged the decline of Russia’s struggling tech sector, further pushing Yandex and other successful companies into isolation  —  Seven days after the invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Belugin packed up his and his family’s belongings, canceled the lease … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gené Teare / Crunchbase News: Global VC funding fell 53% YoY to $76B in Q1 2023, down from $162B in Q1 2022, including OpenAI’s $10B and Stripe’s $6.5B; $39.2B went to late-stage startups  —  Venture and growth investors in private companies continued to scale back their investment pace in the first quarter of 2023, Crunchbase data shows. Lees verder op Tech Meme