Kate Clark / The Information: An SEC filing shows OpenAI closed a $175.3M fund to invest in startups, 75% higher than the money raised when the fund launched in May 2021, from 14 investors  —  OpenAI has closed a $175.3 million fund to invest in other startups, according to a securities filing. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joe Coscarelli / New York Times: Q&A with Grimes, who invited anyone to make Grimes songs using AI tools, on open-sourcing her voice, her obsession with AI, and five GrimesAI-created tracks  —  The producer and pop singer, long a proponent of technological experimentation, has “open-sourced” her voice using new A.I. tools. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Misha Savic / Bloomberg: A Montenegrin court overturns a lower court’s decision that would have let Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon be released on €400K bail; Kwon remains in jail  —  A Montenegrin court has annulled a lower court’s decision under which former crypto mogul and Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon would be released on bail. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Coco Feng / South China Morning Post: Amazon is closing its Appstore in China on July 17, 2023, following the company’s announcement last year that it would shutter its Kindle e-bookstore in China  —  Amazon.com will close its official app store in China in July, the latest retreat from the Chinese market by the US tech giant following … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Misha Savic / Bloomberg: A Montenegrin court overturns a lower court’s decision that would have let Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon be released on €400K bail; Kwon remains in jail  —  A Montenegrin court has annulled a lower court’s decision under which former crypto mogul and Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon would be released on bail. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Elizabeth Chamberlain / iFixit News: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signs the broadest-yet right-to-repair bill, with exceptions including game consoles and cybersecurity tools, effective July 1, 2024  —  Today, the fight for our right to repair everything we own just scored a huge victory: the US state of Minnesota just passed the broadest-yet Right to Repair law. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Oliver Whang / New York Times: A study describes how a patient who was paralyzed from waist down was able to walk naturally again with brain and spine implants using an AI thought decoder  —  In a new study, researchers describe a device that connects the intentions of a paralyzed patient to his physical movements. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Misha Savic / Bloomberg: A Montenegrin court overturns a lower court’s decision that would have let Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon be released on €400K bail; Kwon remains in jail  —  A Montenegrin court has annulled a lower court’s decision under which former crypto mogul and Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon would be released on bail. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Blake Brittain / Reuters: Filing: the Biden administration says SCOTUS should let stand a 2022 appeals court ruling favoring Google over its alleged theft of Genius’ lyric transcriptions  —  The Biden administration’s U.S. solicitor general said Tuesday that the U.S. Supreme Court should not review a ruling won … Lees verder op Tech Meme