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Sequoia's Roelof Botha says splitting the VC stops the trio from rubbing against one another; sources: China arm manager Neil Shen agitated for a separate unit (Financial Times) 08-06-2023

Financial Times: Sequoia’s Roelof Botha says splitting the VC stops the trio from rubbing against one another; sources: China arm manager Neil Shen agitated for a separate unit  —  Silicon Valley VC firm’s lucrative foray into rival nation ends as geopolitical tensions flare up Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Cyberspace Administration of China plans tighter controls on file-sharing tools like AirDrop that protestors in China and Hong Kong used in recent years (Yoko Kubota/Wall Street Journal) 08-06-2023

Yoko Kubota / Wall Street Journal: The Cyberspace Administration of China plans tighter controls on file-sharing tools like AirDrop that protestors in China and Hong Kong used in recent years  —  Services enabling instant mass communication without internet access face scrutiny after they were used by protesters Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paris-based Pigment, a business planning and forecasting service that integrates with Salesforce and other tools, raised an $88M Series C led by Iconiq Growth (Romain Dillet/TechCrunch) 08-06-2023

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: Paris-based Pigment, a business planning and forecasting service that integrates with Salesforce and other tools, raised an $88M Series C led by Iconiq Growth  —  Paris-based startup Pigment has raised a Series C round of $88 million — the investment was led by Iconiq Growth. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Interviews and surveys: South Korean NGO Pscore details North Koreans' limited online use, including a days-long approval process for monitored internet access (Matt Burgess/Wired) 08-06-2023

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

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 (Jillian Deutsch/Bloomberg) 08-06-2023

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

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 (Bloomberg) 08-06-2023

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

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 (Benjamin Mayo/9to5Mac) 08-06-2023

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