Washington Post: US officials: China’s military is ramping up its ability to disrupt key US infrastructure, including targeting a Hawaii utility and a West Coast port in 2023 — A utility in Hawaii, a West Coast port and a pipeline are among the victims in the past year, officials say Lees verder op Tech Meme
Quynh Nguyen / Bloomberg: Vietnamese media reports Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang sees Vietnam as a potential second home for the Silicon Valley company and plans to open a design center there — Huang, speaking at a Hanoi semiconductor and artificial intelligence conference hosted by a Vietnam ministry Monday … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: London-based SumUp, which offers payments and other financial services to ~4M SMBs, raised €285M at a valuation higher than its $8.5B valuation in June 2022 — SumUp — the fintech that provides payments and related services to some 4 million small businesses in Europe … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Cade Metz / New York Times: Paris-based Mistral AI raised €385M, or ~$415M, from investors including a16z and Lightspeed; sources say the deal values the 22-person startup at ~$2B — The company has publicly released its latest technology so people can build their own chatbots. Rivals like OpenAI and Google argue that approach can be dangerous. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ana Swanson / New York Times: The US awards the first CHIPS Act grant to BAE Systems, giving the defense contractor $35M to boost production of chips used in F-15 and F-35 fighter jets — The award, which will go to BAE Systems, is part of a new government program aimed at creating a more secure supply of semiconductors. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: London-based SumUp, which offers payments and other financial services to ~4M SMBs, raised €285M at a valuation higher than its $8.5B valuation in June 2022 — SumUp — the fintech that provides payments and related services to some 4 million small businesses in Europe … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Sara Dorn / Forbes: In a 2+ hour talk on X with Alex Jones, Andrew Tate, Jack Posobiec, and others, Elon Musk said X should avoid outright bans unless users “do something illegal” — Elon Musk and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, newly reinstated to X after a five-year ban, launched a live-streamed chat … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Cade Metz / New York Times: Paris-based Mistral AI raised €385M, or ~$415M, from investors including a16z and Lightspeed; sources say the deal values the 22-person startup at ~$2B — The company has publicly released its latest technology so people can build their own chatbots. Rivals like OpenAI and Google argue that approach can be dangerous. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Wall Street Journal: The US needs an AI moonshot mentality, and in 2024 the government should galvanize support for a broad investment backed by strong public sector infrastructure — Artificial intelligence is too important to be left entirely in the hands of the big tech companies Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: London-based SumUp, which offers payments and other financial services to ~4M SMBs, raised €285M at a valuation higher than its $8.5B valuation in June 2022 — SumUp — the fintech that provides payments and related services to some 4 million small businesses in Europe … Lees verder op Tech Meme