Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Google opens up Search Generative Experience to teens aged 13-17 in the US and adds a new feature to give people context about how a response was generated  —  Google is opening up its generative AI search experience to teenagers, the company announced on Thursday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yogita Khatri / The Block: IYK, which lets brands, musicians, and creators build “digi-physical experiences”, including through NFTs, raised a $16.8M seed led by A16z Crypto  —  – IYK has raised $16.8 million in seed funding led by A16z Crypto.  — The startup helps brands like Adidas create digi-physical experiences for their customers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Songtradr: Music licensing marketplace Songtradr acquires Bandcamp and says it will keep running Bandcamp as a marketplace and community with an artist-first revenue share  —  Los Angeles) – Songtradr, a music licensing platform and marketplace company supporting artists, labels and publishers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tony Stubblebine / The Medium Blog: Medium plans to block AI companies from training on posts published on Medium until the company can get concessions regarding credit, compensation, and consent  —  Fair use in the age of AI: Credit, compensation and consent are required. … We’re in an exciting moment for artificial intelligence. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: NYC-based Transfr, which sells VR tools for training and career development, raised a $40M Series C led by ABS Capital, bringing its total funding to $90M  —  Transfr, a startup creating VR tools for training and career development, today announced that it raised $40 million in a Series C round led … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: An analysis of 115 warrants in five US states shows that investigators are increasingly using Google’s location and search data to try to solve nonviolent cases  —  Investigators increasingly use warrants to obtain location and search data from Google, even for nonviolent cases—and even for people who had nothing to do with the crime. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: NYC-based market intelligence startup AlphaSense raised a $150M Series E at a $2.5B valuation led by Bond after raising $100M at a $1.8B valuation in April 2023  —  Market intelligence — where organizations gather information about industries, other businesses, trends … Lees verder op Tech Meme

CNBC: GameStop names Ryan Cohen as its CEO, effective immediately, and says Cohen won’t be compensated for his work, after firing CEO Matthew Furlong in June 2023  —  – Ryan Cohen was appointed the company’s CEO, president and chairman and won’t receive compensation for his work. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ash Parrish / The Verge: Epic Games confirms it is laying off 16% of its workforce, or about 830 people, and intends to divest from Bandcamp and spin off “kid-tech” company SuperAwesome  —  Bloomberg reports that Fortnite developer Epic Games is expected to lay off 16 percent of its workforce. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jason Koebler / 404 Media: Email: Serve Robotics, which delivers for Uber Eats in LA, provided video filmed by one of its food delivery robots to LAPD as part of a criminal investigation  —  This article was primarily reported using public records requests.  We are making it available to all readers as a public service. Lees verder op Tech Meme