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Apple iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max review: USB-C, lighter, nicer to hold, useful Action Button, and camera improvements, but no 5x telephoto on the smaller Pro (Allison Johnson/The Verge) 19-09-2023

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Apple iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max review: USB-C, lighter, nicer to hold, useful Action Button, and camera improvements, but no 5x telephoto on the smaller Pro  —  Apple didn’t choose the USB-C life, but boy are we glad it got here anyway. … There are very few surprises from new smartphones these days. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alcion, which offers “backup-as-a-service” tools to enterprise, raised a $21M Series A led by Insight Partners-owned IT company Veeam, for $29M in total funding (Justin Warren/Forbes) 19-09-2023

Justin Warren / Forbes: Alcion, which offers “backup-as-a-service” tools to enterprise, raised a $21M Series A led by Insight Partners-owned IT company Veeam, for $29M in total funding  —  Billing itself as a modern data management company, Alcion has raised $21 million in a Series A funding round led by data protection behemoth Veeam. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Berlin-based Plan A, which offers a SaaS sustainability tool to help track net zero efforts, raised a $27M Series A extension, taking its total funding to $42M (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch) 19-09-2023

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Berlin-based Plan A, which offers a SaaS sustainability tool to help track net zero efforts, raised a $27M Series A extension, taking its total funding to $42M  —  Plan A, a carbon accounting and ESG (environmental, social, and governance) reporting platform for corporations … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Electrify Video Partners, which acquires 50% to 100% of a YouTube creator's business, raised $85M from Capital D and says the company is profitable (Kerry Flynn/Axios) 19-09-2023

Kerry Flynn / Axios: Electrify Video Partners, which acquires 50% to 100% of a YouTube creator’s business, raised $85M from Capital D and says the company is profitable  —  – Kerry Flynn, author of Axios Pro: Media Deals  —  Exit Content Preview  —  Electrify Video Partners has raised $85 million … Lees verder op Tech Meme

FTC v. Microsoft: in April 2022, Xbox Game Pass may have generated around $231.5M in revenue, or $9.26 per subscription, and most subscribers pay full price (Derek Strickland/TweakTown) 19-09-2023

Derek Strickland / TweakTown: FTC v. Microsoft: in April 2022, Xbox Game Pass may have generated around $231.5M in revenue, or $9.26 per subscription, and most subscribers pay full price  —  Microsoft reveals more details about how much money Xbox Game Pass actually makes.  —  VIEW GALLERY – 4 IMAGES Lees verder op Tech Meme

Interviews with 15 current and former employees at Amazon's Lab126 hardware unit describe low morale after layoffs and fears over a weak development pipeline (Greg Bensinger/Reuters) 19-09-2023

Greg Bensinger / Reuters: Interviews with 15 current and former employees at Amazon’s Lab126 hardware unit describe low morale after layoffs and fears over a weak development pipeline  —  Some workers within Amazon’s (AMZN.O) once-storied hardware division – responsible for popular devices like the Kindle reader … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Raleigh-based Pryon, which helps users search data via chatbots, raised a $100 Series B, mostly from billionaire Thomas Tull, sources say at a $500M+ valuation (Bloomberg) 19-09-2023

Bloomberg: Raleigh-based Pryon, which helps users search data via chatbots, raised a $100 Series B, mostly from billionaire Thomas Tull, sources say at a $500M+ valuation  —  – North Carolina startup valued at more than $500 million  — Pryon’s CEO founded Yap, Amazon’s first AI-related acquisition Lees verder op Tech Meme

How the UK CMA blocking Microsoft's Activision deal, at odds with the US and the EU, shows its newfound influence after Brexit and forced a revised proposal (Financial Times) 19-09-2023

Financial Times: How the UK CMA blocking Microsoft’s Activision deal, at odds with the US and the EU, shows its newfound influence after Brexit and forced a revised proposal  —  When Sarah Cardell announced in August that a takeover she had blocked just four months earlier would be investigated afresh … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Okta CSO David Bradbury says five client companies, including MGM and Caesars, were hacked via help desk calls by the ALPHV and Scattered Spider groups (Zeba Siddiqui/Reuters) 19-09-2023

Zeba Siddiqui / Reuters: Okta CSO David Bradbury says five client companies, including MGM and Caesars, were hacked via help desk calls by the ALPHV and Scattered Spider groups  —  Hackers who breached casino giants MGM Resorts International (MGM.N) and Caesars Entertainment (CZR.O) in recent weeks also broke … Lees verder op Tech Meme

TikTok launches a tool to let creators label their AI-generated content and plans to test other ways of labeling such content automatically (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) 19-09-2023

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: TikTok launches a tool to let creators label their AI-generated content and plans to test other ways of labeling such content automatically  —  As more creators turn to AI for their artistic expression, there’s also a broader push for transparency around when AI was involved in content creation. Lees verder op Tech Meme