Tech Meme

Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal: US lawmakers introduce a bipartisan bill that would ban DeepSeek’s app from government-owned devices, amid concerns that the app allows China to see user data  —  Bipartisan bill comes amid concerns that the application allows China to see user data  —  WASHINGTON—Lawmakers plan to introduce … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Washington Post: Sources: DOGE is processing sensitive data from across the Education Department with AI tools in Microsoft’s Azure to look for potential spending cuts  —  At the Department of Education, the tech billionaire’s team has turned to artificial intelligence to hunt for potential spending cuts — Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jenna McLaughlin / NPR: Sources: some staffers at CISA were given deferred resignation offers and just hours to decide whether to accept them, extending broader cybersecurity fears  —  Employees at the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Munich-based Avelios, which is developing a healthcare system covering EHR, billing, clinical records, and more, raised a €30M Series A led by Sequoia  —  The race is on to build a new generation of healthcare software to replace legacy hospital systems that in some cases may not have been updated in decades. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Google Photos starts adding its SynthID watermarks to photos that have been edited using Magic Editor, but says some changes may be too small to detect  —  But Google admits that some generative AI adjustments may be ‘too small’ for SynthID to detect.  —  But Google admits … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: GitHub announces updates for Copilot, including Vision for Copilot to generate interfaces, code, and alt text from a screenshot, photo, or a diagram  —  GitHub has announced a slew of updates for Copilot, while also giving a glimpse into a more agentic future for its AI-powered pair programmer. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: Mistral releases iOS and Android apps and unveils several updates to its AI assistant Le Chat, including a $14.99 per month Pro tier  —  Mistral, the company that is sometimes considered as Europe’s great hope for AI, is releasing several updates to Le Chat, its AI assistant product. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kate King / Wall Street Journal: Amazon has shrunk its Amazon Go store portfolio by ~50% since early 2023, to 16 stores in four US states, as the company stumbles in its physical retail efforts  —  The e-commerce giant is closing more of its convenience stores; ‘I don’t think they really understand retail,’ a consultant says Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Spanish police arrest and raid a suspected hacker over 40 cyberattacks on critical public and private organizations, seizing 50 crypto accounts, PCs, and more  —  The Spanish police have arrested a suspected hacker in Alicante for allegedly conducting 40 cyberattacks targeting critical public … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kate Clark / Bloomberg: US SEC filing: Sequoia’s evergreen fund has grown from $13.6B in early 2023 to $19.6B, , a signal that the firm continues to grow despite a VC funding slowdown  —  The fund’s total includes new cash commitments, shares of now-public companies that Sequoia previously backed and cash returns from mergers and acquisitions. Lees verder op Tech Meme