Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Paris-based Alice&Bob, a cat qubit quantum architecture pioneer, raised a €100M Series B for a “fault tolerant” quantum computer, after a €27M Series A in 2022  —  Quantum computing remains something of a holy grail in the world of technology: It promises a huge leap … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: Nearly two months after GM said it would stop funding Cruise robotaxi development, GM says it expects to save up to $1B annually thanks to the move  —  General Motors expects to save up to $1 billion annually by ending its Cruise robotaxi development program, CEO and Chair Mary Barra said Tuesday during the company’s earnings call. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Victoria Song / The Verge: Garmin smartwatch users report their devices are bricking after starting any activity that uses GPS; Garmin says it is looking into the issue  —  It’s not just you.  Several users are reporting their watches are crashing while displaying the ‘blue triangle of death.’  —  It’s not just you. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Valencia-based Quibim, which is developing foundational AI models for medical imaging, raised a $50M Series A co-led by Asabys and Buenavista  —  Quibim, a Spanish startup that’s developing foundational AI models for medical imaging spanning oncology, immunology, neurology, and metabolic disorders … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Paris-based Alice&Bob, a cat qubit quantum architecture pioneer, raised a €100M Series B for a “fault tolerant” quantum computer, after a €27M Series A in 2022  —  Quantum computing remains something of a holy grail in the world of technology: It promises a huge leap … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: The EU says upcoming sanctions on Russia aim to crack down on traders who send gaming consoles to Russia that are then often used by the army to control drones  —  Country’s armed forces use gaming equipment to control attack drones against Ukrainian targets, says Brussels Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tim De Chant / TechCrunch: Fusion reactor startup Helion, which has a deal to supply Microsoft with electricity by 2028, raised a $425M Series F, valuing the company at $5.245B  —  Few fusion startups have been as closely watched as Helion.  The 12-year-old company is backed by Sam Altman, rumored to be in talks with OpenAI … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Hugging Face launches Inference Providers, which makes it easier for developers to run AI models on 3rd-party clouds; launch partners include SambaNova and Fal  —  AI dev platform Hugging Face has partnered with third-party cloud vendors including SambaNova to launch Inference Providers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Paris-based Alice&Bob, a cat qubit quantum architecture pioneer, raised a €100M Series B for a “fault tolerant” quantum computer, after a €27M Series A in 2022  —  Quantum computing remains something of a holy grail in the world of technology: it promises a huge leap … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Debby Wu / Bloomberg: TechInsights: ChangXin Memory Technologies appears to have made DDR5 RAM for Gloway using techniques that haven’t previously been seen on the Chinese market  —  – CXMT’s technology surpasses threshold set by US government  — Chinese peer YMTC has also improved its NAND memory technology Lees verder op Tech Meme