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A look at the impact of ChatGPT use on energy consumption, as analysis suggests AI usage is still a rounding error on a person's total electricity footprint (Hannah Ritchie/Sustainability) 07-05-2025

Hannah Ritchie / Sustainability: A look at the impact of ChatGPT use on energy consumption, as analysis suggests AI usage is still a rounding error on a person’s total electricity footprint  —  Very small compared to most of the other stuff you do.  —  A couple of months ago I wrote an article looking at the energy use of artificial intelligence. Lees verder op Tech Meme

The CFPB says it will stop enforcing a Biden-era rule treating BNPL firms like credit card lenders; Affirm and other BNPL firms had opposed the rule (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC) 07-05-2025

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: The CFPB says it will stop enforcing a Biden-era rule treating BNPL firms like credit card lenders; Affirm and other BNPL firms had opposed the rule  —  For the third time under President Donald Trump, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has pulled back from enforcing a key rule, this time targeting buy now, pay later services. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jeff Bezos and Michael Dell's family offices have committed $1B in total to Coatue's new investment fund targeting high-growth public and private tech companies (Angel Au-Yeung/Wall Street Journal) 07-05-2025

Angel Au-Yeung / Wall Street Journal: Jeff Bezos and Michael Dell’s family offices have committed $1B in total to Coatue’s new investment fund targeting high-growth public and private tech companies  —  Coatue’s fund is being anchored by $1 billion from family offices of Amazon founder and Michael Dell Lees verder op Tech Meme

DoorDash's planned takeover of Deliveroo has renewed questions about the UK's ability to attract and retain large tech listings in the face of NY's dominance (Financial Times) 07-05-2025

Financial Times: DoorDash’s planned takeover of Deliveroo has renewed questions about the UK’s ability to attract and retain large tech listings in the face of NY’s dominance  —  £2.9bn takeover brings end to app’s UK listing after ‘worst ever’ initial public offering Lees verder op Tech Meme

New Hampshire becomes the first US state to pass a “Strategic Bitcoin Reserve” bill, permitting public fund investment in BTC, either directly or through an ETF (Daniel Kuhn/The Block) 07-05-2025

Daniel Kuhn / The Block: New Hampshire becomes the first US state to pass a “Strategic Bitcoin Reserve” bill, permitting public fund investment in BTC, either directly or through an ETF  —  – New Hampshire has become the first state to pass a “Strategic Bitcoin Reserve” bill, according to Satoshi Action Fund founder Dennis Porter. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: Periodic Labs, which is building a “ChatGPT for material science”, is seeking to raise hundreds of millions of dollars at a valuation of at least $1B (Natasha Mascarenhas/The Information) 07-05-2025

Natasha Mascarenhas / The Information: Sources: Periodic Labs, which is building a “ChatGPT for material science”, is seeking to raise hundreds of millions of dollars at a valuation of at least $1B  —  Periodic Labs, a startup founded by Liam Fedus, a former vice president of post-training research at OpenAI … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Melbourne-based Blinq, which lets users create custom digital business cards and sync contacts with CRM systems, raised a $25M Series A led by Touring Capital (Kate Park/TechCrunch) 07-05-2025

Kate Park / TechCrunch: Melbourne-based Blinq, which lets users create custom digital business cards and sync contacts with CRM systems, raised a $25M Series A led by Touring Capital  —  It’s 2025, but business cards are still in vogue — just visit any conference or industry expo and you’ll end up with a pile that’s likely … Lees verder op Tech Meme