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After a string of high-profile setbacks, the White House and the FTC find that breaking up Big Tech is hard, as Google hires ex-DOJ lawyers for its court battle (Washington Post) 27-02-2023

Washington Post: After a string of high-profile setbacks, the White House and the FTC find that breaking up Big Tech is hard, as Google hires ex-DOJ lawyers for its court battle  —  Google is hiring teams of former DOJ lawyers to fight antitrust lawsuits as the battle over tech firms’ power shifts to the courts Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tel Aviv-based cloud security startup Wiz raised a $300M Series D led by Lightspeed at a $10B valuation, up from $6B in October 2021 after its $250M Series C (Meir Orbach/CTech) 27-02-2023

Meir Orbach / CTech: Tel Aviv-based cloud security startup Wiz raised a $300M Series D led by Lightspeed at a $10B valuation, up from $6B in October 2021 after its $250M Series C  —  The Israeli startup said that it will not hold any of the funds in Israel due to the impending judicial coup Lees verder op Tech Meme

London-based Flock, which uses real-time data to insure vehicle fleets for Amazon, Jaguar Land Rover, Onto, and others, raised a $38M Series B led by Octopus (Mike Butcher/TechCrunch) 27-02-2023

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: London-based Flock, which uses real-time data to insure vehicle fleets for Amazon, Jaguar Land Rover, Onto, and others, raised a $38M Series B led by Octopus  —  It’s only human nature.  If you tell a driver their insurance premium will go down if they drive more safely, then – it turns out – they will probably drive more safely. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Of the 2,000 exhibitors and sponsors at MWC Barcelona, 150 are Chinese companies; Huawei has the biggest presence and expanded its footprint by 50% over 2022 (Kelvin Chan/Associated Press) 27-02-2023

Kelvin Chan / Associated Press: Of the 2,000 exhibitors and sponsors at MWC Barcelona, 150 are Chinese companies; Huawei has the biggest presence and expanded its footprint by 50% over 2022  —  A contingent of Chinese companies led by technology giant Huawei is turning the world’s biggest wireless trade fair into an opportunity … Lees verder op Tech Meme

To achieve its chip moonshot, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says the US must reform its education system and triple chip-related college graduates by 2032 (Rana Foroohar/Financial Times) 27-02-2023

Rana Foroohar / Financial Times: To achieve its chip moonshot, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says the US must reform its education system and triple chip-related college graduates by 2032  —  To build a domestic industry, the US must reform how it teaches its workforce  —  In the decade following US President John F … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Autonomous drone manufacturer Skydio, used by the Ukrainian military, raised a $230M Series E at a $2.2B valuation and plans to expand its US factory 10-fold (Lizette Chapman/Bloomberg) 27-02-2023

Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: Autonomous drone manufacturer Skydio, used by the Ukrainian military, raised a $230M Series E at a $2.2B valuation and plans to expand its US factory 10-fold  —  Skydio Inc. is known for selling drones to tech heads seeking expensive selfies — but the company also has hundreds of customers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Meta backs the NCMEC's Take It Down tool, letting minors anonymously attach a hash of intimate images or videos, to stop sextortion on Facebook and Instagram (Samantha Murphy Kelly/CNN) 27-02-2023

Samantha Murphy Kelly / CNN: Meta backs the NCMEC’s Take It Down tool, letting minors anonymously attach a hash of intimate images or videos, to stop sextortion on Facebook and Instagram  —  Meta is taking steps to crack down on the spread of intimate images of teenagers on Facebook and Instagram. Lees verder op Tech Meme