Financial Times: German generative AI startup Aleph Alpha raised $500M+ from Schwarz Group, Bosch, and others to build data protection and security tools for sensitive sectors  —  Investment in Aleph Alpha involves equity injection, research grants and commitments to joint business development Lees verder op Tech Meme

Richard Waters / Financial Times: Epic’s case against Google Play’s app payment restrictions goes to trial in San Francisco, after Google settled with Match on October 31 ahead of a trial  —  The maker of Fortnite is suing the search giant as it is defending a DoJ antitrust case  —  The long-running attempt by Epic Games … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: As Block struggles and SQ drops 80% since 2021, Jack Dorsey becomes more hands-on, including running Square and sending his first shareholder letter in years  —  The payments company is under pressure.  The often-distant CEO says he is stepping back into the ring.  —  Jack Dorsey has been notoriously hands-off. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Johana Bhuiyan / The Guardian: WhatsApp’s AI generates stickers of kids with guns when prompted with “Palestine”, but prompts for “Israeli” generate stickers of people who are mostly smiling  —  A WhatsApp feature that generates images in response to users’ searches returns a picture of a gun … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Chinese memory chip startup Changxin Xinqiao raised ~$5.4B, including ~$2B from Big Fund; founded in 2021, the firm shares a GM with China’s leading DRAM maker  —  – State-backed Big Fund restarts major investments after probe  — Beijing aims to achieve breakthroughs in chip technologies Lees verder op Tech Meme