Timmy Shen / The Block: Ant Group launches ZAN, a new blockchain service aimed at institutional and individual clients in overseas markets, including Hong Kong and Singapore  —  – Ant Group said ZAN will focus on serving institutional and individual clients in overseas markets including Hong Kong and Singapore. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: Turkey-based grocery delivery startup Getir raises $500M from Mubadala, Michael Moritz, and others at a $2.5B valuation, down from $11.8B in early 2022  —  Istanbul-based grocery app company, which had been valued at nearly $12bn in early 2022, raises $500mn Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anna Tong / Reuters: Similarweb: ChatGPT’s desktop and mobile website visits fell 3.2% MoM to 1.43B in August, following 10% drops from each of the previous two months  —  OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the wildly popular artificial intelligence chatbot launched in November, saw monthly website visits decline for the third month … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: A look at Microsoft’s device-agnostic game streaming model; sources say Microsoft prototyped a cloud-focused Xbox handheld, but work on cloud gaming has slowed  —  With Steam Deck competitors on the rise, Microsoft has been focused on phones for Xbox Cloud Gaming so far. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ron Miller / TechCrunch: SAP acquires Germany-based startup LeanIX, which offers tools to help companies map their IT architecture, sources say for around $1.2B  —  As companies look to stave off technical debt, a process of aging systems limiting a company’s ability to modernize, the first step is simply understanding the state of your architecture. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sean Lyngaas / CNN: An excerpt from Walter Isaacson’s Elon Musk biography says Musk cut off Starlink internet service access to disrupt a Ukrainian sneak attack on a Russian fleet  —  Elon Musk secretly ordered his engineers to turn off his company’s Starlink satellite communications network near the Crimean coast … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: The US Commerce Department begins an official probe to “obtain more information” on a “purported” 7nm chip made by SMIC in China used in Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro  —  – Commerce working to get more information on purported 7nm chip  — It’s touched off a debate about the efficacy of US sanctions Lees verder op Tech Meme

Echo Wang / Reuters: Brand Engagement Network, which offers AI-powered chatbots and conversational AI tech to companies, agrees to go public via a SPAC merger at a $358M valuation  —  Artificial intelligence startup Brand Engagement Network (BEN) on Thursday agreed to go public through a merger … Lees verder op Tech Meme