Austin-based Verifiable, which automates health care credentialing and compliance, raised a $27M Series B led by Craft Ventures, after a $17M A in August 2021 — Knowing that a doctor on your hospital staff is who they say they are would seem like a no-brainer, but poor access to real …
Amazon files a petition in the EU's General Court challenging the DSA and its “large platform” designation, the first US company to do so, following Zalando — Seattle-based group files legal action against proposed legislation designed to rein in Big Tech
Source: Instagram plans to add branded content tools to Threads, offering marketers paid promotion; Threads won't introduce ads before reaching a critical mass — Instagram is planning to bring its branded content tools to Threads, a source told Axios, giving marketers a way to get involved …
Alibaba's Youku airs My Chinese Chip, a new drama series in China telling the story of a startup building lasers for deep ultraviolet lithography machines — A new series in China tells the story of a scrappy startup developing the advanced chipmaking technology that multinational trade sanctions today are keeping out of the country.
Following similar lawsuits, Sarah Silverman and two other authors sue OpenAI and Meta, claiming LLaMA and ChatGPT were trained on copyright-infringing material — Comedian and author Sarah Silverman, as well as authors Christopher Golden and Richard Kadrey — are suing OpenAI and Meta each …
The Snap Star creator program, Snap's new revenue-sharing incentive, is showing early signs of traction as part of broader efforts to reverse declining sales — Social-media app Snapchat is trying to counter declining sales — Snap's efforts to lure creators and their followers …
Evernote lays off most of its remaining staff in the US and Chile, and will relocate nearly all operations to Europe; Bending Spoons acquired Evernote in 2022 — Evernote, the note-taking app once heralded by Engadget as the “king of note-taking apps,” has laid off most of its staff …
Sources: Sequoia's China unit HongShan has set up an office in Singapore and might compete with Sequoia's India-based Peak XV for south-east Asia investments — Plans to expand into south-east Asia dealmaking from city-state puts it in direct competition with India-based Peak XV
A look at Google's Med-PaLM 2, an AI chatbot that answers medical questions, and more; sources: testing began in April with customers including the Mayo Clinic — Search company is fine-tuning chatbot technology via medical licensing exams — Google is testing an artificial-intelligence program trained …
Civil rights groups and academics say the ruling limiting the US government contacting tech companies could undermine 2024 election misinformation initiatives — Civil rights groups warn limits on government contacts could be a boon for election lies ahead of ‘the biggest election year the internet age has seen’
Ryan Browne / CNBC : The UK CMA opens a probe to assess Google's position in search and search ads business and how it impacts consum...
