Journals

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: London-based Colossyan, which uses generative AI and virtual avatars to create corporate training videos, raised a $22M Series A led by Lakestar  —  Most people don’t watch corporate training videos — or, in cases where the… Read More »London-based Colossyan, which uses generative AI and virtual avatars to create corporate training videos, raised a $22M Series A led by Lakestar (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Emilia David / The Verge: OpenAI says DALL-E 3 will embed watermarks to images with C2PA metadata and acknowledges the metadata can easily be removed either accidentally or intentionally  —  OpenAI’s image generator DALL-E 3 will add watermarks to image… Read More »OpenAI says DALL-E 3 will embed watermarks to images with C2PA metadata and acknowledges the metadata can easily be removed either accidentally or intentionally (Emilia David/The Verge)

Sarah McBride / Bloomberg: Zededa, a maker of edge infrastructure orchestration tools, raised $72M led by Smith Point Capital; a source says the round values the company around $400M  —  The computing company was valued at $400 million.  —  Zededa,… Read More »Zededa, a maker of edge infrastructure orchestration tools, raised $72M led by Smith Point Capital; a source says the round values the company around $400M (Sarah McBride/Bloomberg)

Kylie Robison / Fortune: Source: X’s new Trust and Safety moderation team in Austin with 100 content moderators was initially envisioned as a 500-person team in the Bay Area  —  Under owner Elon Musk, X is bringing some content moderators… Read More »Source: X’s new Trust and Safety moderation team in Austin with 100 content moderators was initially envisioned as a 500-person team in the Bay Area (Kylie Robison/Fortune)

Nelson Wang / Unchained: MicroStrategy bought 31,775 BTC in Q4 2023 for an average cost of $39,411 per BTC, taking its total holdings to 190K BTC acquired for a total cost of $5.93B  —  Software firm MicroStrategy, the largest corporate… Read More »MicroStrategy bought 31,775 BTC in Q4 2023 for an average cost of $39,411 per BTC, taking its total holdings to 190K BTC acquired for a total cost of $5.93B (Nelson Wang/Unchained)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: ID management company Entrust acquires Onfido, a London-based provider of automated identity verification services, sources say for “well above” $400M  —  Onfido, an early mover in the world of identity verification using computer vision and other… Read More »ID management company Entrust acquires Onfido, a London-based provider of automated identity verification services, sources say for “well above” $400M (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Rachel Graf / Bloomberg: A US federal judge rules Apple won’t have to face AliveCor’s lawsuit alleging Apple’s Watch copied heart-monitoring technology from the medical device company  —  – Judge rules in favor of Apple in dispute over heart monitoring … Read More »A US federal judge rules Apple won’t have to face AliveCor’s lawsuit alleging Apple’s Watch copied heart-monitoring technology from the medical device company (Rachel Graf/Bloomberg)

Mark Tyson / Tom’s Hardware: Researchers say ~3M smart toothbrushes with a Java-based OS were compromised by hackers and incorporated into botnets used in DDoS attacks against a Swiss site  —  Dental IoT devices caused millions of Euros in damages… Read More »Researchers say ~3M smart toothbrushes with a Java-based OS were compromised by hackers and incorporated into botnets used in DDoS attacks against a Swiss site (Mark Tyson/Tom’s Hardware)

Sam Sabin / Axios: The Public Interest Registry will give domain registries free access to tools from the Internet Watch Foundation to crack down on the spread of CSAM  —  A new partnership shared first with Axios is promising to… Read More »The Public Interest Registry will give domain registries free access to tools from the Internet Watch Foundation to crack down on the spread of CSAM (Sam Sabin/Axios)

Wall Street Journal: Fox, ESPN, and Warner Bros. Discovery are creating a joint streaming platform to share sports assets; sources: it will be available to ESPN+, Hulu and Max subs  —  The service will be available to ESPN+, Hulu and… Read More »Fox, ESPN, and Warner Bros. Discovery are creating a joint streaming platform to share sports assets; sources: it will be available to ESPN+, Hulu and Max subs (Wall Street Journal)