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Romain Dillet / TechCrunch : Wefox, a Berlin-based digital insurer focused on personal insurance products, raises $650M Series C led by Target Global at a post-money valuation of $3B   —  German startup Wefox has raised a $650 million Series C funding round led by Target Global.  Following this funding round … source http://www.techmeme.com/210601/p2#a210601p2

Tom Warren / The Verge : Nvidia announces flagship gaming GPU GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, promises to deliver 1.5x more performance over RTX 2080 Ti, available worldwide on June 3 for $1,199   —  This is Nvidia's new flagship gaming GPU  —  Nvidia is unveiling its latest flagship gaming GPU today, the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti. source http://www.techmeme.com/210601/p1#a210601p1

Tom Warren / The Verge : Nvidia announces flagship gaming GPU GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, promises to deliver 1.5x more performance over RTX 2080 Ti, available worldwide on June 3 for $1,199   —  This is Nvidia's new flagship gaming GPU  —  Nvidia is unveiling its latest flagship gaming GPU today, the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2SO787y via IFTTT

Ryan Smith / AnandTech : AMD unveils Radeon RX 6000M series of graphics adapters for gaming laptops, which are based on the RDNA2 architecture that underpins AMD's desktop RX 6000 parts   —  Headlining a busy Computex for AMD - and a bit of return to form in that regard - this evening the company is making several graphics and CPU-related product announcements. source http://www.techmeme.com/210531/p20#a210531p20

Ryan Smith / AnandTech : AMD unveils Radeon RX 6000M series of graphics adapters for gaming laptops, which are based on the RDNA2 architecture that underpins AMD's desktop RX 6000 parts   —  Headlining a busy Computex for AMD - and a bit of return to form in that regard - this evening the company is making several graphics and CPU-related product announcements. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3vDSoXv via IFTTT

Suchit Leesa-Nguansuk / Bangkok Post : Thailand-based Flash Group, which provides e-commerce logistics services including Flash Express, raises $150M in new funding to become Thailand's first unicorn   —  Startup has a goal to list as leader in Asean  —  Thailand-based Flash Group, which provides e-commerce logistics services … source http://www.techmeme.com/210531/p19#a210531p19

Suchit Leesa-Nguansuk / Bangkok Post : Thailand-based Flash Group, which provides e-commerce logistics services including Flash Express, raises $150M in new funding to become Thailand's first unicorn   —  Startup has a goal to list as leader in Asean  —  Thailand-based Flash Group, which provides e-commerce logistics services … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3i7c4iH via IFTTT

Wall Street Journal : Sources: PE firms KKR and CD&R are nearing a deal to buy software company Cloudera and take it private; Cloudera has a market value of nearly $4B   —  Agreement to take software firm private could be finalized by Tuesday, sources say  —  Private-equity firms KKR & Co. and Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC … source http://www.techmeme.com/210531/p18#a210531p18

Wall Street Journal : Sources: PE firms KKR and CD&R are nearing a deal to buy software company Cloudera and take it private; Cloudera has a market value of nearly $4B   —  Agreement to take software firm private could be finalized by Tuesday, sources say  —  Private-equity firms KKR & Co. and Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3p7itMg via IFTTT

Bruce Rosenblum switched on his Apple II, which rang out a high F note followed by the clatter of the floppy drive. After a string of thock thock keystrokes, the 12-inch Sanyo monitor began to phosphoresce. A green grid appeared, 16 units wide and 16 units tall. This was “Gridmaster,” a program Bruce had cooked up in the programming language BASIC to build one of the world’s first Chinese digital fonts. He was developing the font for an experimental machine called the Sinotype III, which was among the first personal computers to handle Chinese-language input and output. At the time, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, there were no personal computers being built in China. So to make a “Chinese” PC, Rosenblum’s team was reprogramming an Apple II to operate in Chinese. His list of tasks was long. He had to program an operating system from scratch, since Apple II’s DOS 3.3 simply wouldn’t allow the inputting and outputting of Chinese-character texts. Likewise, he had to program the Chine...

Hannah Murphy / Financial Times : Instagram's algorithm will now rank original and reposted content equally amid employee concerns about suppression of pro-Palestinian voices   —  Social media app will promote viral posts and original content equally  —  Instagram is changing its app to show more viral and current affairs … source http://www.techmeme.com/210531/p8#a210531p8

Bloomberg : Apple releases its supplier responsibility report for 2020, saying there was a reduction in major violations of its code of conduct and no cases of child labor   —  - Annual responsibility report covers labor, energy, Covid-19  — Apple stopped providing specific addresses for facilities source http://www.techmeme.com/210531/p7#a210531p7

Bloomberg : Apple releases its supplier responsibility report for 2020, saying there was a reduction in major violations of its code of conduct and no cases of child labor   —  - Annual responsibility report covers labor, energy, Covid-19  — Apple stopped providing specific addresses for facilities from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3yPbBrb via IFTTT

Stephen Shankland / CNET : Quic, a UDP-based protocol designed by Google to replace TCP, has been published as a standard by IETF, indicating it's mature enough for mass market adoption   —  It's been eight years since Google first announced the technology to replace the internet's seminal TCP standard. source http://www.techmeme.com/210531/p6#a210531p6

Sam Byford / The Verge : Xiaomi demos fully charging a 4,000mAh battery in eight minutes over a 200W “HyperCharge” system or in 15 minutes with 120W wireless charging   —  New ‘world records’ in wired and wireless charging  —  Xiaomi has shown off its latest fast charging tech demo … source http://www.techmeme.com/210531/p5#a210531p5

Stephen Shankland / CNET : Quic, a UDP-based protocol designed by Google to replace TCP, has been published as a standard by IETF, indicating it's mature enough for mass market adoption   —  It's been eight years since Google first announced the technology to replace the internet's seminal TCP standard. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2TtNsXc via IFTTT

Sam Byford / The Verge : Xiaomi demos fully charging a 4,000mAh battery in eight minutes over a 200W “HyperCharge” system or in 15 minutes with 120W wireless charging   —  New ‘world records’ in wired and wireless charging  —  Xiaomi has shown off its latest fast charging tech demo … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2ROy7jz via IFTTT

Dan Taylor / Tech.eu : Stockholm-based digital healthcare provider Doktor.se raises €50M and says it is planning an IPO in Q1 2022   —  Stockholm-based digital healthcare platform Doktor has raised €50 million in a new investment round that saw participation from Consensus Asset Management, Norron … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3wI9mEo via IFTTT

Dan Taylor / Tech.eu : Stockholm-based digital healthcare provider Doktor.se raises €50M and says it is planning an IPO in Q1 2022   —  Stockholm-based digital healthcare platform Doktor has raised €50 million in a new investment round that saw participation from Consensus Asset Management, Norron … source http://www.techmeme.com/210531/p4#a210531p4

Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch : Chipper Cash, which provides cross-border payments services in Africa and says it has 4M users, raises $100M Series C led by SVB Capital   —  Fintech in Africa is a goldmine.  Investors are betting big on startups offering a plethora of services from payments and lending to neobanks … source http://www.techmeme.com/210531/p3#a210531p3

Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch : Chipper Cash, which provides cross-border payments services in Africa and says it has 4M users, raises $100M Series C led by SVB Capital   —  Fintech in Africa is a goldmine.  Investors are betting big on startups offering a plethora of services from payments and lending to neobanks … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2RXaRjk via IFTTT

Pieter Haeck / Politico : Euroconsumers, a group of EU consumer agencies, partners with Facebook after settling a lawsuit with Facebook in April over alleged illegal user data harvesting   —  Euroconsumer had promised up to €200 in compensation for people who signed up to its lawsuit against Facebook. source http://www.techmeme.com/210531/p2#a210531p2