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Wall Street Journal : Sources: Instacart has told employees that revenue increased 50%+ YoY in Q4 and gross profit rose 80%+, while its full year 2022 revenue grew 39% YoY to ~$2.5B   —  The company increased revenue 39% in 2022 despite slowing sales on its grocery delivery app  —  Instacart Inc. generated sharply … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/qZpBuTa via IFTTT

Jon Fingas / Engadget : Qualcomm and Thales unveil the certification of the first commercially deployable iSIM, putting eSIM-like functionality directly into the phone's main processor   —  Never mind eSIMs — your next phone might have a more advanced way of connecting to your carrier. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/G9kYo1V via IFTTT

Jon Fingas / Engadget : Qualcomm and Thales unveil the certification of the first commercially deployable iSIM, putting eSIM-like functionality directly into the phone's main processor   —  Never mind eSIMs — your next phone might have a more advanced way of connecting to your carrier. source http://www.techmeme.com/230228/p25#a230228p25

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch : Typeface, which offers generative AI for marketing copy and images, emerges from stealth with $65M from Lightspeed Venture Partners, GV, M12, and Menlo Ventures   —  Typeface, a startup developing an AI-powered dashboard for drafting marketing copy and images, emerged from stealth this week … source http://www.techmeme.com/230228/p24#a230228p24

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch : Typeface, which offers generative AI tools for marketing, emerges from stealth with $65M from Lightspeed Venture Partners, GV, M12, and Menlo Ventures   —  Typeface, a startup developing an AI-powered dashboard for drafting marketing copy and images, emerged from stealth this week with $65 million … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/Bz7TiqI via IFTTT

Financial Times : US-based MKS Instruments, a little-known but key chip equipment supplier, says a “ransomware event” on “production-related systems” will cause delays into March   —  US-based MKS Instruments says attack would cost at least $200mn in lost or delayed sales source http://www.techmeme.com/230228/p23#a230228p23

Financial Times : US-based MKS Instruments, a little-known but key chip equipment supplier, says a “ransomware event” on “production-related systems” will cause delays into March   —  US-based MKS Instruments says attack would cost at least $200mn in lost or delayed sales from Techmeme https://ift.tt/QHI9p8E via IFTTT

Brody Ford / Bloomberg : Zoom reports Q4 revenue up 4% YoY to $1.12B, vs. $1.1B est., Enterprise revenue up 18% YoY to $636.1M, Enterprise customers up 12% YoY to ~213K; ZM jumps 6%+   —  Zoom Video Communications Inc. gained in late trading after giving an upbeat profit forecast for the current period … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2aROudp via IFTTT

Ina Fried / Axios : Meta is forming a team to get generative AI into its products, led by Ahmad Al-Dahle, who joined Meta in 2020 after 16 years at Apple and reports to Chris Cox   —  Meta is unifying its generative AI work across the company into a new product team tasked with more quickly integrating the latest technologies into its products. source http://www.techmeme.com/230227/p23#a230227p23

Ina Fried / Axios : Meta is forming a team to get generative AI into products, led by Ahmad Al-Dahle, who worked at Apple before joining Meta in 2020 and will report to Chris Cox   —  Meta is unifying its generative AI work across the company into a new product team tasked with more quickly integrating the latest technologies into its products. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/xIMKgcZ via IFTTT

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch : Delaware-based Pagos, a payments startup with clients like Adobe, Eventbrite, GoFundMe, and Warner Bros. Discovery, raised a $34M Series A led by Arbor Ventures   —  With global digital payments revenue expected to reach $14.79 trillion by 2027, payment infrastructure has arguably never been more critical. source http://www.techmeme.com/230227/p22#a230227p22

Joe Rossignol / MacRumors : Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple has restarted work on an iPhone SE 4 with a 6.1" OLED screen and an Apple-designed 5G modem; Ross Young: China's BOE will supply the display   —  Apple has restarted development of a fourth-generation iPhone SE with a 6.1-inch OLED display and an Apple-designed 5G chip … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/ne5uGCj via IFTTT

Joe Rossignol / MacRumors : Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple has restarted work on an iPhone SE 4 with a 6.1" OLED screen and an Apple-designed 5G modem; Ross Young: China's BOE will supply the display   —  Apple has restarted development of a fourth-generation iPhone SE with a 6.1-inch OLED display and an Apple-designed 5G chip … source http://www.techmeme.com/230227/p21#a230227p21

Penny Chisholm picked up Nancy Hopkins in the cancer center an hour before their appointment with the dean on August 11, 1994. They walked across the street to collect Lisa Steiner and Mary-Lou Pardue in the biology department, then to the main campus to pick up JoAnne Stubbe and Sylvia Ceyer. The six MIT professors from the School of Science walked as a band across the shady expanse of Eastman Court, imagining that everyone must be watching them. It was ridiculous, Penny thought: here she was, a full professor, feeling as uncertain as a freshman on her first day of class. They pulled open the heavy doors to Building 6 and began walking down the long, cool corridor. On a summer day, without the usual crush of students, they could hear their steps echo against the marble floors and the tall, painted cinder-block walls. No one said anything. The dean’s assistant showed them into his conference room. Nancy had always been curious to see it; this was where the Science Council argued over...

Wall Street Journal : Some experts, particularly those advocating for “ethical AI” or “responsible AI”, say Microsoft and OpenAI's new Bing experiment is dangerous to the public   —  Even the people behind new artificial intelligence systems say their buzzy products are ‘somewhat broken.’ They're relying on us to fix them. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/9V6dCq3 via IFTTT

Wall Street Journal : Some experts, particularly those advocating for “ethical AI” or “responsible AI”, say Microsoft and OpenAI's new Bing experiment is dangerous for the public   —  Even the people behind new artificial intelligence systems say their buzzy products are ‘somewhat broken.’ They're relying on us to fix them. source http://www.techmeme.com/230226/p8#a230226p8

Emma Roth / The Verge : Reports: 50+ Twitter staff were laid off over the weekend, including Twitter's product lead Esther Crawford, and Revue founder Martijn de Kuijper   —  Crawford headed up various projects at Twitter, including the company's Blue with verification subscription as well as Twitter's forthcoming payments platform. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/Wh194f6 via IFTTT

Emma Roth / The Verge : Reports: 50+ Twitter staff were laid off on Saturday, including Twitter's product lead Esther Crawford, and Revue founder Martijn de Kuijper   —  Crawford headed up various projects at Twitter, including the company's Blue with verification subscription as well as Twitter's forthcoming payments platform. source http://www.techmeme.com/230226/p7#a230226p7

Zoë Schiffer / @zoeschiffer : Source: Esther Crawford, who became one of the most influential executives at Twitter after Musk's takeover, is out as Director of Product Management   —  Just got confirmation that Esther Crawford, chief executive of Twitter Payments, is out. source http://www.techmeme.com/230226/p6#a230226p6

Zoë Schiffer / @zoeschiffer : Source: Esther Crawford, who became one of the most influential leaders at Twitter after Musk's takeover, is out as Director of Product Management   —  Just got confirmation that Esther Crawford, chief executive of Twitter Payments, is out. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/RFN6GPt via IFTTT

Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware : Report: 69,190 semiconductor patents were filed globally in 2022, up 9% YoY; China accounted for 55% of filings, the US accounted for 26%, and UK for 0.26%   —  The U.K. only accounted for 0.26% of the global total.  —  China is neither the world's largest developer of chips nor the world's largest maker of semiconductors. source http://www.techmeme.com/230225/p14#a230225p14

Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware : Report: 69,190 semiconductor patents were filed globally in 2022, up 9% YoY; China accounted for 55% of filings, the US accounted for 26%, and UK for 0.26%   —  The U.K. only accounted for 0.26% of the global total.  —  China is neither the world's largest developer of chips nor the world's largest maker of semiconductors. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/jaDp0E4 via IFTTT

Tabby Kinder / Financial Times : Sources: Sequoia resigned from Citizen's board, after the startup offered a “pay to play” deal obliging existing investors to participate in a new funding round   —  Investor abandons start-up over fundraising that has massively diluted its shareholding, as Silicon Valley VCs re-evaluate deals from Techmeme https://ift.tt/UgrKVij via IFTTT

Tabby Kinder / Financial Times : Sources: Sequoia resigned from Citizen's board, after the startup offered a “pay to play” deal obliging existing investors to participate in a new funding round   —  Investor abandons start-up over fundraising that has massively diluted its shareholding, as Silicon Valley VCs re-evaluate deals source http://www.techmeme.com/230225/p13#a230225p13

Morgan Meaker / Wired : Experts caution the proliferation of unmanned aerial vehicles is driving militaries in Ukraine and beyond toward automation, creating a dangerous slippery slope   —  Drones that can find their own targets already exist, making machine-versus-machine conflict just a software update away. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/GJuqgS8 via IFTTT

Morgan Meaker / Wired : Experts caution the proliferation of unmanned aerial vehicles is driving militaries in Ukraine and beyond toward automation, creating a dangerous slippery slope   —  Drones that can find their own targets already exist, making machine-versus-machine conflict just a software update away. source http://www.techmeme.com/230225/p12#a230225p12