Berlin-based Amboss, which makes study guide apps for medical students and online databases for clinicians, raised €240M, sources say at an €800M+ valuation (Bloomberg) http://www.techmeme.com/250330/p1?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a250330p1 #TechNews #TechTips

Meta brings its anti-scam facial recognition test to the UK "after engaging with regulators", letting celebrities opt-in "to receive the celeb-bait protection" (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) http://www.techmeme.com/250305/p14?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a250305p14 #TechNews #TechTips

Apple partners with Brigham and Women's Hospital to launch the voluntary Apple Health Study via its Research app, open to all iPhone users globally (Caroline Igo/CNET) http://www.techmeme.com/250212/p21?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a250212p21 #TechNews #TechTips

Adobe launches Generate Video in public beta via its re-designed Firefly web app, alongside new image generation, translation, and AI credit subscription tiers (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge) http://www.techmeme.com/250212/p20?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a250212p20 #TechNews #TechTips

After the AI Action Summit, the EU Commission says it will withdraw the AI Liability Directive, a strategic move to show goodwill to the Trump administration (Euractiv) http://www.techmeme.com/250212/p19?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a250212p19 #TechNews #TechTips

Ex-Google Chief Warns West To Focus On Open-Source AI in Competition With China https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/02/12/1345256/ex-google-chief-warns-west-to-focus-on-open-source-ai-in-competition-with-china?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #TechNews #TechTips

Indian startup Lucidity, which helps enterprises optimize their cloud storage, raised a $21M Series A led by WestBridge, after a $5.3M seed in September 2022 (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch) http://www.techmeme.com/250212/p18?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a250212p18 #TechNews #TechTips

In Q4, Meta tweaked its depreciation accounting for AI infrastructure, extending it from 4-5 to 5.5 years, cutting expenses by $2.9B in 2025 and boosting profit (Jeran Wittenstein/Bloomberg) http://www.techmeme.com/250212/p17?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a250212p17 #TechNews #TechTips

How 3D-Printed Parts Changed the NASCAR Cup Series https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/02/12/0052219/how-3d-printed-parts-changed-the-nascar-cup-series?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #TechNews #TechTips

A profile of Oura CEO Tom Hale, who joined the Finnish smart ring maker in 2022, as it broadens its appeal and reaches $500M in 2024 revenue and profitability (Brent Crane/Bloomberg) http://www.techmeme.com/250212/p16?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a250212p16 #TechNews #TechTips

Google rolls out AI image remixing tool Whisk to 100+ countries, letting users upload three images for subject, scene, and style to remix, powered by Imagen 3 (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch) http://www.techmeme.com/250212/p15?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a250212p15 #TechNews #TechTips

A letter to US senator Ron Wyden shows data broker Datastream, which was selling US military location data, got the data from Lithuanian adtech company Eskimi (Wired) http://www.techmeme.com/250212/p13?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a250212p13 #TechNews #TechTips

Analysis of credit and debit card data: Shein's US sales fell 16% to 41% for five days from February 5 and Temu fell up to 32% after Trump targets China trade (Bloomberg) http://www.techmeme.com/250212/p12?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a250212p12 #TechNews #TechTips

A judge rules Parag Agrawal and other former Twitter executives can proceed with claims that Elon Musk cheated them out of severance pay by terminating them (Malathi Nayak/Bloomberg) http://www.techmeme.com/241102/p2?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a241102p2 #TechNews #TechTips

Document: Guangzhou, China-based self-driving startup WeRide files for a Nasdaq IPO, planning to raise up to $119.4M (Reuters) http://www.techmeme.com/241024/p1?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a241024p1 #TechNews #TechTips