from my link log —
Private equity company acquires .org registry.
https://domainnamewire.com/2019/11/13/breaking-private-equity-company-acquires-org-registry/
saved 2019-11-15
Salesforce is acquiring CMS provider Contentful; source: Salesforce paid between $1B and $1.5B, a steep discount from Contentful's $3B valuation in 2021 (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/salesforce-acquires-contentful-…
RE: https://live.acarsdrama.com/@acarsdrama/116495973861998046
CLASS TREACHERY!
Werbe-Tracking: Deutsche Ermittler kauften Handydaten
Smartphone-Apps erfassen Standortdaten zu Werbezwecken. Aggregiert verkaufen Händler diese an Interessenten – darunter offenbar auch die deutsche Polizei.
https://w…
Source: Anthropic has acquired Coefficient Bio, which was developing a platform that enables AI to run biotech tasks such as planning drug research, for ~$400M (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/anthropic-acquires-startup-…
Rams 'aggressive' about rare shot to land Garrett https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48951573/mcvay-rams-aggressive-shot-land-star-garrett
Meta acquires a startup Assured Robot Intelligence to bolster its robotics team, which is working on humanoid hardware and the underlying AI that powers it (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
A survey of US adults finds 56% support banning social media for under-16s, while 21% oppose; majorities across demographic and partisan groups support a ban (Pew Research Center)
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/20
A look at Pangram, considered the gold standard for detecting AI writing, and the dangers of its claimed 1 in 10,000 false-positive rate when used at scale (Matteo Wong/The Atlantic)
https://www.…
Chinese robot maker UBTech launches U1, a line of humanoid robots for personal companionship with lifelike silicone skin and emotional AI, priced from $17,650 (Minxiao Chang/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trend…