TechTaffy

tech:

taffy

Katie Couric Joins Yahoo News As Global Anchor

By TechTaffy Desk

Katie_Couric

Broadcast journalist Katie Couric is joining Yahoo as global anchor, working with a growing team of global correspondents, starting next year. The hiring is quite a coup for Yahoo, following on the heels of recent hires tech columnist David Pogue and political columnist Matt Bai from The New York Times.

Katie Couric: Joining Yahoo offers a tremendous opportunity to reach people all around the world in the way that they’re using and consuming media today. 

Ms. Couric will continue to host her daytime talk show, Katie, on ABC.

[Image courtesy: Katie Couric]

 

Just in

Seed

Oso Semiconductor raises $5.2M

Oso Semiconductor has raised $5.2 million in seed funding. The round was led by Engine Ventures.
People

Battelle appoints Tim Ryan to board of directors

Battelle has elected Tim Ryan, Citi’s Head of Technology and Business Enablement, to its board of directors.
Around the web

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Gov for U.S. government agencies — CNBC

It’s called ChatGPT Gov and was built specifically for U.S. government use; writes Hayden Field. 
Around the web

DeepSeek’s popular AI app is explicitly sending US data to China — Wired

Users have already reported several examples of DeepSeek censoring content that is critical of China or its policies, writes Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman. 
Around the web

DeepSeek hit with large-scale cyberattack, says it’s limiting registrations — CNBC

DeepSeek on Monday said it would temporarily limit user registrations “due to large-scale malicious attacks” on its services; writes Hayden Field.