Tech Meme

FinSMEs: Salt Lake City-based Jump, which offers AI tools for financial advisors and other financial services providers, raised a $20M Series A led by Battery Ventures  —  Jum p, a Salt Lake City, UT-based provider of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for financial advisors and other financial … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew Orr / AppleInsider: Counterpoint: global smartphone revenue grew 5% in 2024, with the iPhone 15 leading sales, followed by the iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPhone 15 Pro, and Galaxy A15 5G  —  Apple’s iPhone 15 led global sales in 2024, with Pro models close behind, as premium device demand drove a revenue rebound. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samantha Subin / CNBC: Palantir reports Q4 revenue up 36% YoY to $828M, vs. $776M est., and US commercial revenue up 64% YoY; PLTR, which soared 340% in 2024, jumps 20%+ after hours  —  Palantir shares surged as much as 23% in extended trading on Monday after the software company reported fourth-quarter earnings … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brody Ford / Bloomberg: Source: Salesforce is cutting 1,000+ roles and will let displaced workers apply for other jobs internally; Salesforce had nearly 73,000 workers in January 2024  —  – Many affected employees will be able to apply for other jobs  — Amazon, Microsoft and Meta also trimming roles to start 2025 Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: Anthropic details Constitutional Classifiers, a protective LLM layer designed to stop AI model jailbreaking by monitoring inputs and outputs for harmful content  —  Leading tech groups including Microsoft and Meta also invest in similar safety systems  —  Artificial intelligence start … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Meta defines the types of AI systems that it deems too risky to release, including ones capable of aiding in cybersecurity, chemical, and biological attacks  —  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has pledged to make artificial general intelligence (AGI) — which is roughly defined as AI that can accomplish … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg: Sources: the Trump admin plans to nominate Arielle Roth, a critic of Biden’s $42.5B broadband infrastructure plan, to lead the NTIA, which oversees the project  —  – Senate staffer Arielle Roth is said in line for Commerce post  — She’ll oversee Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program Lees verder op Tech Meme

Adrian Pennington / StreamTV Insider: Ampere Analysis: the US streaming market will reach $17B in advertising revenue in 2025; 24% of US-based Netflix subscribers are on the Standard with Ads tier  —  Ampere Analysis monetization ad-supported video Netflix  —  The U.S streaming market will approach $17 billion in advertising revenue … Lees verder op Tech Meme

CBC News: Ontario Premier Doug Ford pauses retaliatory measures like “ripping up” the province’s CA$100M Starlink contract, after Donald Trump delays US tariffs on Canada  —  Retaliatory measures included ‘ripping up’ Starlink contract, taking American booze of LCBO shelves Lees verder op Tech Meme

Evan Weinberger / Bloomberg Law: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent orders the CFPB to stop activities, like rulemaking, communications, and litigation; in November, Musk said to “Delete CFPB”  —  Search by Topic  —  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has shut down a wide variety of operations inside … Lees verder op Tech Meme