Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Amazon is ramping up ad spending on X, as companies re-evaluate their stances in a changing political climate; source: Apple considers a return to X  —  Amazon AMZN -0.43%decrease; red down pointing triangle is ramping up ad spending on Elon Musk’s X, according to people familiar with the situation … Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: Elon Musk is using the same tactics he used during his Twitter takeover at DOGE, including offering exits to federal employees and testing engineering prowess  —  Federal agencies have offered exits to millions of employees and tested the prowess of engineers — just like when Elon Musk bought Twitter. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google announces a “voluntary exit program” for employees working in the Platforms & Devices group in the US, which includes Android, Chrome, Pixel, and more  —  Last year, the teams responsible for Pixel hardware and Android software were merged into one division … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Sources: Satya Nadella and Microsoft execs moved quickly to get engineers to test and deploy R1 on Azure and GitHub in 10 days, an unusually fast turnaround  —  Microsoft was ready for the next step in AI models.  —  Microsoft was ready for the next step in AI models. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: DataBank, which provides high-performance compute-ready data centers for enterprise clients, raised $250M from PE firm TJC and $600M in a secondary share offer  —  The data center market is booming, driven by AI demand.  Just last week, OpenAI said that it plans to team up with backers including SoftBank … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: bankers trying to offload ~$3B in X debt claim X had $1.2B in adjusted EBITDA in 2024, roughly flat from before Elon Musk’s buyout, a sign of recovery  —  Investors are starting to get their most complete look yet at the financial picture of social media platform X in the chaotic three years since its buyout by Elon Musk. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft makes OpenAI’s o1 model, branded as “Think Deeper”, free for all Copilot users, after launching o1 in October 2024 as a paid Copilot Pro feature  —  Think Deeper first launched in October as a paid Copilot Pro feature, but it’s now free. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Threads adds a dedicated media tab globally for photos and video, days after X and Bluesky added video tabs, and will let users tag people in photos  —  Meta’s newer social network Threads announced on Thursday that it’s introducing a dedicated “media” tab for both photos and videos … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Cybersecurity firms Netskope and Armis say “hundreds” of companies and government agencies globally are moving to block DeepSeek due to data leak concerns  —  – Ireland, Italy seek details on if citizens’ data is protected  —  Companies and government agencies around the world … Lees verder op Tech Meme

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: Fairshake, the crypto super PAC bankrolled by Coinbase, a16z, and others, says it has $116M in cash on hand aimed at the 2026 midterm election cycle  —  WATCH NOW  —  Fairshake, the super PAC bankrolled by crypto’s biggest players, announced Thursday it has $116 million in cash on hand … Lees verder op Tech Meme