Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: X rolls out a dedicated video tab in the US, letting users scroll through short videos, accessible via the app’s bottom bar — Social network X is trying to capitalize on the removal of ByteDance apps like TikTok and Lemon8 from U.S. app stores by launching a dedicated vertical video feed. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Alan Suderman / Associated Press: Bitcoin passes $108K ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, after hitting $100K in December 2024 before dropping to around $90K — The price of bitcoin surged to over $109,000 early Monday, just hours ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration … Lees verder op Tech Meme
CBS News: Source: DOGE co-lead Vivek Ramaswamy is set to step away from the task force and plans a campaign for Ohio governor; sources: Musk associates undercut Ramaswamy — Vivek Ramaswamy, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: An interview with Broadcom’s Hock Tan on backlash from VMware customers, positioning VMware as a “sovereign” alternative to Big Tech’s cloud services, and more — Hock Tan is positioning the tech group’s $69bn software acquisition as a ‘sovereign’ alternative to Big Tech’s cloud services Lees verder op Tech Meme
Julian E. Barnes / New York Times: A look at the CIA’s AI use, including a chatbot that lets analysts talk to virtual versions of foreign presidents and prime ministers to predict their behaviors — The spy agency is trying to give its teams better tools and make it easier for the private sector to develop technology for their secretive work. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Megan Sauer / CNBC: An interview with Jeff Atwood, co-founder of Stack Overflow, which was acquired by Prosus for $1.8B in 2021, on his plans to donate half his net worth and more — Plenty of wealthy people plan to donate most of their fortunes to philanthropic causes. Jeff Atwood says he’ll actually do it within the next five years. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Isabelle Bousquette / Wall Street Journal: A look at UK hedge fund Man Group’s ArcticDB, an open-source tool used internally and by customers like Bloomberg to analyze daily stock trading data and more — The need to analyze an overwhelming influx of stock data—and to do it fast—pushed Man Group to become its own kind of tech company Lees verder op Tech Meme
Adam Kucharski / Bloomberg: A 2024 study of 205 randomly chosen Community Notes on X about COVID-19 vaccines found that 97% of the notes were accurate and ~50% cited high-quality sources — Crowdsourcing accuracy online is complicated. But Community Notes, when used correctly, can be a valuable tool. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Wes Davis / The Verge: TikTok restores its service in the US after reaching an “agreement with our service providers” and thanks Donald Trump “for providing the necessary clarity” — The company said this afternoon that it is “in the process of restoring service” and thanked President-elect Trump for … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Axios: Sources: a top AI compay may soon unveil a breakthrough in AI super-agents for complex human tasks; Sam Altman set up a briefing for US officials on January 30 — – Build from scratch: Imagine telling your agent, “Build me new payment software.” … – Make sense of chaos … Lees verder op Tech Meme