Tech Meme

Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: Dogecoin’s price spikes ~20% after Twitter replaces its logo on Twitter.com with the doge logo; Musk is fighting to get a dogecoin-related lawsuit dismissed  —  Today Twitter users are noticing that an image of a dog has been added to a place of prominence. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jennifer Elias / CNBC: Documents: Google is reducing fitness classes, tape, staplers, and the frequency of laptop replacements, with non-engineers getting Chromebooks by default  —  – In a rare companywide memo from CFO Ruth Porat, Google kicked off “multi-year” employee service cuts. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Google Search adds travel features: a “price guarantee” tool for flights, a swipeable hotel browsing story format, and a new way to find attractions and tours  —  Google announced today that it’s introducing three new Search features to make it easier for users to research hotels … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dan Seifert / The Verge: Unlike modern capable-but-boring laptops, Framework’s repairable, sustainable, and upgradeable models are exciting, reminiscent of the early 2000s computing era  —  It’s not often that I get too excited about new laptops these days.  Modern laptops are extremely capable devices, with few glaring flaws. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Marissa Newman / Bloomberg: Research: Israeli tech startups raised $1.7B in Q1 2023, the lowest since Q3 2018, weighed down by a global slowdown and protests over a judicial overhaul plan  —  Investment in Israeli tech companies has dropped to the lowest quarterly rate in nearly five years, a result of the global downturn … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Amsterdam-based Fourthline, which offers finance firms AI-based ID verification and compliance tools, raised €50M led by Finch, taking its total funding to €70M  —  As digital financial services become more advanced, so too do the efforts of malicious hackers and fraudsters to crack … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matthew Goldstein / New York Times: A look at the problems at Digital World Acquisition Corp, which plans to take Truth Social public by September 8, after CEO Patrick Orlando was ousted in March  —  The merger of Digital World and Trump Media has been held up by investigations, but executives are rushing to complete the deal by a Sept. 8 deadline. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: NYC-based wholesale grocery e-commerce company Boxed files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection; Boxed had held most of its cash and other liquid assets at SVB  —  Boxed Inc., an online bulk retailer that thrived during the pandemic, filed for bankruptcy on Sunday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Google Search adds new travel features, including a “price guarantee” tool for flights and a way to browse hotels in a swipeable story format  —  Google announced today that it’s introducing three new Search features to make it easier for users to research hotels … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Amsterdam-based Fourthline, which offers AI tools for ID checks and compliance to finance companies, raised €50M led by Finch, taking its total funding to €70M  —  As digital financial services become more advanced, so too do the efforts of malicious hackers and fraudsters to crack … Lees verder op Tech Meme