Tech Meme

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: GitHub says all enterprise cloud customers will be able to select an EU region to store all their code starting on October 29  —  GitHub will soon allow cloud customers to store their code data in the European Union (EU), part of a growing push in the technology realm to meet regulatory requirements … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: TikTok says it plans to shut down TikTok Music on November 28 and will delete customer data; the app, originally called Resso, first launched in 2019  —  TikTok Music will go offline on Nov. 28 and customer data will be deleted, the music division said in a post on its website. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Niclas Rolander / Bloomberg: Swedish prosecutors say Iran was behind 15K text messages sent on August 1, 2023 to sow fear in Sweden, asking recipients to exact revenge after Koran burnings  —  Sweden uncovered an Iranian hacking operation to send text messages in a bid to sow fear in the Nordic country. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Google plans to include the standalone Gemini app as standard on Workspace Business, Enterprise, and Frontline plans from Q4, replacing the Gemini add-on  —  Google is making Gemini AI a core part of its Workspace productivity suite, which could see the chatbot adopted by millions more users. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: WP Engine sends a “cease and desist” letter to Automattic to “retract false, harmful, and disparaging statements”, after Matt Mullenweg called it a “cancer”  —  WordPress hosting service WP Engine on Monday sent a cease-and-desist letter to Automattic … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: On its Chinese website, Huawei says its HarmonyOS now has 10,000 apps and meta-services; the latest HarmonyOS update blocked the ability to install Android apps  —  After a few years of building out “HarmonyOS,” Huawei’s latest update has finally blocked the ability to install Android apps at all … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times: Raspberry Pi reports H1 2024 revenue up 61% YoY to $144M, gross profit up 47% YoY to $34.2M, and unit volume up 31% YoY to 3.66M; RPI jumps 5%+ pre-market  —  Shares rise after UK microcomputer maker publishes first earnings report since June IPO  —  Shares in Raspberry Pi jumped on Tuesday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: Revolut plans to spin out its €8.5B wealth management offering into a standalone Invest app, launching in European Economic Area countries by the end of 2024  —  – Firm spinning out $9.5 billion wealth assets with new platform  — Fintech seeking to tap customers beyond its main banking app Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: How WhatsApp Channels, launched in late 2023, are driving traffic to digital news outlets, especially readers from outside the US, as social media traffic falls  —  An illustration of a man sitting on a green chair reading a newspaper called “World News” as he looks at his phone behind it.Jackson Gibbs Lees verder op Tech Meme

Georgia Wells / Wall Street Journal: Access Now and 24+ others wrote to Pavel Durov in late 2021 asking Telegram to add transparent content rules, an appeals process, and more; Durov didn’t respond  —  Users complained about the site to Pavel Durov three years before he was charged with spreading criminal activity Lees verder op Tech Meme