Tech Meme

Washington Post: A poll of 1,027 US adults: 41% support a TikTok ban, 25% oppose it, and 71% are concerned that ByteDance is based in China; 17% of US daily users support a ban  —  As D.C. pushes for action against TikTok, a Washington Post poll finds more support than oppose banning the app Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nikkei Asia: Sources: Toshiba plans to accept a ~$15.3B takeover offer from a coalition including Japan Industrial Partners; JIP is expected to take Toshiba private  —  Board approves offer and present delisting plan to shareholders  —  TOKYO — Toshiba is set to accept a takeover offer … Lees verder op Tech Meme

CNBC: Coinbase says it received an SEC notice warning the exchange of potential US securities law violations that could lead to enforcement actions; COIN drops 10%+  —  – The SEC issued crypto exchange Coinbase a Wells notice, warning the exchange that it identified potential violations of U.S. securities law. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: Arm seeks to raise prices for its chip designs by charging device makers based on the value of a device instead of chipmakers based on a chip’s value  —  SoftBank-owned group aims to charge more for each chip design in radical shake-up of business model Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Konrad / Forbes: Canva debuts AI-based tools, including Magic Design which makes personalized templates from images and Magic Presentation which creates slideshows from prompts  —  Covering venture capital, cloud and startups  —  The ten-year-old Australian startup led by Melanie Perkins said annualized revenue … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stu Woo / Wall Street Journal: A profile of TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, a Singaporean army reservist and an ex-Goldman Sachs banker, as he prepares to defend TikTok before a skeptical Congress  —  Singapore army reservist and ex-Goldman banker says misconceptions about Chinese-owned app need to be clarified  —  How TikTok Could Become a U.S. Company Lees verder op Tech Meme

Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: Singapore-based Kredivo Holdings, formerly called FinAccel, whose services include BNPL, loans, and neobanking, raised a $270M Series D led by Mizuho Bank  —  The funding landscape in Southeast Asia is still wintery, but one fintech managed to land a major round. Lees verder op Tech Meme

CNBC: Lindsay Lohan, Jake Paul, and other celebrities agree to pay a combined $400K to settle SEC charges over promoting TRX and BTT without disclosing compensation  —  – The SEC unveiled charges against diplomat Justin Sun for fraud and securities violations, while also charging celebrity backers including Jake Paul and Lindsay Lohan. Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: A look at RightWingGPT, an experimental AI model fine-tuned to manifest conservative viewpoints, made by a researcher who claims ChatGPT has a left-leaning bias  —  After criticizing A.I. companies for liberal bias, programmers started envisioning right-wing alternatives, making chatbots a new front in the culture wars. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tracy Wang / CoinDesk: Court filings: FTX will recover assets worth $460M, including $404M in cash, of the $475M seed capital transferred by Alameda to hedge fund Modulo in 2022  —  Alameda Research seeded little-known Bahamas-based hedge fund Modulo Capital with $475 million in 2022.  The recovery includes $404 million in cash. Lees verder op Tech Meme