Tech Meme

Christopher Nardi / National Post: The Canadian government plans to ban TikTok from federal mobile devices on February 28 “to ensure the security and protection of government information”  —  Directive comes as the federal government is embroiled in questions about foreign interference by China in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Delaware-based Pagos, a payments startup with clients like Adobe, Eventbrite, GoFundMe, and Warner Bros. Discovery, raised a $34M Series A led by Arbor Ventures  —  With global digital payments revenue expected to reach $14.79 trillion by 2027, payment infrastructure has arguably never been more critical. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Derek Andersen / Cointelegraph: Coinbase plans to suspend trading of the Binance USD stablecoin on March 13 for not meeting its listing standards; users will still be able to access their BUSD  —  The San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange referred to its “listing standards” in a tweet.  —  131 Total views  —  1 Total shares Lees verder op Tech Meme

Christopher Nardi / National Post: Memo: the Canadian government plans to ban TikTok from federal mobile devices on February 28 “to ensure the security and protection of government information”  —  Directive comes as the federal government is embroiled in questions about foreign interference by China in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Heath / The Verge: Snap plans to release “My AI”, a Snapchat chatbot using the latest version of ChatGPT and pinned to the app’s chat tab, initially available to Plus subscribers  —  Snapchat is introducing a chatbot powered by the latest version of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple has restarted work on an iPhone SE 4 with a 6.1 OLED screen and an Apple-designed 5G modem; Ross Young: China’s BOE will supply the display  —  Apple has restarted development of a fourth-generation iPhone SE with a 6.1-inch OLED display and an Apple-designed 5G chip … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Umar Shakir / The Verge: Tesla stops FSD beta installations in the US and Canada until a future OTA update addresses an NHTSA recall; current FSD users can keep using the software as is  —  Tesla is putting a hold on new installations of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta software in the US and Canada until a firmware update … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gavin Bonshor / AnandTech: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D review: AMD’s fastest gaming processor and an overall excellent chip, but it’s ~$110 more than the impressive previous generation 7950X  —  Last year, AMD released its Ryzen 7 5800X3D to the market with 96 MB of L3 V-Cache.  The consumer implementation of AMD’s … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Meir Orbach / CTech: Tel Aviv-based cloud security startup Wiz raised a $300M Series D led by Lightspeed at a $10B valuation, up from $6B in October 2021 after its $250M Series C  —  The Israeli startup said that it will not hold any of the funds in Israel due to the impending judicial coup Lees verder op Tech Meme

Washington Post: After a string of high-profile setbacks, the White House and the FTC find that breaking up Big Tech is hard, as Google hires ex-DOJ lawyers for its court battle  —  Google is hiring teams of former DOJ lawyers to fight antitrust lawsuits as the battle over tech firms’ power shifts to the courts Lees verder op Tech Meme