Tech Meme

Kevin Purdy / Ars Technica: DuckDuckGo releases its browser in public beta on Windows, over a year after its private beta on macOS, offering Duck Player for YouTube without ads and more  —  No extensions yet, but it can fight spam, tracking, and YouTube’s algorithm.  —  Privacy-focused firm DuckDuckGo has released … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Politico: The EU’s Thierry Breton visits California to discuss the DSA with Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, and a new AI Pact with Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, and Jensen Huang  —  Thierry Breton flies to US to warn Twitter’s Elon Musk and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg to fall in line with EU law. Lees verder op Tech Meme

CoinDesk: BitGo ends its deal to buy rival Prime Trust, which halts all deposits and withdrawals; a judge dismissed BitGo’s lawsuit over the failed Galaxy Digital deal  —  Prime Trust has been losing clients and deposits to competitors for weeks amid mounting concerns over its business, a source at one former client told CoinDesk. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Christine Hall / TechCrunch: Robinhood acquires X1, a startup offering a no-fee income-based credit card with rewards, for $95M in cash; X1 had raised $62M, including $15M in December 2022  —  Robinhood announced on Thursday that it was acquiring X1, a no-fee credit card startup, for $95 million in cash. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Glenn Gamboa / Associated Press: Google pledges $20M in grants to support and expand the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics, aiming to introduce US students to potential cybersecurity careers  —  Free medical clinics and legal aid clinics, where college students and their instructors help their communities while also learning … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: The US and the EU both agree that Google’s ad tech dominance must end and call for a breakup; Margrethe Vestager hailed “close and fruitful” work with the DOJ  —  European Union and US antitrust regulators may have gone their separate ways of late. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amrita Khalid / The Verge: As Spotify’s podcast strategy of focusing on exclusives and celebrity hosts continues to falter, the company seems to be shifting its attention to selling ads  —  The company is entering the ‘next phase’ of its podcast strategy — but will it learn from its mistakes? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Politico: EU Commissioner Thierry Breton starts a two-day California trip to push DSA in meetings with Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, and others  —  Thierry Breton flies to US to warn Twitter’s Elon Musk and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg to fall in line with EU law. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Acryl Data, which offers a data catalog service built on DataHub open source framework, raised a $21M Series A led by 8VC, bringing its total funding to $30M  —  With the explosion of different kinds of data, companies are struggling to realize meaningful value from their stored data. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: The US and the EU both agree that Google’s adtech dominance must end and call for a breakup; Margrethe Vestager hailed “close and fruitful” work with the DOJ  —  European Union and US antitrust regulators may have gone their separate ways of late. Lees verder op Tech Meme