Tech Meme

Paige Smith / Bloomberg: Memo: the US CFPB discontinues its order designating the supervision of Google Payment, saying the Biden-era decision is an “unwarranted use” of CFPB’s powers  —  The supervision of Google Payment would be “an unwarranted use of the Bureau’s powers and resources,” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Google rolls out AI-powered defenses to help combat scams on Chrome, including the use of Gemini Nano, its on-device LLM, in Enhanced Protection mode on desktop  —  Google announced on Thursday that it’s rolling out new AI-powered defenses to help combat scams on Chrome. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Meta says it will start testing video ads on Threads with a “small number” of advertisers, and “Reels trending ads”, which will be shown next to trending Reels  —  Instagram Threads will begin testing video ads, Meta announced on Thursday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chris Vallance / BBC: The Wikimedia Foundation says it is taking legal action to challenge the UK’s Online Safety Act, saying it could threaten the safety of its volunteer editors  —  Wikipedia is taking legal action against new Online Safety Act regulations it says could threaten the safety of its volunteer editors … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gaby Del Valle / The Verge: A federal judge in Florida dismisses most claims against celebrities who endorsed FTX, ruling that they were “uninformed” and “reckless” but not fraudulent  —  The famous people who endorsed FTX were ‘uninformed’ and ‘reckless’ but not fraudulent, the judge ruled. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paul Sandle / Reuters: The UK says the Digital Services Tax remains unchanged under the trade deal agreed between the US and the UK, both of which will work on a “digital trade deal”  —  Britain’s digital services tax, imposed on U.S. companies like Amazon (AMZN.O), Google (GOOGL.O) and Meta (META.O) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Riley Griffin / Bloomberg: Memo: Meta CPO Chris Cox says Robert Fergus will lead its Fundamental AI Research lab, succeeding Joelle Pineau; Fergus and Yann LeCun co-founded FAIR in 2014  —  Fergus co-founded the Facebook AI Research lab, known as FAIR, in 2014 with Yann LeCun, who currently serves as the chief AI scientist at Meta. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple aims to begin mass production of a chip for its smart glasses, with greater power efficiency and multi-camera control, by end of 2026 or in 2027  —  The company has made progress on the chip that it’s developing for smart glasses, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tanaya Macheel / CNBC: Bitcoin jumps above $100,000 for first time since February 2025, after President Trump announced a US-UK trade agreement; ether, dogecoin, and solana rose 9%+  —  Bitcoin on Thursday hit its highest level since February and climbing back above the key $100,000 level. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ernie Smith / Fast Company: An interview with Gumroad CEO Sahil Lavingia about working as an unpaid contractor for DOGE, moving the Gumroad code base to the MIT license, and more  —  The creator economy pioneer Sahil Lavingia on his eyebrow-raising decision to embrace DOGE—and, after thinking it over, open source. Lees verder op Tech Meme