Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: Arm plans to launch its own chip, expected to be a CPU for servers in large data centers, this year after securing Meta as one of its first customers  —  Move by SoftBank-owned chip designer threatens to upend the balance of power in the $700bn semiconductor industry Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: Meta says it will let classified ad firms in Europe pay to place their listings on Facebook Marketplace, after a pilot with eBay, following the EU’s €798M fine  —  – Company was fined €798 million by EU for abusing dominance  — Move to open up Facebook Marketplace will come with costs Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dan Primack / Axios: Slow Ventures raised $60M+ for a fund to invest in creators who are authorities on niche areas like automotive; the fund appears to be the first of its kind  —  “When we go to VCs now about creators, they say the same thing.  Which means they’re going to miss out again. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: Meta says it will let classified ad firms in Europe pay to place their listings on Facebook Marketplace, after a pilot with eBay, following the EU’s €798M fine  —  – Company was fined €798 million by EU for abusing dominance  — Move to open up Facebook Marketplace will come with costs Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: Sources: Italian spyware maker SIO created malicious Android apps that masquerade as WhatsApp and other apps; a researcher says they were likely used in Italy  —  Italian spyware maker SIO, known to sell its products to government customers, is behind a series of malicious Android apps … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: Meta says it will let classified ad firms in Europe pay to place their listings on Facebook Marketplace, after a pilot with eBay, following the EU’s €798M fine  —  – Company was fined €798 million by EU for abusing dominance  — Move to open up Facebook Marketplace will come with costs Lees verder op Tech Meme

Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk: Plasma, which is developing a bitcoin-based network designed to handle stablecoin transactions efficiently with zero-fee USDT transfers, raised a $20M Series A  —  The project, which also claims Tether’s Paolo Ardoino as an investor, aims to enhance stablecoin adoption through a Bitcoin sidechain that allows zero-fee USDT transactions. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Beatrice Nolan / Fortune: After Meta laid off 3,600 of its “lowest performers” on February 10, some say they had good performance reviews, and experts say the label is highly subjective  —  – Meta said it was cutting low performers in its most recent round of cuts.  However, some staffers and experts have questioned the company’s methods. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emma Roth / The Verge: Tim Cook teases an announcement of “the newest member of the family” on February 19; Mark Gurman reported Apple would update the iPhone SE  —  Apple will reveal its next device on February 19th.  —  Apple will reveal its next device on February 19th. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: Meta says it will let classified ad firms in Europe pay to place their listings on Facebook Marketplace, after a pilot with eBay, following the EU’s €798M fine  —  – Company was fined €798 million by EU for abusing dominance  — Move to open up Facebook Marketplace will come with costs Lees verder op Tech Meme