Tech Meme

CoinDesk: Trump-backed World Liberty Financial crypto project gets off to a bumpy start, as its website crashes and WLFI token sales fall far short of the $300M target  —  A blockchain wallet connected to the token holds nearly $4 million worth of ether (ETH), $1.2 million of tether (USDT) and around $250,000 USD Coin (USDC) tokens. Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: Trump signaled he wouldn’t break up Google if he regained the presidency, saying “China is afraid of Google” and questioning if it might “destroy the company”  —  The former president also said he would do “something” to make Google “more fair” if he regained the presidency. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Umar Shakir / The Verge: YouTube rolls out a new “captured with a camera” label, using the C2PA standard to detect if the video came from a real camera with unaltered footage and sound  —  YouTube is rolling out new labels that tell if uploaded videos come from a real camera with unaltered footage and sound. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: A teardown of Microsoft’s disk-less Xbox Series X, which was released today, shows a redesigned motherboard, a 6nm chip, and a new cooling system  —  Microsoft’s discless Xbox Series X goes on sale today, and while it looks slightly different on the outside thanks to a white paint job and lack … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cagan Koc / Bloomberg: ASML reports Q3 order bookings down 53% QoQ to €2.6B, far below €5.39B est., and Q3 net income of €2.1B, in results apparently released early; ASML drops 15%+  —  – The chip gear maker’s orders missed estimates in third quarter  — ASML cut its guidance for next year on chip sector weakness Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Analytics software provider Amplitude acquires Command AI, an app user engagement startup formerly called CommandBar that raised $23.8M, a source says for $45M+  —  Amplitude, a publicly traded company that makes digital analytics software, has acquired Command AI, an app user engagement startup formerly known as CommandBar. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: Port, which offers DevOps services, raised a $35M Series B led by Accel and says its revenue is up 7x in the last 12 months while its customer base grew 8x  —  DevOps platform startup Port IO Ltd. has closed on its biggest funding round to date, raising $35 million in an investment led by Accel. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Meta rolls out “activity status” to Threads that shows a green dot next to a user’s profile picture to show the user is online, if they have the feature enabled  —  Meta is adding an “activity status” to Threads so that you can see who’s actively online as you’re scrolling your feed. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cagan Koc / Bloomberg: ASML reports Q3 order bookings down 53% QoQ to €2.6B, far below €5.39B est., and Q3 net income of €2.1B, in results apparently released early; ASML drops 15%+  —  – The chip gear maker’s orders missed estimates in third quarter  — ASML cut its guidance for next year on chip sector weakness Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brandon Vigliarolo / The Register: Court filing: VMware agrees to pay $102.5M to settle a securities fraud class action lawsuit that could apply to those who traded its stock from 2018 to 2020  —  Old accusations of securities fraud continue to dog VMware, with the virtualization juggernaut agreeing to pay $102.5 million … Lees verder op Tech Meme