Jessica Testa / New York Times: Spotify rolls out new ad tools, including an AI tool in the US and Canada to generate scripts and voiceovers, and pitches itself to advertisers as “nutritional”  —  After finally achieving profitability, the streaming platform wants to be a healthy alternative to “doom scrolling.” Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Weeks / Bloomberg: President Trump’s tariffs are set to disrupt the Bitcoin mining sector, with many of the largest miners based in the US and the supply chain rooted in Asia  —  Lauren Lin is in a hurry.  She has less than 48 hours to ship about 5,600 Bitcoin mining machines from Thailand to the US … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tracy Qu / Wall Street Journal: PDD-owned Pinduoduo says it plans to allocate ~$13B over the next three years to support its merchants, following other Chinese e-commerce companies  —  PDD, which also owns Temu, reported slower quarterly profit and revenue growth in the fourth quarter  —  Chinese bargain shopping platform … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matt Levine / Bloomberg: Circle’s S-1 shows that it is basically a fintech and that, as of December 31, 2024, ~85% of USDC reserves were held in a BlackRock-managed money market fund  —  Circle, slangy wealth management chatbots, private credit runs, SEC climate rules and OCC desk space. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: Cyberhaven, whose AI-powered tech lets companies detect when employees use internal data in an unauthorized manner, raised a $100M Series D at a $1B+ valuation  —  Data security startup Cyberhaven Inc. today announced that it has closed a $100 million funding round to support its growth efforts. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: Q&A with Christopher Bishop on leading Microsoft’s AI for Science lab, why scientific discovery will be AI’s single most important application, and more  —  The AI for Science lab director discusses the technology’s capability to accelerate time-consuming research Lees verder op Tech Meme