Emily Mason / Bloomberg: Fintech themes to watch in 2025: relaxed regulation under the second Trump administration, more IPOs, acquisitions, and VC funding, and more stablecoin use  —  The clouds that hung over the financial-technology industry in 2024 appear to be clearing as interest-rate cuts … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yueqi Yang / The Information: Sources: Morgan Stanley’s E-Trade explores adding crypto trading, if the Federal Reserve and others approve, anticipating more favorable regulation under Trump  —  Morgan Stanley’s online stock-trading arm, E-Trade, is exploring adding crypto trading in anticipation of a more favorable crypto … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: Apple agrees to pay $95M to settle a lawsuit claiming it recorded private conversations after Siri was unintentionally activated and shared the data with others  —  Apple (AAPL.O) agreed to pay $95 million in cash to settle a proposed class action lawsuit claiming that its voice-activated Siri assistant violated users’ privacy. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Blake Brittain / Reuters: GlobalFoundries and IBM settle dueling lawsuits claiming that GlobalFoundries breached a contract with IBM and that IBM misused the chipmaker’s trade secrets  —  GlobalFoundries (GFS.O) and IBM (IBM.N) said on Thursday that they have settled dueling lawsuits claiming that GlobalFoundries breached … Lees verder op Tech Meme