Tech Meme

Eduardo Baptista / Reuters: China proposes a four-tier, color-coded system for data security incidents; for red and orange warnings, companies must notify the government within 10 minutes  —  China on Friday proposed a four-tier classification to help it respond to data security incidents, highlighting Beijing’s concern … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: DocuSign is working with advisers to explore a sale; DocuSign went public in 2018 and now has a market cap of $11B; DOCU jumps 13%+  —  Suitors for the $11 billion company could include private equity and technology firms  —  E-signature company DocuSign is working with advisers to explore a sale … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joseph Cox / 404 Media: Cox Media Group claims it can listen to consumers’ conversations through microphones in smartphones, smart TVs, and other devices and use the data to target ads  —  A marketing team within media giant Cox Media Group (CMG) claims it has the capability to listen to ambient conversations … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: Elon Musk verbally guaranteed some US banks that they would not lose money on the Twitter deal; banks face serious losses on the “uninvestable” debt  —  Banks are facing serious losses on the debt as social media platform’s business deteriorates Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Gilbert / Wired: Researchers: Microsoft Copilot answers some political queries in the US and other countries with conspiracies, misinformation, and out-of-date or incorrect info  —  Research shared exclusively with WIRED shows that Copilot, Microsoft’s AI chatbot, often responds to questions about elections with lies and conspiracy theories. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Glenn Fleishman / Retool: A look back at Yahoo Pipes, which from 2007 to 2015 let users drag and drop elements in a browser to make data feeds, influencing a generation of UI designers  —  Want to know whether the latest logged earthquakes were near you?  Aggregate 100 top news sites, but only see items that mention cats? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: YouTube creators MrBeast and Chucky Appleby launch ViewStats, which uses the YouTube API to unveil detailed stats about channels for creators and fans, in beta  —  The top YouTuber in the U.S., MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson) co-founded the new analytics platform ViewStats, which is now available in beta. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: A look at the complex structure of the OpenAI/Microsoft alliance; sources say it entitles Microsoft to up to 49% of earnings of OpenAI’s for-profit subsidiary  —  ChatGPT-maker quietly clarifies that tech giant has no equity despite $13bn investment — but is in line to make big profits Lees verder op Tech Meme

Timmy Shen / The Block: SafeMoon filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection on December 14 after the US SEC charged the company on November 1 for selling unregistered crypto securities  —  – The DeFi protocol filed for bankruptcy to a Utah court on Thursday.  —  DeFi protocol SafeMoon filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tyler Pathe / FinTech Futures: Toronto Stock Exchange operator TMX acquires a 78% stake in US-based indexing and analytics company VettaFi for $848M, after previously buying 22% for $175M  —  TMX Group, operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), has taken full ownership of VettaFi having acquired the remaining 78% stake … Lees verder op Tech Meme