Tech Meme

Jofie Yordan / Tech in Asia: Indonesia plans to ban direct transactions on social media, citing their hit to traditional markets, a blow to TikTok Shop in its first and its largest market  —  President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has decided to ban direct transactions on social media platforms in Indonesia … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: Linda Yaccarino reflects on her first 100 days as X’s CEO, says the intense public scrutiny is “hard on me”, as sources describe her relationship with Elon Musk  —  Can the chief of the company formerly known as Twitter survive Musk’s chaos and win back advertisers? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Daniel Golson / The Verge: Hands-on with Mercedes-Benz’s Drive Pilot, the first and only Level 3 system approved for sale in the US and the EU, available only on Mercedes-mapped freeways  —  Drive Pilot is a Level 3 autonomous system, meaning you can take your hands off the wheel and — more notably — your eyes off the road during certain conditions. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg: Filing: the US FTC revives its challenge against Microsoft’s $69B acquisition of Activision Blizzard, a move which may seek to unwind the deal after it closes  —  – FTC administrative hearing won’t derail deal from closing  — Companies are likely to win UK regulatory approval for deal Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dan Primack / Axios: Sources: dozens of VC firms, including Bain Capital, Lux, Mayfield, and IVP, are working with the US Commerce Department to develop “responsible AI” guidelines  —  A group of venture capital firms is working with the U.S. Commerce Department to develop “responsible AI” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ted Johnson / Deadline: Warner Bros. Discovery launches CNN Max in an open beta in the US, offering a 24/7 live news streaming feed and 900 hours of CNN Originals to Max subscribers  —  – Donald Trump Found Liable For Defrauding Banks, New York Judge Rules; Defense Attorney Calls Decision “Miscarriage Of Justice” – Update Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Florida-based Lumu, which helps enterprises identify and isolate security compromises, raised a $30M Series B, of which $6M is debt, led by Forgepoint Capital  —  Lumu, a startup that helps enterprises identify and isolate security compromises, today announced that it raised $30 million … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Cloudflare launches tools to help customers build, deploy, and run AI models, like Workers AI, which offers pay-as-you-go GPU access from the company’s partners  —  Looking to cash in on the AI craze, Cloudflare, the cloud services provider, is launching a new collection of products … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ted Johnson / Deadline: Warner Bros. Discovery launches CNN Max in an open beta in the US, offering a 24/7 live news streaming feed on the Max streaming service  —  – Donald Trump Found Liable For Defrauding Banks, New York Judge Rules; Defense Attorney Calls Decision “Miscarriage Of Justice” – Update Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dan Primack / Axios: Sources: dozens of VC firms, including Bain Capital, Mayfield, and IVP, are working with the US Commerce Department to develop “responsible AI” guidelines  —  A group of venture capital firms is working with the U.S. Commerce Department to develop “responsible AI” … Lees verder op Tech Meme