Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Threads adds a dedicated media tab globally for photos and video, days after X and Bluesky added video tabs, and will let users tag people in photos  —  Meta’s newer social network Threads announced on Thursday that it’s introducing a dedicated “media” tab for both photos and videos … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Cybersecurity firms Netskope and Armis say “hundreds” of companies and government agencies globally are moving to block DeepSeek due to data leak concerns  —  – Ireland, Italy seek details on if citizens’ data is protected  —  Companies and government agencies around the world … Lees verder op Tech Meme

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: Fairshake, the crypto super PAC bankrolled by Coinbase, a16z, and others, says it has $116M in cash on hand aimed at the 2026 midterm election cycle  —  WATCH NOW  —  Fairshake, the super PAC bankrolled by crypto’s biggest players, announced Thursday it has $116 million in cash on hand … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: The US DOJ sues to block HPE’s $14B acquisition of Juniper Networks, arguing the deal would harm competition in the enterprise wireless equipment  —  – Justice Department files complaint in California federal court  — Company executives met with DOJ to discuss concerns this week Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephen Eisenhammer / Reuters: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum writes to Google arguing that Maps should not accept Trump’s decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America  —  Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday presented a letter the government is sending to Google arguing the Google Maps platform … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Documents: in the Biden administration’s final days, the FTC sent info demands to Uber and Lyft, as it probes whether they coordinated to limit NYC driver pay  —  – Uber, Lyft had 30 days to respond to FTC information demands  — Companies say they’re working with the FTC on the inquiries Lees verder op Tech Meme

TechCrunch: AI audio startup ElevenLabs raised a $180M Series C co-led by a16z and ICONIQ Growth at a $3.3B post-money valuation, taking its total funding to $281M  —  ElevenLabs, one of the more popular startups working in the field AI audio, said Thursday that it has raised a Series C round of $180 million … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hayden Field / CNBC: OpenAI says the US National Laboratories will use its o1 models for research; it will work with Microsoft to deploy a model on Los Alamos’ Venado supercomputer  —  OpenAI on Thursday said the U.S. National Laboratories will be using its latest artificial intelligence models for scientific research and nuclear weapons security. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft makes OpenAI’s o1 model, branded as “Think Deeper”, free for all Copilot users, after launching it in October as a paid Copilot Pro feature  —  Think Deeper first launched in October as a paid Copilot Pro feature, but it’s now free.  —  Think Deeper first launched … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: Sam Altman briefed US policymakers on the need to invest heavily in physical infrastructure with Stargate to support AI development, citing the rise of DeepSeek  —  OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman briefed US policymakers on the need to continue investing heavily in physical infrastructure … Lees verder op Tech Meme