Financial Times: A profile of Charlwin Mao, founder of Xiaohongshu, or Little Red Book, who claims the name references the color of his university Stanford and ex-employer Bain — A sudden surge of US users on Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, could threaten China’s Great Firewall Lees verder op Tech Meme
Politico: Congressional leaders seem flummoxed by the growing popularity of Xiaohongshu and Lemon8, an unintended consequence of the TikTok ban — The Chinese apps RedNote and Lemon8 have exploded in popularity as TikTok faces an imminent ban and the Supreme Court upheld the law forcing its sale. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Axios: CoinGecko: $TRUMP rose more than 600% overnight and was trading just over $32 as of 11AM ET, giving it a fully diluted market capitalization of $32B+ — – It also speaks to the nature of the crypto industry that someone could have $25 billion worth of something that literally did not exist 24 hours previously. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Wes Davis / The Verge: Instagram now lets users upload Reels that are up to 3 minutes long, doubling the 90-second limit, as TikTok is set to go dark on Sunday — Instagram will now let you upload Reels that are up to 3 minutes long, doubling the 90-second limit the platform had in place before, Instagram boss Adam Mosseri announced today. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Zack Abrams / The Block: Vitalik Buterin outlines “large changes” to Ethereum Foundation leadership structure, after fellow Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin called for new EF leadership — – Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, in a post on X, said “large changes” to the leadership structure of the Ethereum Foundation (EF) are underway. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: A profile of smart ring maker Oura, which was founded in 2013 in Oulu, Finland and has grown to a $5.2B company by focusing on overall health than fitness alone — Headquartered 5,000 miles from Silicon Valley, Oura’s smart ring measures heart health and can predict when you may be getting sick Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Character.AI is testing games on its desktop and mobile web apps to boost engagement, available to paid subscribers and a limited set of users on its free plan — Character AI, a startup that lets users chat with different AI-powered characters, is now testing games on its desktop … Lees verder op Tech Meme
BBC: At least four UK teenagers have been arrested in connection with 764, a “Satanist” terror network targeting children online for sexual blackmail and violence — A teenager involved in what police have described as a Satanist terror network targeting children online for sexual blackmail … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jay Peters / The Verge: Adam Mosseri says Instagram profile grids will display content as rectangles instead of squares as part of a change rolling out “over the weekend” — Instagram’s profile grids will display content as rectangles instead of squares as part of a change rolling out “over the weekend … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: Donald Trump is promoting a Solana memecoin called TRUMP from his social media accounts, with 200M $TRUMP available now and growing to 1B “over three years” — Talk about a Friday night surprise. President-elect Donald Trump’s social media accounts shared what appears … Lees verder op Tech Meme