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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

Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters: Filing: Nasdaq-listed Qorvo reveals activist investor Starboard’s 7.7% stake, amid stiff competition and slowing orders for the company’s smartphone chips  —  Starboard Value has built a 7.7% stake in Qorvo (QRVO.O), the chipmaker revealed in a filing on Friday, as the activist investor looks to boost the company’s weak share price. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jasper Goodman / Politico: Leading crypto firms have given at least $10M to the Trump inaugural fund; Ripple, a major target of SEC enforcement action, donated $5M in digital tokens  —  Crypto executives and their lobbyists are scrambling to gain sway over the incoming administration. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Antonio Regalado / MIT Technology Review: OpenAI worked with Retro Biosciences to develop GPT-4b micro, an AI model that it says can engineer proteins capable of turning regular cells into stem cells  —  When you think of AI’s contributions to science, you probably think of AlphaFold, the Google DeepMind protein-folding program that earned its creator a Nobel Prize last year. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: TikTok says it will go dark in the US on Sunday unless the Biden admin provides a “definitive statement” to critical service providers assuring non-enforcement  —  TikTok said its services will go dark on Sunday unless the Biden administration gives a definitive statement providing assurances … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Charles Rollet / TechCrunch: Filing: ChatGPT’s head of product, Nick Turley, will testify as a witness for the US DOJ in its antitrust case against Google, as a court decides penalties  —  The U.S. government wants to prove that Google’s competitors face overwhelming barriers to entry as part of its antitrust case against the tech giant. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Karissa Bell / Engadget: Zuckerberg says there’s a “bogus narrative saying I blamed Sheryl for a bunch of stuff” and he was just addressing the origin of “bring your whole self to work”  —  Well, specifically, they want me to know.  —  On Thursday, The New York Times published a lengthy story … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matt Day / Bloomberg: Amazon suspends drone deliveries in Texas and Arizona to fix the drones’ software after two of its latest models crashed in rainy weather at a testing facility  —  – Deliveries halted in Texas, Arizona, pending a software repair  — Drone program suffering setbacks 11 years after its unveiling Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mia Sato / The Verge: Instagram adds a new tab in the Reels feed that will show videos that a user’s friends have liked or added commentary to  —  Instagram is bringing back one of its more chaotic features, now reworked for the short-form video era.  —  A new tab in the Reels feed will serve up videos … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brady Dale / Axios: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong endorses a US bitcoin strategic reserve in a blog post on “economic freedom” that calls on world leaders to embrace crypto  —  – This is the first time Coinbase has specifically addressed the idea of a strategic bitcoin reserve, doing … Lees verder op Tech Meme