Tech Meme

David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times: Sources: crypto executives have offered input to David Sacks on a possible Trump EO that covers several areas of crypto policy, including a Bitcoin stockpile  —  The cryptocurrency industry has pushed President-elect Donald J. Trump to establish one, creating real political momentum behind the plan. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: Netradyne, which provides AI-enabled dashcams to fleet owners like Amazon, raised a $90M Series D led by Point72 at a pre-money valuation of $1.25B  —  Distracted driving is a leading cause of car crashes — and rising auto insurance premiums, which are expected to increase in 2025. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Austin Carr / Bloomberg: A look at the legal dispute between Walgreens and Cooler Screens, which installed 10,000 smart doors that track shoppers and show ads at Walgreens’ US stores  —  A startup promised the pharmacy chain its high-tech coolers would track shoppers and spark an in-store ad revolution. Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Information: Sources: RedNote staff is scrambling to hide US users’ posts from Chinese users after China raised concerns about politically sensitive English-language posts  —  A pending ban of TikTok in the U.S. is prompting a flood of TikTok users to try out Chinese social media app RedNote. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: Earnest Analytics: ~60% of paid Gemini users kept their subscriptions six months after signing up, better than Perplexity but lagging behind ChatGPT and Claude  —  Tired of trailing OpenAI, CEO Sundar Pichai wants his Gemini chatbot to be used by 500 million people Lees verder op Tech Meme

John Reynolds / Tech.eu: Brokerage firm IG Group acquires UK trading app Freetrade for £160M; Freetrade raised ~£30m via crowdfunding and was valued at £650m in 2021 during the pandemic  —  Freetrade, the UK trading app, has been acquired by the listed trading platform and spread betting group IG Group in a £160M deal. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sara Fischer / Axios: Letter: Google told EU it will not add fact checks to search results and YouTube videos or use them in ranking or removing content, despite new EU requirements  —  – The code would require Google to incorporate fact-check results alongside Google’s search results and YouTube videos. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Carly Page / TechCrunch: US school districts hit by PowerSchool’s December breach say hackers accessed “all” historical student and teacher data; PowerSchool has 50M+ US student records  —  U.S. school districts affected by the recent cyberattack on edtech giant PowerSchool have told TechCrunch that hackers accessed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: Coinbase adds bitcoin-backed loans in the US through Morpho, a lending platform on its Base network; borrowers will post collateral and not rely on credit score  —  Coinbase (COIN) is adding bitcoin-backed loans to its U.S. product lineup, leaning on Morpho, the largest lending platform on its Base network … Lees verder op Tech Meme

John Reynolds / Tech.eu: Brokerage firm IG Group acquires UK trading app Freetrade for £160M; Freetrade raised ~£30m via crowdfunding and was valued at £650m in 2021 during the pandemic  —  Freetrade, the UK trading app, has been acquired by the listed trading platform and spread betting group IG Group in a £160M deal. Lees verder op Tech Meme