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

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

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

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

Reed Albergotti / Semafor: An interview with Replit CEO Amjad Masad, who says the company’s revenue grew 5x over the past six months after releasing a new AI coding tool called Agent  —  THE SCENE  —  Replit has had a turbulent year, but CEO Amjad Masad’s sonorous voice was almost zen-like as he spoke to me on Monday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Levingston / Financial Times: Sources: retail trading platform eToro has confidentially filed for a US IPO, seeking a $5B valuation; it was valued at $3.5B in 2023  —  Chief executive believes New York will give company access to a broader range of investors than a UK flotation  —  Retail trading platform eToro … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Eli Blumenthal / CNET: AT&T stops 5G Internet Air service in New York, as a new law mandates monthly broadband rates of $15 for 25Mbps or $20 for 200Mbps for low-income residents  —  A new affordable broadband law in the Empire State has led to AT&T dropping its 5G home internet product entirely. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE: Nvidia announces new Nvidia Inference Microservices aimed at helping enterprises develop AI agents to address issues of trust, security, and safety  —  Nvidia Corp. today announced today the release of new Nvidia Inference Microservices aimed at helping enterprise organizations develop … Lees verder op Tech Meme