Reuters: NOYB files complaints against AliExpress, Shein, TikTok, Xiaomi, Temu, and WeChat over claims they are unlawfully sending EU user data to China — TikTok, Shein, Xiaomi (1810.HK) and three other Chinese companies were named in a privacy complaint filed on Thursday by Austrian advocacy group Noyb … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Allie Garfinkle / Fortune: Eve, which makes AI tools for law firms, raised a $47M Series A led by a16z, and says its revenue has grown by 5x over the past eight months — For about a year, I’ve been hearing that lawyers are using AI in droves. But it wasn’t until I talked to Jennifer Gore last week that I started to understand what that meant in practice. 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
Maggie Eastland / Bloomberg: E-commerce marketing startup Rokt agrees a secondary share sale at a $3.5B valuation ahead of a 2026 IPO, and acquires customer data startup mParticle for $300M — – Rokt separately agrees to $300 million purchase of mParticle — E-commerce group has plans to go public in first half of 2026 Lees verder op Tech Meme
Bloomberg: Sources: the biggest shareholders of viral app Xiaohongshu, or RedNote, are in talks to sell part of their holdings at a valuation of at least $20B — – Existing VC backers are in talks to unload some of their stock — Xiaohongshu on track to regain 2021 peak as TikTok ban looms Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jay Peters / The Verge: Nintendo teases the Switch 2, featuring a new kickstand design and backward compatibility for physical and digital games, with more details on April 2, 2025 — The console looks a lot like the original, but it’s bigger. In the video, the Joy-Con controllers are black with colored accents, and they attach to the console magnetically. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Eric Geller / Wired: Joe Biden plans to issue a cybersecurity EO to improve the way the government monitors its networks, buys software, uses AI, and punishes foreign hackers — US president Joe Biden just issued a 40-page executive order that aims to bolster federal cybersecurity protections, directs government use of AI … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Paresh Dave / Wired: Four current Meta employees, citing internal discussions, say the actual number of full-time staff who will have to relocate from California to Texas is limited — Mark Zuckerberg said content moderation teams in California will relocate to Texas to help reduce bias. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Google agreed to buy 100K tons of CO2 removal credits from Indian startup Varaha for an undisclosed sum, marking its first deal with a carbon project in India — Google has agreed to purchase 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide removal credits from Indian startup Varaha, its first such deal … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times: UK’s Ofcom imposes robust age checks on porn sites, which could include photo ID matching, facial age estimation technology, and credit card checks — Ofcom sets out new rules that could include photo ID matching and credit card verification — The UK media regulator will make it harder … Lees verder op Tech Meme