@cdarwin@c.imSony’s TV business is being taken over by TCL
The two companies are planning to form a new joint venture that will carry the ‘Sony’ and ‘Bravia’ branding.
https://www.theverge.com/news/864263/sony-tcl-tv-business-partnership-takeover-announc…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSony and TCL sign a non-binding agreement to spin off Sony's TV and home audio hardware business into a new joint venture, aiming to finalize the deal by March (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/864263/sony-tcl-tv-busines…
@metacurity@infosec.exchangehttps://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-11-20/former-google-chief-accused-of-spying-on-employees-through-account-backdoor
Holy sh*t
Ritter is accusing Schmidt of stealing business out from unde…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSony and TCL sign a non-binding agreement to spin off Sony's TV and home audio hardware business into a new joint venture, aiming to finalize the deal by March (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/864263/sony-tcl-tv-busines…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialNielsen: Christmas Day 2025 set a record for US streaming usage with 55.1B minutes, or 54% of all TV viewing for the day, up by 3.9B minutes on Christmas 2024 (Rick Porter/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
@memeorandum@universeodon.comJulia Letlow announces US Senate run (Holly Duchmann/Baton Rouge Business Report)
https://www.businessreport.com/business/julia-letlow-announces-us-senate-run
http://www.memeorandum.com/260120/p56#a260120p56
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAdobe pledges ~$10M in grants and product donations in 2026 to support filmmakers, including funding creators directly for the first time (Caitlin Huston/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGreg Peters says Netflix plans to bring new content types like video podcasts to its vertical video feed, and plans to roll out a new mobile UI later in 2026 (Caitlin Huston/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Flight of the Conchords:
🎵 Business Time
#FlightoftheConchords
https://flightoftheconchords.bandcamp.com/track/business-time-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/6gpF9X9AliEO6f91LJT8Ej
@UP8@mastodon.social💸 UK charging industry could face £100m bill under business rate changes
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/02/uk-charging-industry-could-face-100m-bill-under-business-rate-changes
@macandi@social.heise.deWhatsApp will mehrere Accounts auf dem iPhone erlauben
WhatsApp prüft in seiner TestFlight-Beta die Zulassung weiterer Zugänge auf dem iPhone. Das ging bislang nur mit WhatsApp Business oder nervigen Workarounds.
htt…
@cdarwin@c.imBank of England governor
Andrew Bailey said officials
“need to remain very alert”
to how rising geopolitical tensions
could threaten financial stability,
amid growing concerns over Trump's threats to annex Greenland.
@servelan@newsie.socialUS Miner Eyes Global Rare Earths Clout With Australian Deal | Financial Post
https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/us-miner-eyes-global-rare-earths-clout-with-australian-deal
@esoriano@social.linux.pizzaAl final, te van a obligar a usar la IA para que triunfe la IA.
“Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth”
https://www.
@krone@frawas.deMörtel hätte Freude - Erst aus Lugner City geworfen, jetzt Business-Frau #News #Nachrichten
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialNielsen: Christmas Day 2025 set a record for US streaming usage with 55.1B minutes, or 54% of all TV viewing for the day, up by 3.9B minutes on Christmas 2024 (Rick Porter/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
@cheryanne@aus.socialBehind The Business
The raw, real, and unfiltered podcast that takes you behind the scenes of what it really takes to build a thriving coaching business...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/rising-coaches/
@memeorandum@universeodon.comBulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation' (ABC7)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251219/p119#a251219p119
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: internal Google data shows Gemini API calls surged from 35B in March 2025 to 85B in August 2025; Google says Gemini Enterprise hit 8M subscribers (Erin Woo/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/googles-gemini-sees-skyrocketi…
@davidaugust@mastodon.online @Mediagazer@mstdn.socialGreg Peters says Netflix plans to bring new content types like video podcasts to its vertical video feed, and plans to roll out a new mobile UI later in 2026 (Caitlin Huston/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.deflorentine_families: Padgett Florentine families
Multiplex network with 2 edge types representing marriage alliances and business relationships between Florentine families during the Italian Renaissance. Data hosted by Manlio De Domenico.
This network has 16 nodes and 35 edges.
Tags: Social, Relationships, Multilayer, Unweighted
…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialFilings: WBD projects CNN will generate $1.8B in revenue and $600M in adjusted EBITDA for FY 2026; docs show CNN had revenue of $2.2B in 2021 and $1.8B in 2023 (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeHow Sandia Labs’ Chrisma Jackson protects nuclear secrets from hackers around the clock
https://www.abqjournal.com/business/how-sandia-labs-chrisma-jackson-protects-nuclear-secrets-from-hackers-around-the-clock…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe UK Treasury committee says the government and Bank of England's "wait-and-see approach" to AI risks in the financial sector poses "serious harm" to the UK (Kalyeena Makortoff/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/
@cdarwin@c.imOver the last decade, America’s roads have become more dangerous,
with serious crashes increasing by nearly 20 percent since 2013.
Approximately 94 percent of crashes are the result of driver behavior
like speeding, impairment or distraction
— behavior that can be detected and corrected by a new generation of machine learning-enabled dash-cams.
Seamless integration between machine learning, IoT management and the cloud allows these cameras to improve safety in r…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialWAN-IFRA: news publications globally had an estimated combined revenue of $125.7B in 2025, down 0.01% YoY; print still accounted for 65% of total revenue (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialPayments using facial recognition are growing in South Korea as the tech improves; South Korean fintech app Toss has scaled its "Facepay" service to 1M users (Nami Matsuura/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/techn
@memeorandum@universeodon.comMarkets plunge as Trump reignites fears of a trade war over Greenland (Steve Kopack/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/markets/stock-market-trump-tariffs-greenland-rcna254918
http://www.memeorandum.com/260120/p116#a260120p116
@Techmeme@techhub.socialShipments of AI servers from Taiwan to the US are set to double in 2025 vs. 2024, as Foxconn, Quanta, and Wistron ramp up production to meet demand (Hideaki Ryugen/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/technology/taiwan-s-top-a…
@cdarwin@c.imThe office of the presidency in particular has never seen anything like the petty jobbery and open malfeasance of Trump and the people around him.
All misdeeds are not the same, and there is a real difference between the unseemly revolving door
between business and government — the plum position on a corporate board or an easy lobbying gig
— and a new status quo in which business leaders and heads of state give the president actual tribute in order to put themselves in the…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialMorgan Stanley: ad tiers account for 30% of Netflix subscribers and 50% of Disney subscribers; ad tiers accounted for all net subscriber additions in 2025 (Max Knoblauch/Sherwood News)
https://sherwood.news/business/netflix-and-disne…
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeKorea's Fair Trade Commission is threatening to shut down Coupang's business altogether in connection with a massive data breach.
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20260114/suspension-of-coupang-feasible-scena…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comUS added 119K jobs in September after August decline, delayed report shows (Sylvan Lane/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/business/5614582-us-jobs-report-september/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251120/p70#a251120p70
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSources: Paramount Skydance, Comcast, and Netflix bid in the first round for WBD; Comcast and Netflix are seeking just the studio and streaming parts of WBD (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/business/media/warner-discov…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAs Taiwanese chipmakers push localization to secure supply chains, suppliers to the steel, plastics, and display industries are moving into Taiwan's chip sector (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/techn
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: TSMC plans to move chipmaking tools into its second Arizona fab in summer 2026, in line with its push to accelerate US production by "several quarters" (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/tech/
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialMorgan Stanley: ad tiers account for 30% of Netflix subscribers and 50% of Disney subscribers; ad tiers accounted for all net subscriber additions in 2025 (Max Knoblauch/Sherwood News)
https://sherwood.news/business/netflix-and-disne…
@cdarwin@c.imUS prices rose 2.7% in the year to November,
according to federal data released
a day after Donald Trump claimed they were falling “very fast” on his watch.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/18/november-us-inflation?CMP=Sh…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comBessent urges Europe not to retaliate against Trump's Greenland tariffs (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/20/scott-bessent-europe-trump-greenland-tariff-us-wef-davos
http://www.memeorandum.com/260120/p51#a260120p51
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialNetflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos outlines increasing competition for customers' attention from YouTube, Instagram, linear networks that also do streaming, and more (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
@memeorandum@universeodon.comAI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns (Melissa Heikkilä/The Irish Times)
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/01/20/ai-boom-could-falter-without-wider-adoption-microsoft-chief-satya-nadella-warns/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260120/p69#a260120p69
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialTikTok's first awards show, held on December 18, handed out 14 awards, including Creator of the Year for Keith Lee; at the event, none of the screens worked (Kirsten Chuba/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
@memeorandum@universeodon.comExclusive: Trump appointee inspired by conservative media outlet to push for probe of Democratic congressman (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/trump-appointee-inspired-by-conservative-media-outlet-push-probe-democratic-2025-12-20/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251220/p61#a251220p61
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe World Economic Forum in Davos is now dominated by tech giants, whose interests shunt aside topics like climate change, as Trump and AI take center stage (Peter S. Goodman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/business/davos-trump.html
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialA look at David Ellison's potential proxy fight for WBD, which could be Hollywood's most explosive battle in terms of cost and public scrutiny (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
@memeorandum@universeodon.comHow Trump Is Using Fake Imagery to Attack Enemies and Rouse Supporters (Stuart A. Thompson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/21/business/media/trump-ai-truth-social-no-kings.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vE8.9CZD.83RGbNI6-Ysg&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/251021/p16#a251021p16
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSetapp Mobile, one of the first alt iOS app stores launched in 2024 after the EU's DMA, plans to shut down, blaming "still-evolving and complex business terms" (Tim Hardwick/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/15/setapp-mobile-eu-app…
@cdarwin@c.imTrump’s IRS chief reorganizes tax agency days before filing season
The Internal Revenue Service will reorganize its senior ranks
days before this year’s tax filing season opens
and try to use technology to become more efficient,
the Trump administration’s IRS leader Frank Bisignano told The Washington Post on Tuesday.
Administration officials named Bisignano the IRS’s chief executive,
a role that does not formally exist in the agency’s governing structur…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialCBS News and The Free Press announce Things That Matter, a series of town halls and debates, starting in early 2026, with Sam Altman, J.D. Vance, and others (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
@Techmeme@techhub.socialDataLane, which is using AI to build an identity graph to map local businesses across the US, raised a $22.5M Series A led by Amplify Partners (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2025/12/16/datalane-amp…
@cdarwin@c.imTrump’s intensifying standoff with European leaders over the fate of Greenland
prompted a sharp response from investors Tuesday morning,
with the value of U.S. stocks, dollar and government bonds all falling.
The S&P 500 dropped over 1 percent
as investors reacted to Trump’s increasing threat of higher tariffs on European allies unless they supported his plans for America to take control of Greenland.
Tuesday morning’s decline was first time the index has st…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialOpenAI and ServiceNow sign a three-year deal to integrate OpenAI's models into ServiceNow's business software, including embedding OpenAI's AI agents (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialUkraine says it plans to share nearly four years of combat data, including millions of hours of drone footage, with allies to help train AI models (Max Hunder/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defens…
@cdarwin@c.imMuch more so than in his first four years in office,
Trump has begun his second term with what amounts to an all-out assault on many of the institutions and policy paradigms that have long been seen by leaders of both major political parties as the foundations of American economic strength.
He has sought to undermine the independence of the Federal Reserve,
fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, an agency that collects key economic data,
and cut funding to …
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAndrew Thornebrooke, an Epoch Times national security reporter, resigns over its decision to sign the Pentagon's new policy and label antifa as a terrorist org (Ken Bensinger/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialLenovo reports Q2 revenue up 15% YoY to $20.45B, vs. $20B est., net profit down 5% to $340M, vs. $382M est., but adjusted net profit up 25% to $512M (P.R. Venkat/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/earnings/lenovos-quarterly-reve…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe EC introduces draft revisions to the EU's Cybersecurity Act to phase out equipment from high-risk suppliers in critical sectors, a move criticized by Huawei (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-tel
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: AI chipmaker Cerebras plans to file for a US IPO as soon as next week, targeting a Q2 2026 listing, after withdrawing its prior IPO filing in October (Echo Wang/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/ai-chip-firm-cerebras…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialThe FCC opens a review of agreements between national networks and local TV stations, including about rules controlling how stations preempt network programs (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/u…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialFoxconn Chair Young Liu says the company will spend $2B to $3B per year in AI in the next three to five years and is discussing potential investments with Japan (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-tra
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialBeehiiv expects to nearly double its annual revenue to $50M in 2026; it has 40K MAUs, including 15K paying subscribers; 1 in 7 new writers come from Substack (Jaspreet Singh/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/substack-
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSubstack challenger Beehiiv expects to nearly double its annual revenue to $50M in 2026; it now has over 40,000 MAUs, including nearly 15,000 paying subscribers (Jaspreet Singh/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/substack-
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAI music platform Suno raised $250M led by Menlo Ventures at a $2.45B valuation, up from ~$500M in 2024, and says its annual revenue has reached $200M (Katherine Sayre/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/ai-musi
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGoogle Cloud and Palo Alto Networks strike a deal that a source says is Google Cloud's largest security services deal "approaching $10B" over several years (Kenrick Cai/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/google-cl
@Techmeme@techhub.socialCrypto exchange Kraken says it confidentially filed for a US IPO, without revealing any terms; Kraken said it raised $200M at a $20B valuation on November 18 (Arasu Kannagi Basil/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/crypto-exchange-kraken-…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAustralia adds Twitch to teen social media ban; Twitch plans to deactivate accounts for 16-and-under users from Jan. 9 and bar new underage users from Dec. 10 (Renju Jose/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-tel
@Techmeme@techhub.socialIBM and Cisco plan to link quantum computers over long distances and aim to provide a proof-of-concept by 2030, potentially paving the way for quantum internet (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-tel
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialDisney and CJ ENM's Tving partner to offer bundles that combine access to Disney , Tving, and South Korean streamer Wavve at discounted rates in South Korea (Patrick Brzeski/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialInternal memo: Verizon CEO Dan Schulman says the company will begin notifying the 13,000 employees impacted by its largest-ever round of layoffs (Patience Haggin/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/telecom/ver…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAI music platform Suno raised $250M led by Menlo Ventures at a $2.45B valuation, up from ~$500M in 2024, and says its annual revenue has reached $200M (Katherine Sayre/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/ai-musi
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAdobe plans to acquire NYSE-listed Semrush, which helps companies run search engine optimization as AI use rises, for $1.9B in cash, paying $12 per share (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/d…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social60 Minutes' CECOT segment, which Bari Weiss shelved in December as it lacked an on-camera interview with a Trump administration official, airs without one (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/01/18/cbs-60-minutes-cecot/
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@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialMemo: after Sinclair bought an 8% stake, Scripps says it's exploring stations sales with "many" broadcasters but talks with Sinclair didn't lead to an agreement (Al Tompkins/Poynter)
https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2025…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialHoward Stern signs a new three-year deal with SiriusXM, after a report earlier this year suggested that his show was about to be canceled (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/howard-s…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialMemo: the TikTok US deal is set to close on Jan. 22; terms include retraining the recommendation algorithm on US user data and Oracle overseeing data protection (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
@Techmeme@techhub.socialA look at Huawei's efforts to build an independent Chinese chip supply chain; through vehicles like Hubble, it has invested in 60 chip companies since 2019 (Itsuro Fujino/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/tech/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialMemo: the TikTok US deal is set to close on Jan. 22; terms include retraining the recommendation algorithm on US user data and Oracle overseeing data protection (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialFiling: President Trump acquired corporate bonds issued by Netflix and WBD, valued as high as $1M each, in the days after Netflix announced its deal to buy WBD (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
@Techmeme@techhub.socialHow AI is pressuring Poland's economy, Europe's top location for global business services, as companies lay off staff in Krakow, the country's hub for BPO jobs (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-11-2…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGemini 3 Pro is integrated into the Gemini app, which now has 650M MAUs, and powers Google Search's AI Mode conversational search feature (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/business/google-gemini-3.html
@Techmeme@techhub.socialInside the 2026 National Retail Federation conference in New York City, where integrating AI into retail businesses was the overarching theme on the expo floor (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/business/tech-firms-ai-retailers.html
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@Techmeme@techhub.socialMemo: TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew says ByteDance's US entities will retain direct control over core US revenue drivers, including ecommerce, ads, and marketing (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/7a778d46-8bf8-4b11-af4e-5e5bd891cb9d
@Techmeme@techhub.socialQ&A with FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam, only the second CEO in the company's history, on humanoid robots, automation, AI, drones, US-China trade tensions, and more (Jordyn Holman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/business/fedex-raj-subramaniam.html…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialStockholm-based vibe coding startup Lovable raised $330M led by CapitalG and Menlo Ventures at a $6.6B valuation, up from $1.8B after raising $200M in July (Niko Gallogly/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/busines
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSamsung names mobile chief TM Roh as co-CEO and DX division head; Roh was serving as consumer business acting head since April after co-CEO Han Jong-Hee's death (Heekyong Yang/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/samsung-el…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialNokia unveils a new strategy, including plans to split its high-growth AI operations into a separate unit from its telecoms business; Nokia's shares fall 7% (Kieran Smith/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/2801df7d-1692-4788-bad7-58d6a4885d8d
@Techmeme@techhub.socialFord plans to repurpose its US battery manufacturing capacity to launch a battery energy storage business for data centers, amid a shift away from large EVs (TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/15/ford-is-starting-a-bat…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Google is offering voluntary buyouts to employees in its UK offices, following similar offers in several US divisions this year (Hugh Langley/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/google-offers-voluntary-buyouts-uk-employees-ve…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialWall Street clearinghouse DTCC selects the Canton Network blockchain as a real-world asset tokenization partner after receiving a No-Action Letter from the SEC (Ian Allison/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/12/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGoogle advises some employees on visas, including H-1B visas, not to travel outside the US due to processing delays, following new social media screening rules (Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/google-tells-visa-holders-stamp-le…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialVibe coding startup Emergent raised a $70M Series B led by Khosla and SoftBank Vision Fund 2, after a $23M Series A in September 2025, and claims 5M users (Ben Bergman/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/emergent-vibe-coding-funding-khosla-s…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialShares of Super Bank Indonesia, a Grab-backed digital lender, rose by 24% during their stock market debut in Jakarta, after the company raised ~$168M in its IPO (Ismi Damayanti/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/marke
@Techmeme@techhub.socialPE firm Everstone combines India's Wingify, which helps A/B test sites, and France's AB Tasty, which improves e-commerce UX; Everstone bought Wingify for $200M (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/20/ever
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAs TSMC readies its €10B Germany plant for 2027, its Taiwanese suppliers say they're struggling with the EU's complex permitting, labor, and environmental rules (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/technol
@Techmeme@techhub.socialNetflix's ad revenue hit $1.5B in 2025, up by more than 2.5x vs. 2024, and viewing hours grew 2% YoY in H2, driven by a 9% rise in viewing of branded originals (Dade Hayes/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/01/netflix-earnings-q4-2025-stranger-things-12…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialOpenAI CFO Sarah Friar says the company's compute grew from 0.2 GW in 2023 to ~1.9 GW in 2025 and annualized revenue grew from $2B in 2023 to $20B in 2025 (Sarah Friar/OpenAI)
https://openai.com/index/a-business-that-scales-with-the-value-of-intelligence
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe EU's General Court dismisses Amazon's request to remove its designation as a Very Large Online Platform under the DSA; platforms with 45M users qualify (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialUK online grocer Ocado's stock closed down 17.4% on November 18 after its US partner Kroger said it would close three automated warehouses in January 2026 (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-co
