|
February 22, 2025, 5:20 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times: |
Even as Trump embraces crypto, attracting millions of new investors, the Bybit hack and memecoins show how crypto remains the wild West of the financial world — Hours after Coinbase said the S.E.C. was dropping a lawsuit against it, another major cryptocurrency exchange reported a potentially record-setting theft.
More: TechSpot, CoinGape, The Independent, Hindustan Times, and SlashGear
LinkedIn: Tom Robinson and Rebecca Patterson
| Bloomberg: |
Crypto exchange Bybit says a hacker took control of one of its cold Ethereum wallets, resulting in what analysts estimate was the loss of ~$1.5B worth of tokens — - North Korean group Lazarus suspected by industry researchers — Prices of Ether, Bitcoin and other tokens decline after theft
More: BBC, DL News, CoinDesk, Decrypt, The Trail of Bits Blog, The Block, Cryptopolitan, Blockchain.News, TechCrunch, PC Gamer, Sky News, Security Boulevard, Bitcoin Insider, CoinGape, Wired, Coinpedia Fintech News, crypto.news, The Coin Republic, NullTX, Crypto Briefing, The Sun, Chainwire, 10x Market Updates, Yahoo Finance, PCMag, Türkiye Today, The Hacker News, CNBC, The Block, CryptoNinjas, ZyCrypto, BleepingComputer, Agence France-Presse, The Verge, Tech in Asia, PYMNTS.com, Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, TheStreet, Forbes, TheStreet, TradingView, Cointelegraph, Forbes, CryptoPotato, Bitcoin Insider, USA Insurance News …, Hackread, NewsBTC, Engadget, Fortune, Blockworks, Watcher Guru, CryptoPotato, The Crypto Times, The Record, Financial Times, The Block, Bloomberg, Finextra, The Coin Republic, Decrypt, Blockchain News, Reuters, The Crypto Times, ZeroHedge News, Cryptopolitan, NFTgators, Bitcoinist.com, CoinJournal, Web3 is Going Just Great, Benzinga, CryptoSlate, DL News, crypto.news, Coinpedia Fintech News, The Block, CoinGape, Crypto Briefing, and CoinDesk
Bluesky: @orobharris. X: @bybit_official, @benbybit, @benbybit, @benbybit, @benbybit, @cz_binance, @mudit__gupta, @cryptohayes, @hasufl, @ethena_labs, @jconorgrogan, @gauthamzzz, @0xcygaar, @0xngmi, @a1lon9, @0xcygaar, @gracybitget, @benbybit, @adamscochran, @tradermayne, @salsatekila, @trading_axe, @zachxbt, @martybent, @kaiz3ns, @darkcryptolord, @deltaxbt, @cz_binance, @0xracist, @heyibinance, @cryptodonalt, @nearcyan, @litecoin, @justinsuntron, @divine_economy, @panamaxbt, @functi0nzer0, @beausecurity, @arthur_0x, @jconorgrogan, @lorenzofb, @0xgaut, @pythianism, @theflowhorse, @0xgaut, @devchart, @defisurfer808, @byzgeneral, @cousincrypt0, @wolfms_, @langeriuseth, @ashcryptoreal, @jacobkinge, @bitbitcrypto, @bitmexresearch, @mdudas, @spreekaway, @zhusu, @cobie, @0xfinish, and @mdudas
LinkedIn: Anastasios Papadopoulos and Todd H Baker
Forums: r/news, r/technology, and Slashdot
| RT Watson / The Block: |
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
An investigation details how Chinese cybercrime groups are turning phished payment card data into new Apple or Google wallets for online and in-store use — Carding — the underground business of stealing, selling and swiping stolen payment card data — has long been the dominion of Russia-based hackers.
More: KrebsOnSecurity on YouTube. Bluesky: @dylanreeve.com and @kyloson.com
Mastodon: @rogeragrimes@infosec.exchange and @briankrebs@infosec.exchange
| Davide Castelvecchi / Scientific American: |
Some physicists are skeptical about Microsoft's claims of achieving a quantum computing breakthrough with Majorana 1, citing the lack of detailed evidence — With its ‘topological’ quantum computers, Microsoft aims to reach useful scales faster than competing technologies
More: Shtetl-Optimized, Popular Mechanics, Wired, Wall Street Journal, The Conversation, The Indian Express, and ZDNET
Bluesky: @stagefright, @castelvecchi, @lizziegibney, and @annamerlan
| Kendra Barnett / Adweek: |
X is rolling out Grok-powered AI tools for advertisers to generate ready-to-use ad copy and imagery and provide campaign performance analysis — The company is betting on AI to help recover some of the millions it has shed in ad revenue over the last two years| Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk: |
DefiLlama: Bybit experienced a “bank run” of over $4B after the ~$1.5B hack, leading to a ~$5.5B total outflow; CEO says “about 50%” of funds were withdrawn — Major cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has seen total outflows of over $5.5 billion after it suffered … | Erin Griffith / New York Times: |
Many SV startups are using AI to boost productivity in research, coding, and more, reducing reliance on VC money for hiring, fueling “tiny team” success stories — Tech start-ups typically raised huge sums to hire armies of workers and grow fast.
Bluesky: @aaronosaur.us. Mastodon: @jchyip@mastodon.online. X: @gjain, @bittingthembits, @stevelohr, and @tmrohan
LinkedIn: James Fox, Grant Lee, Prasad Thammineni, Ryan Sapper, Kristin Fracchia, and Erin Griffith
| Bloomberg: |
The Hang Seng Tech Index, which tracks the top 30 Hong Kong-listed tech firms, rose 6.5% on February 21, hitting its highest level since early 2022 — - Alibaba, Bilibili, Lenovo surge in HK after reporting results — Xi's meeting with sector leaders is another catalyst: analyst| Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times: |
Alibaba's Hong Kong-listed shares jumped 14.6% on February 21 after CEO Eddie Wu said it would invest “aggressively” in AI; Alibaba's HK stock is up 70.36% YTD — Chinese tech group says it will spend more on artificial intelligence in next three years than over past decade
More: Tech in Asia, ZeroHedge News, eWeek, and Bloomberg
| Sigal Samuel / Vox: |
A look at the debate about whether AI models can truly reason, as some researchers describe the current pattern of reasoning as “jagged intelligence” — The AI world is moving so fast that it's easy to get lost amid the flurry of shiny new products.| Daniel Cancel / Bloomberg: |
Latin American e-commerce giant MercadoLibre's stock reached a record high on February 21 after it reported a record $639M net income on $6.1B in revenue in Q4 — - Latin America e-commerce, fintech giant blows away estimates — MercadoLibre extends lead as most valuable Latin American firm
More: MercadoLibre, Inc. and Yahoo Finance
| Lucinda Shen / Axios: |
Renaissance Capital: 12 of 40 fintech firms that went public in the US since 2020 have given positive investor returns; only Shift4 and AppLovin are profitable — All topics — Situational awareness: OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever is raising over $1 billion for his startup Safe Superintelligence … Sponsor Posts
Subquadratic:
Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens.
Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens.
Cloudflare:
Cloudflare Connect 2026: The Agentic Conference — Stop preparing for agents. Start running them. 100+ sessions, workshops, and speakers from OpenAI, Arm, and Cloudflare across AI, security, and performance.
Cloudflare Connect 2026: The Agentic Conference — Stop preparing for agents. Start running them. 100+ sessions, workshops, and speakers from OpenAI, Arm, and Cloudflare across AI, security, and performance.
Zoho:
Step into smarter meetings: Zoho Cliq Rooms is now available on Neat devices — The meeting landscape has completely transformed over the last few years, moving from conference rooms to people joining across locations and time zones.
Step into smarter meetings: Zoho Cliq Rooms is now available on Neat devices — The meeting landscape has completely transformed over the last few years, moving from conference rooms to people joining across locations and time zones.
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.Featured Podcasts
Acquired:
Home Depot
Learn the playbooks that built the world's greatest companies - and how you can apply them as a founder, operator, or investor.
Subscribe to Acquired.
Big Technology Podcast:
Special Report: Will AI Wipe Out Humanity? (And Who Profits)
The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators.
Subscribe to Big Technology Podcast.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
The Atlantic's CEO on AI, Billionaire Owners, and Moonlighting as a Creator
Media and tech aren't just intersecting - they're fully intertwined. To understand how those worlds work, Peter Kafka talks to industry leaders, upstarts and observers.
Subscribe to Channels with Peter Kafka.
Sources:
Mark Zuckerberg on Muse, Meta's biggest AI bet yet
Candid conversations with the leaders shaping what's next in AI and the broader tech industry. Hosted by Alex Heath, who has covered Silicon Valley for more than a decade.
Subscribe to Sources.
Lenny's Podcast:
How we built Grok Bot in a month | Roman Ugarte (SpaceXAI)
Interviews with world-class product leaders and growth experts to uncover actionable advice to help you build, launch, and grow your own product.
Subscribe to Lenny's Podcast.
Invest Like the Best:
Walter Russell Mead - How America Keeps Winning
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 5:20 PM ET, February 22, 2025.
The most current version of the site as always is available at our home page. To view an earlier snapshot click here and then modify the date indicated.
From Mediagazer
New York Times:Max Tani / Semafor:
Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
| Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac: |
More: The Indian Express, Digit, BitcoinWorld, Digital Trends, iClarified, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, The Verge, TechRadar, MacRumors, and Macworld
| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
More: San Francisco Business Times, Bloomberg, and Reuters
X: @patelshrey01, @giganticbananas, @jevgenijs, and @buccocapital
| Reuters: |
More: The Hill, Euractiv, The White House, Cryptopolitan, Reuters, The Verge, Benzinga, Bloomberg, Entertainment Weekly, Financial Times, Washington Times, Livemint, and Crypto Briefing
Bluesky: @phdskat.org. X: @justinhaydenm, @atrupar, @carlholshouser, @carlholshouser, @carlholshouser, @stan_p_bluepill, and @carlholshouser
| Muyao Shen / Bloomberg Tax: |
More: crypto.news, CryptoNinjas, CoinDesk, The Crypto Basic, Decrypt, Cryptopolitan, Blockchain.News, Cointelegraph, Axios, The Block, and Crypto Briefing
Bluesky: @carnage4life. X: @dfinzer, @katiebiber, @prestonjbyrne, @nategeraci, @_jikim, @soro, and @xanderatallah
Earlier Picks
| Reuters: |
More: The Kyiv Independent, Twitchy, Seeking Alpha, Euromaidan Press, The Guardian, The Independent, The Sun, Digby's Hullabaloo, Mediaite, Benzinga, Washington Post, Notes From The Circus, Financial Times, Raw Story, The Counteroffensive …, and Voice of America
Bluesky: @jim-stewartson. Mastodon: @JulianOliver@mastodon.social. X: @prestonstew_, @phildstewart, @antonlaguardia, @kevinbankston, @ianbremmer, and @yarotrof
LinkedIn: Julien Hoez and Oleksandra Yevdokymova
Forums: r/Futurology, r/worldnews, r/PrepperIntel, r/nottheonion, r/politics, r/technology, r/PoliticalSparring, r/uspolitics, r/ukraine, r/skeptic, r/portugueses, r/Military, r/democrats, r/europe, r/inthenews, r/ASTSpaceMobile, r/politics, r/BuyFromEU, r/news, r/france, r/Starlink, r/AnythingGoesNews, r/Destiny, r/neoliberal, and r/BoycottUnitedStates
| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
More: Engadget, OpenAI, The Hacker News, OpenAI, Livemint, Loeb & Loeb LLP, Axios, WinBuzzer, eWeek, and Bloomberg
Bluesky: @sambiddle.com, @caseynewton, @skynetandchill.com, @chicagomike, @wpmacmason, @hypervisible, and @davelee.me. Mastodon: @HoustonDog@mastodon.world
Forums: r/artificial, r/technology, and Slashdot
| David Heaney / UploadVR: |
More: Apple, Apple, Apple, 9to5Mac, Ubergizmo, The Indian Express, TechCrunch, Techsponential, MacTrast, Appleosophy, Pocket-lint, AppleInsider, MacStories, Tom's Guide, The Verge, GB News, Engadget, TechRadar, and 9to5Mac
Threads: @heaney_555, @heaney_555, and @chancehmiller
X: @gregjoz, @justinryanio, @m1astra, @bengeskin, @spatiallyme, and @aaronp613
LinkedIn: Jaikannan Ramamoorthy, Justin Joung, and Gray McCarty
Forums: r/apple, r/apple, and r/VisionPro
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
More: TechCrunch, BBC, The Verge, Benzinga, The Gateway Pundit, 9to5Mac, Washington Post, Tech Policy Press, Daily Mail, Human Events, TechSpot, Metro.co.uk, Security Affairs, Ubergizmo, TidBITS, EasternEye, Bloomberg, Forbes, Telegraph, MacRumors, PCMag, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Reuters, Daring Fireball, MacTrast, Redmond Pie, Android Headlines, mjtsai.com, Financial Times, PhoneArena, Six Colors, The Indian Express, SiliconANGLE, iDownloadBlog.com, Wall Street Journal, mobilenewscwp.co.uk, and Philip Elmer‑DeWitt
Bluesky: @brunojnavarro, @carnage4life, @aricohn.com, @northamptonian, @radiobeartime.com, @chancemiller.me, and @martinsfp
Mastodon: @matt@isfeeling.social, @mshelton@mastodon.social, @ErikJonker@mastodon.social, @zackwhittaker@mastodon.social, @RabBrucesSpider1 …, and @FirewallDragons …
Threads: @benedictevans, @timothybucksf, and @parkert
X: @aditi_muses, @philrodgers, @zooko, @ggreenwald, @tomhfh, @matthew_d_green, @wcathcart, @timsweeneyepic, @timsweeneyepic, @scott_helme, @matthew_d_green, @matthew_d_green, @markgurman, @bryanglick, @vxunderground, @jamesrbuk, @davidtpegg, @willguyatt, @profwoodward, @shellenberger, @uk_daniel_card, @martynday, @migueldeicaza, @mysk_co, @jamestitcomb, @kimzetter, @bzamayo, @timsweeneyepic, @matthew_d_green, @bzamayo, @matthew_d_green, @matthew_d_green, @matthew_d_green, @dcurtis, @markgurman, @leokelion, and @markgurman
LinkedIn: Samantha Simms, Jessica Shurson, Peter Slack, Matt Abrams, Abid Patel, Joe Jones, Brian Honan, Marc Lawn, and Nigel Smart
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/news, r/privacy, r/iphone, r/europe, r/technology, r/hardware, r/technology, r/anime_titties, r/applesucks, r/apple, r/worldnews, r/tech, r/iphone, r/technews, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums