Tech Meme

Ryan Whitwam / Ars Technica: Google rolls out Gemini 2.5 Flash in preview, with support for Canvas for working on text or code; developers can disable thinking or set a token limit for it  —  Google’s Gemini AI may have had a slow start, but it has been anything but in 2025.  Barely a week goes by that another model … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Barr / Gizmodo: Framework Laptop 13 review: it’s modular and customizable, has a great keyboard and improved thermals, but it’s pricey and the screen’s brightness can be better  —  The Framework 13 now feels like a laptop that’s more than a modular, repairable novelty.  It’s now a device that’s a joy to both build and use. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Julie Bort / TechCrunch: Former YC President Geoff Ralston launches Safe AI Fund, or SAIF, providing initial funding of $100K with a $10M cap to startups that “enhance AI safety”  —  Geoff Ralston, well-known in the startup community for his years at Y Combinator, is back in the formal investing ring, he announced Thursday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Todd Spangler / Variety: Netflix reports Q1 revenue up 12.5% YoY to $10.54B, vs. $10.51B est., net income of $2.89B, and stops reporting subscriber numbers on a quarterly basis  —  Netflix is no longer reporting number of subscribers on a quarterly basis.  But it’s still motoring on a hot growth engine … Lees verder op Tech Meme

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: Global Payments shares plunge 15%+ and FIS shares jump 9%+ after Global Payments said it’s buying Worldpay from FIS and GTCR and selling Issuer Solutions to FIS  —  Global Payments shares tumbled 17% on Thursday after the company said it is buying Worldpay for more than $24 billion … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Steve Dickson / Bloomberg: Global Payments agrees to acquire Worldpay from FIS and PE firm GTCR for $24.3B and to sell Issuer Solutions to FIS for $13.5B in deals set to close in H1 2026  —  A trio of deals valuing Worldpay at $24.3 billion created a new behemoth in payment processing and cracked open a merger market that’s … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Google is offering its Google One AI Premium plan for free to US college students until spring 2026; students have until June 30, 2025, to sign up  —  That’s more than a year of free access to Gemini tools.  —  Google is the latest AI service provider to court users in higher education. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Washington Post: Sources: Tim Cook spoke to the US Commerce Secretary last week about how tariffs could affect iPhone prices before Trump exempted products from Apple and others  —  Apple’s CEO Tim Cook spoke to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick last week about the potential impact of the tariffs on iPhone prices. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: LMArena says it’s starting a company, whose corporate name will be Arena Intelligence, with plans to raise money, and releases a new beta version of its website  —  Chatbot Arena, an academic research project whose website has become a popular place for visitors to try out new artificial intelligence models, is turning into a company. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Janko Roettgers / Lowpass: Sources: Amazon plans to release its first TV streaming device with its Vega OS, used in some Echo devices, in 2025 and is courting publishers to add their apps  —  Also: AI for VR … Amazon continues to pursue a transition away from Android for its TV hardware: The company plans to release … Lees verder op Tech Meme