Tech Meme

Jennifer Elias / CNBC: Waymo and Toyota announce a preliminary partnership aiming to develop an autonomous vehicle platform and enhance next-generation personally-owned vehicles  —  Alphabet-owned Waymo and Toyota on Tuesday announced a preliminary partnership to explore bringing robotaxi tech to personally-owned vehicles. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Appfigures: Google Play hosts 1.8M apps, down from 3.4M at the beginning of 2024, a 47% decline likely due to raised minimum quality requirements  —  Google Play’s app marketplace is losing apps.  —  From the start of 2024 to present, the Android app marketplace went from hosting … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Meta Developers on YouTube: Welcome to LlamaCon 2025 – Opening Session!  —  Join us as we dive into the world of AI at LlamaCon 2025.  This session features a keynote presentation with Chief Product Officer Chris Cox, VP of Llama Manohar Paluri, and Llama Researcher Angela Fan.  Together, they will explore the importance … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samantha Cole / 404 Media: Tests appear to show Instagram blocking minors from accessing AI Studio, its user-generated chatbot character platform, after recent reports on safety issues  —  Following Wall Street Journal investigations into the user-generated chatbots, AI Studio is inaccessible for users under 18 years old. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Karen Freifeld / Reuters: Sources: Trump officials are considering removing a Biden-era rule that divides the world into tiers that help determine how many AI chips a country can obtain  —  The Trump administration is working on changes to a Biden-era rule that would limit global access to AI chips … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Kan / PCMag: Intel’s next chip node, 14A, is slated for a 2027 release, will feature “Turbo Cells” and allegedly have 15-20% better performance-per-watt over the 18A process  —  The company previews the new chip node as Intel’s foundry business tries to take on TSMC and recruit more tech companies as clients. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jordan Novet / CNBC: Supermicro reports preliminary Q3 revenue of $4.5B to $4.6B, vs. $5.5B est., earnings per share of $0.29 to $0.31, vs. $0.54 est.; SMCI drops 16%+ after hours  —  Super Micro shares fell as much as 19% on Tuesday after the server maker announced preliminary results for the fiscal third quarter … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hugh Son / CNBC: SoFi plans to bring back crypto investing in 2025; SoFi chose to drop it in 2023 to get a bank charter, forcing users to Blockchain.com or to liquidate holdings  —  SoFi CEO Anthony Noto said the fintech bank will bring back cryptocurrency investing this year after a “fundamental shift” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

CNBC: Snap reports Q1 revenue up 14% YoY to $1.36B, vs. $1.35B est., and declines to provide guidance, citing macroeconomic uncertainties; SNAP drops 12%+ after hours  —  Snap reported better-than-expected first-quarter revenue Tuesday but declined to provide guidance, citing macroeconomic uncertainties … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Jacob / Bloomberg: Chipmaking equipment manufacturer ASM says orders in Q1 rose 14% YoY to €834M, vs. €808M est., but notes demand in non-AI-related segments was “sluggish”  —  Orders rose 14% from a year earlier at constant currency to €834 million ($951 million) … Lees verder op Tech Meme