Tech Meme

Rachel Kaser / VentureBeat: Game developer Scopely says Monopoly Go! crossed $5B in gross bookings in just 24 months, significantly ahead of the previous benchmark of 40 months  —  Scopely announced today that Monopoly Go! has surpassed $5 billion in gross bookings, and that it has hit this target within 24 months — faster than any game in mobile gaming history. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: the US is weighing a potential easing of restrictions on Nvidia chip sales to the UAE as Trump plans a visit to the country; NVDA is up 4%+  —  – UAE plans to invest $1.4 trillion in US tech, infrastructure  — Nvidia, other tech companies pushing for regulatory changes Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kevin McLaughlin / The Information: Sources: AWS is developing an AI-assisted coding service that offers features similar to Cursor and goes beyond its current coding assistant Amazon Q Developer  —  Artificial intelligence-assisted coding firms are some of the hottest startups in Silicon Valley right now, drawing attention from OpenAI, among others. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Counts / Bloomberg: LinkedIn will share ad revenue with creators for the first time, starting with 30 B2B creators, and says users now watch 36% more video content than a year ago  —  – Networking site to share ad sales with 30 content creators  — LinkedIn users watch 36% more video content than a year ago Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lindsay Clark / The Register: Redis, the popular in-memory data store, returns its main system to open source license AGPL, after facing criticism in 2024 for moving to a dual-license model  —  New plan may remain too restrictive for some developers  —  Redis, the company behind the popular value-key database of the same name … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Anthropic launches Integrations to connect apps to Claude, and expanded deep research tool Advanced Research, in beta for Claude Max, Team, and Enterprise users  —  Anthropic on Thursday launched a new way to connect apps and tools to its AI chatbot Claude, as well as an expanded “deep research” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: Epic Games says it will take a 0% store fee from developers on their first $1M in revenue per app per year, and plans to let developers launch own webshops  —  Less than 24 hours after Apple’s legal defeat over its App Store model, Epic Games is wasting no time. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rebecca Szkutak / TechCrunch: Data integration company Fivetran acquires Census, which helps companies move data out of databases and into operational tools and was valued at $630M in 2022  —  After nearly 13 years in business, Fivetran will now be able to offer its customers an end-to-end data movement solution. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cecilia D’Anastasio / Bloomberg: Roblox reports Q1 revenue up 29% YoY to ~$1B, Bookings up 31% YoY to ~$1.21B, above $1.11B est., and DAUs up 26% YoY to 97.8M, above 93.3M est.; RBLX jumps ~4%  —  Daily active users rose 26% to 97.8 million in the three months ended March 31, the San Mateo, California-based company said in a statement Thursday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: the US is weighing a potential easing of restrictions on Nvidia chip sales to the UAE as Trump plans a visit to the country; NVDA jumps 4%+  —  – UAE plans to invest $1.4 trillion in US tech, infrastructure  — Nvidia, other tech companies pushing for regulatory changes Lees verder op Tech Meme