Tech Meme

Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: Appfigures: ChatGPT’s app has grossed $529M since its May 2023 release, around 4x the second-highest earner, as AI app spending grew ~4x YoY to $1.4B in 2024  —  – US spends more on AI apps than other top 10 markets combined  — OpenAI’s app has earned several times more than next rival Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg: The UK National Audit Office says the government was operating at least 228 “legacy” computer systems as of March 2024, increasing the risk of a disruptive hack  —  – More than 200 outdated computer systems used, auditors find  — Vacancies exceeded 50% in some central government departments Lees verder op Tech Meme

bellingcat: A look at MrDeepFakes, a site with obscure ownership that hosts non-consensual deepfake porn, has close to 650K members, and gets millions of visits per month  —  This article is the result of a collaboration with German YouTube channel STRG_F.  You can watch their documentary here. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: Paris-based online corporate event booking marketplace Naboo raised a €20M Series A led by Notion Capital, and says its 2024 booking volumes grew 4x YoY to €60M  —  If you’ve ever tried to book a venue for a company event, you’ll know how onerous a task it can be. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Browne / CNBC: ASML reports Q4 net profit of €2.69B on €9.26B net sales, net bookings up 169% QoQ to €7.09B, and expects 2025 net sales of €30B to €35B, up from €28.3B in 2024  —  Dutch semiconductor giant ASML on Wednesday reported a big jump in fourth-quarter net bookings … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: DeepSeek’s app tops the US Play Store; Appfigures says the DeepSeek app has 1.9M+ downloads on the App Store and 1.2M+ on the Play Store since mid-January 2025  —  Chinese AI lab DeepSeek’s Android app has taken the No. 1 spot on the Google Play Store, mere days after the company’s chatbot app clinched … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: A look at Huawei’s HarmonyOS Next, a China-only OS decoupled from Android that is still missing many third-party apps, despite supporting some key ones in China  —  New HarmonyOS software is of existential importance to China’s tech champion.  —  Huawei Technologies Co.’s ambition … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: Carta data shows that 966 US-based startups shut down in 2024, compared to 769 in 2023, with enterprise SaaS startups accounting for 32% of the closures  —  More startups shut down in 2024 than the year prior, according to multiple sources, and that’s not really a surprise considering … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Eduardo Baptista / Reuters: Alibaba releases Qwen 2.5-Max, an AI model that the company claims “outperforms” GPT-4o, DeepSeek-V3, and Llama-3.1-405B “almost across the board”  —  Chinese tech company Alibaba (9988.HK) on Wednesday released a new version of its Qwen 2.5 artificial intelligence model … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Browne / CNBC: ASML reports Q4 net profit of €2.69B on €9.26B net sales, net bookings up 169% QoQ to €7.09B, and expects 2025 net sales of €30B to €35B, up from €28.3B in 2024  —  Dutch semiconductor giant ASML on Wednesday reported a big jump in fourth-quarter net bookings … Lees verder op Tech Meme