Tech Meme

Andy Chalk / PC Gamer: A GDC survey of 3,000+ developers: 80% are currently making PC games, up from 66% in 2024, compared to 38% for the PlayStation 5 and 34% for the Xbox Series X/S  —  Interest in PC game development is higher than ever.  —  It’s kind of funny to look back on all the times PC gaming has been declared dead … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: Sources: India’s technology ministry asked Apple, Google, and other smartphone makers to provide Indians direct access to the state-backed GOV.in app store  —  India is trying to pry open the doors of the world’s biggest app stores, setting up a likely clash with Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Washington Post: Some TikTok users say the app has changed, expressing trepidation and paranoia over its complimentary mentions of Trump in its goodbye and welcome back messages  —  After TikTok briefly went dark, some users started seeing it in a different light.  —  When Alex Pearlman rejoined TikTok … Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: How Ross Ulbricht’s allies, including crypto investors, libertarian politicians, and his mother, Lyn Ulbricht, persuaded Trump to pardon the Silk Road founder  —  Libertarian and crypto allies of Ross Ulbricht, who was serving a life sentence for distributing drugs on his Silk Road website … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Briskman / Sensor Tower: State of Mobile 2025: in 2024, app downloads on iOS and Google Play dropped ~1% YoY to 136B, while revenue from IAP, paid apps, and games rose 13% YoY to $150B  —  The mobile market is stronger than ever as we enter 2025, with a recovering mobile gaming market adding to the rapid growth seen in non-gaming. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: An Indian tribunal suspends restrictions preventing WhatsApp from sharing user data with Meta for ads, temporarily lifting a five-year ban imposed by the CCI  —  An Indian tribunal on Thursday suspended restrictions that would have barred WhatsApp from sharing user data with its parent company Meta … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: Neko Health, a startup co-founded by Daniel Ek that offers AI-based full-body scans, raised a $260M Series B led by Lightspeed, sources say at a $1.7B valuation  —  Spotify founder’s body-scanning start-up valued at $1.7bn in new funding round  —  Daniel Ek’s body-scanning start-up Neko Health … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andy Chalk / PC Gamer: A GDC survey of 3K+ developers finds 80% are currently making PC games, up from 66% in 2024, versus 38% for the PlayStation 5 and 34% for the Xbox Series X/S  —  Interest in PC game development is higher than ever.  —  It’s kind of funny to look back on all the times PC gaming has been declared dead … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Naomi Nix / Washington Post: An interview with Pinterest CEO Bill Ready on why his company is backing US state laws to restrict cellphone use in classrooms  —  The photo-sharing app is backing state laws that restrict cellphone use in classrooms amid a political reckoning over youth safety online. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: Neko Health, a startup co-founded by Daniel Ek that offers AI-based full-body scans, has raised $260M led by Lightspeed, sources say at a $1.7B valuation  —  Spotify founder’s body-scanning start-up valued at $1.7bn in new funding round  —  Daniel Ek’s body-scanning start-up Neko Health … Lees verder op Tech Meme