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Max Goldbart / Deadline: Study: in South Korea, active YouTube users spent 210 minutes per day on the service in Q4, while Netflix subscribers spent 96 minutes per day on the streamer  —  Koreans who subscribe to Netflix spent less than half that time (96 minutes) watching the streamer, which airs Korean hits like Squid Game, Love Next Door and Queen of Tears. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Smashing, an AI-powered news and social media posts aggregation app by Goodreads co-founder Otis Chandler, shuts down, citing its inability to grow quickly  —  Building an app dedicated to helping people aggregate and read news, articles and social media posts in one place is apparently a tough proposition these days. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rachel Kaser / VentureBeat: Konvoy: the gaming industry saw 43 M&A transactions and 77 VC deals in Q1 2025, and the sector is projected to be worth $186B in 2026, a 4.7% YoY jump  —  Konvoy this week released its Gaming Industry Report for the first quarter of 2025, where it revealed more information about trends in the industry … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jakob McWhinney / Voice of San Diego: US community colleges are battling a flood of fake, or bot, students who bilk financial aid by enrolling in online classes and submitting AI-generated work  —  Community colleges have been dealing with an unprecedented phenomenon: fake students bent on stealing financial aid funds. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: China bans automakers from using “smart driving” or “autonomous driving” in ads for driver-assist tech and tightens scrutiny after a fatal Xiaomi EV crash  —  China is banning automakers from using the terms “smart driving” and “autonomous driving” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Max Goldbart / Deadline: Study: in South Korea, users with active YouTube accounts spent 210 minutes/day on the service in Q4, while Netflix subs spent 96 minutes/day on the streamer  —  Koreans who subscribe to Netflix spent less than half that time (96 minutes) watching the streamer, which airs Korean hits like Squid Game, Love Next Door and Queen of Tears. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jane Lanhee Lee / Bloomberg: TSMC reports Q1 net income up 60.3% YoY to $11.1B, beating estimates, as customers stockpiled chips anticipating global trade disruptions spurred by US tariffs  —  It also stuck with a capital spending projection of $38 billion to $42 billion for 2025, despite a $100 billion additional investment … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: OpenAI and SoftBank are considering investing in the UK for Stargate as part of an international expansion, if the project proves successful in the US  —  US $500bn data centre venture looks overseas to build out global infrastructure capacity  —  Stargate, the $500bn US data … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Larry Dignan / Constellation Research: Docusign unveils AI contract agents, which can analyze agreements and surface issues that usually require human intervention, available by the end of 2025  —  Docusign launched AI contract agents, which will analyze agreements, highlight risks and surface issues that usually require human intervention. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: xAI announces a memory feature for Grok in beta that enables the AI chatbot to remember details from past conversations and give more personalized responses  —  Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, is slowly bringing its Grok chatbot to parity with top rivals like ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini. Lees verder op Tech Meme