Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Elon Musk’s X and xAI all-stock merger broke Wall Street’s rulebook by having the same advisers, Morgan Stanley and Sullivan & Cromwell, working on both sides  —  The tech titan can follow his own rules when he is combining two companies he owns, but the merger is still raising dealmaker eyebrows Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Nintendo unveils Switch 2 details: a 7.9, 120fps, 1080p display, larger Joy-Con controllers, 256GB of storage, 4K games at 60fps when docked, launching June 5  —  Finally, some specs. … Nintendo has finally shared many of the key specs about the Nintendo Switch 2 as part of its Switch 2-focused Direct. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: Patreon says it now has 6.7M paid podcast subscriptions, generating $472M+ in 2024 revenue, up 35% YoY, and signs podcasting deals with Sony Music and Wondery  —  Podcasters made more than $472 million on the platform last year  —  Patreon Inc., a subscription platform for online creators … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nintendo of America on YouTube: A livestream of Nintendo’s Switch 2 event  —  Join us on April 2nd at 6 a.m. PT / 9 a.m. ET for a closer look at Nintendo Switch 2!  The Nintendo Direct: Nintendo Switch 2 – 4.2.2025 livestream will be ap… Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wikimedia: The Wikimedia Foundation says the base bandwidth demand for downloading Wikimedia Commons multimedia content is up 50% since January 2024, driven by AI crawlers  —  Since the beginning of 2024, the demand for the content created by the Wikimedia volunteer community – especially for the 144 million images … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amy Thomson / Bloomberg: Qualcomm says it is weighing an acquisition of Alphawave, which has a ~$1.3B market cap and makes high-speed chip and connectivity tech for data centers and AI  —  The San Diego-based chip firm will have to make a decision about whether to make an offer by April 29 to comply with the UK’s takeover rules … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Sources: Arm has decided not to pursue a deal after recently seeking to acquire Alphawave, a UK-listed supplier of semiconductor IP that is exploring a sale  —  SoftBank-owned chip tech provider Arm Holdings (O9Ty.F) recently sought to acquire UK-based Alphawave (AWE.L) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Sherman / CNBC: UFC signs a wide-ranging, multimillion-dollar, multiple-year sponsorship deal with Meta, which will be its “official fan technology partner”  —  TKO Group’s UFC has struck a multimillion-dollar, multiple-year partnership deal with Meta that will bring the mixed martial arts league closer … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Roblox rolls out new parental controls, including letting parents block and report specific people on their child’s friends list, building on changes from 2024  —  They’ll be able to block specific experiences, too. … Roblox is introducing new parental controls that give parents more tools … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Acton / Financial Times: Documents: the NLRB froze Janneke Parrish and Cher Scarlett’s cases against Apple pending a review after Trump nominated an Apple attorney as general counsel  —  National Labor Relations Board freezes pair of disputes after Crystal Carey nominated as agency’s general counsel Lees verder op Tech Meme