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

Katie Notopoulos / Business Insider: X users are asking Grok to fact check other users by tagging @grok, often on political or historical topics, as a new passive aggressive way to dunk on others  —  – People are replying to posts on X — asking Grok: “Is this true?”  — It’s a new form of dunking on someone on X, and it’s making the old Twitter an even weirder place. Lees verder op Tech Meme