Tech Meme

Wikimedia: The Wikimedia Foundation says 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

Taylor Soper / GeekWire: Seattle-based Gable, which develops enterprise data coordination tech, raised a $20M Series A led by Crane Venture Partners, taking its total funding to $27M  —  GeekWire’s startup coverage documents the Pacific Northwest entrepreneurial scene.  Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amy Thomson / Bloomberg: Qualcomm says it is weighing an acquisition offer for Alphawave, which has a ~$1.3B market cap and makes high-speed chip and connectivity tech  —  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, Qualcomm said in a statement on Tuesday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: Indian investment bank The Rainmaker Group says 36+ Indian tech startups like Flipkart and PhonePe with a combined $100B valuation are set to go public by 2027  —  – Investment bank Rainmaker sees India IPOs picking up pace  — IPOs in India have lost steam this year as stocks have dropped Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alexander Maxham / Android Headlines: Leaked Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold renders show a design similar to its predecessor; sources: the 10 Pro Fold will feature a TSMC-made Tensor G5 chip and 16GB RAM  —  Update: We’ve updated this article with the dimensions of the Pixel 10 Pro Fold. … After having released renders of the Google Pixel 10 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Clive Cookson / Financial Times: Researchers detail a new AI-powered Probability of Fire model, which they say could outperform the conventional danger forecasts used by wildfire trackers  —  New model takes into account weather forecasts as well as other factors such as levels of flammable vegetation and human activity Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amy Thomson / Bloomberg: Qualcomm says it is weighing an acquisition offer for Alphawave, which has a market cap of ~$1.3B and makes high-speed semiconductor and connectivity technology  —  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

Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia: UMC, Taiwan’s second-largest chipmaker, opened a $5B plant in Singapore featuring 22nm and 28nm manufacturing technology; mass production won’t start until 2026  —  TAIPEI — Taiwan’s second-largest chipmaker, United Microelectronics Corp., on Tuesday opened a $5 billion plant that it describes as the … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Sources: Arm 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) to secure a crucial technology … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Qualcomm acquires the generative AI division of Vietnamese startup VinAI, following the acquisition of German AI and IoT company Edge Impulse in early March  —  Qualcomm has acquired the generative AI division of VinAI, an AI research company headquartered in Hanoi, for an undisclosed amount, the companies announced on Monday. Lees verder op Tech Meme