Tech Meme

Tripp Mickle / New York Times: Apple shares drop 7%+ after hours following Trump’s announcement that the US will impose tariffs of 46% on Vietnam, 26% on India, and an additional 34% on China  —  The iPhone maker spent years trying to move production of some products out of China to avoid tariffs.  But now that may not matter. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kif Leswing / CNBC: Tech stocks fall in late trading after Trump announced new tariffs: Amazon drops as much as ~6%, Meta ~5%, Nvidia ~5%, Alphabet ~3%, and Microsoft ~3%  —  Apple slid more than 6% in late trading Wednesday and led a broader decline in tech stocks after President Donald Trump announced new tariffs … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Source: Scale AI generated ~$870M in revenue in 2024, with its annualized run rate reaching $1.5B by the end of the year, and expects $2B in revenue in 2025  —  Startup generated revenue of about $870 million last year.  —  Scale AI, a startup that helps companies develop artificial … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google unveils a NotebookLM “Discover sources” feature, which searches the web and recommends up to 10 sources for users to add to their notebooks  —  To date, NotebookLM works by having you manually add files and links, with Google now introducing a “Discover sources” button that searches the web for you. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joey Roulette / Reuters: Amazon plans to launch the first 27 satellites for its Project Kuiper internet network on April 9, after launching two prototype satellites in 2023  —  Amazon.com said on Wednesday it plans to launch the first 27 satellites for its Project Kuiper internet network next week … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Europol says German and Dutch authorities shut down Kidflix, a CSAM streaming platform with 1.8M+ users between April 2022 and March 2025, on March 11  —  Kidflix, one of the largest platforms used to host, share, and stream child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on the dark web … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Siemens agrees to acquire Boston-based R&D scientific software company Dotmatics from Insight Partners for $5.1B, in a deal expected to close in H1 2026  —  Siemens AG has agreed to acquire Dotmatics for $5.1 billion as part of a push to provide more artificial intelligence software to life sciences companies. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: AppLovin has made a bid for TikTok and talked to casino magnate Steve Wynn about backing it  —  Trump is expected to be briefed Wednesday on a framework to keep the video-sharing app operational  —  Mobile technology company AppLovin has made a bid for TikTok and talked … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Zuckerberg is lobbying Trump for a settlement that would prevent Meta from facing an antitrust trial later this month; he visited the White House today  —  Meta Platforms CEO has visited the White House three times since the start of Trump’s second term Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Automattic lays off 16% of staff, CEO Matt Mullenweg says to become “more agile and responsive”; Automattic website listed 1,744 employees ahead of the layoffs  —  Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, Tumblr, WooCommerce, and a range of other online services, is reducing its workforce. Lees verder op Tech Meme