Tech Meme

Jennifer Maas / Variety: Disney Q2: Disney+ subscribers down 2% QoQ to 157.8M, vs. 163.17M est., its second consecutive quarterly drop, ESPN+ up 2% QoQ to 25.3M, and Hulu flat at 48.2M  —  On the bright side, the Mouse House also managed to narrow its streaming business losses by $400 million, down 26% year over year. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brady Snyder / XDA Developers: Google launches a dedicated Labs page, where users can sign up to test Google’s early ideas for features and products, including Search and Workspace AI tools  —  Google is using artificial intelligence to improve its existing products, and you can sign up to try them in Labs now.  Here’s how to get started. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Karissa Bell / Engadget: Twitter rolls out encrypted DMs, but both sender and recipient must be verified users, no support for group messages, and message metadata is not encrypted  —  There are still some major limitations to the feature.  —  Twitter is beginning to roll out its long-promised encrypted direct messaging feature. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Steve Dent / Engadget: Google’s Search Labs lets you test its AI-powered ‘products and ideas’  —  It has AI powered search, code tips and more.  —  It’s fair to say that Google was caught flat-footed by Microsoft’s launch of Bing search powered by ChatGPT, as it didn’t have anything similar when it unveiled its own conversational AI, Bard. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jennifer Maas / Variety: Disney Q2: Disney+ subscribers were down 2% QoQ to 157.8M, vs. 163.17M est., its second consecutive quarterly drop; ESPN+ rose 2% QoQ to 25.3M, Hulu hit 48.2M  —  On the bright side, the Mouse House also managed to narrow its streaming business losses by $400 million, down 26% year over year. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tracy Wang / CoinDesk: Filings: the US Internal Revenue Service filed claims worth nearly $44B against FTX companies, including a $20.4B claim against Alameda in partnership taxes  —  The largest of the claims includes a $20.4 billion claim against Alameda Research LLC, which details nearly $20 billion in unpaid partnership taxes. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: Google plans to roll out a redesigned Home app on May 11, with a Favorites tab, new device type support, and an eventual iOS update to support Matter devices  —  A much-needed update brings greater control and customizability.  Plus, Google updates its iOS app to support Matter devices. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Google Pixel 7a review: the best midrange Android phone, with wireless charging and good performance, camera, and screen, but a slow fingerprint scanner  —  It’s $50 more than the Pixel 6A, but some key upgrades keep Google’s A-series at the top of the midrange class. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Steve Dent / Engadget: Google launches a dedicated Labs page, where users can sign up to test Google’s early ideas for features and products, including Search and Workspace AI tools  —  It has AI powered search, code tips and more.  —  It’s fair to say that Google was caught flat-footed by Microsoft’s launch … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Unity reports Q1 revenue up 56% YoY to $500M, vs. $480M est., net loss up 43% YoY to $254M, and Q2 revenue guidance above analyst estimates; U jumps 10%+  —  – Shares of Unity Software popped in extended trading Wednesday after the company released first-quarter earnings that beat analysts’ expectations … Lees verder op Tech Meme