Tech Meme

Todd Spangler / Variety: Alphabet says it surpassed 270M paid subscriptions, driven by YouTube and Google One, and reports YouTube Q1 ad revenue up 10.3% YoY to $8.93B, vs. $8.97B est.  —  YouTube continues to rake in money from advertisers worldwide, with the video giant’s ad revenue reaching $8.93 billion … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alphabet: Alphabet reports Q1 revenue up 12% YoY to $90.2B, net income up 46% YoY to $34.54B, Services revenue up 10% to $77.3B, and Other Bets revenue down 9% to $450M  —  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – April 24, 2025 – Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2025. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple plans to relocate its secret robotics team from John Giannandrea’s AI unit and place it under SVP John Ternus, who oversees hardware engineering  —  Apple Inc. will remove its secret robotics unit from the command of its artificial intelligence chief, the latest shake-up in response to the company’s AI struggles. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jennifer Elias / CNBC: Alphabet reports Google Cloud Q1 revenue up 28% YoY to $12.26B, vs. $12.27B est., and says AI Overviews now has 1.5B users per month, up from 1B in October  —  Alphabet, the parent company of Google and YouTube, reported first-quarter earnings on Thursday after the bell.  Share rose 4% on the results. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Meta moves Threads from Threads.net to Threads.com and updates its web app, including features to more easily access custom feeds, create new columns, and more  —  Instagram Threads, Meta’s newest social network and X competitor, is officially relocating from the website Threads.net to Threads.com. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Heath / The Verge: Meta lays off an unspecified number of employees in Reality Labs, affecting Oculus Studios teams and, sources say, staff involved in Meta’s hardware efforts  —  The cuts targeted teams working on Supernatural and other Quest apps. … Meta has laid off an unspecified number … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Phoebe Liu / Forbes: Infinite Reality, a metaverse startup that claims it is valued at $15.5B, faces questions about the legitimacy of its funding, investor identities, and more  —  Florida-based Infinite Reality claims it raised more than $3 billion from a sole unnamed investor. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hayden Field / CNBC: Motorola’s new Razr phones will include Perplexity’s AI search engine, as part of a distribution partnership that lets Perplexity gain users rather than revenue  —  Perplexity AI is getting in on the smartphone game.  —  The startup on Thursday announced a partnership to bring … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wayne Ma / The Information: Sources: earlier in 2025, Chinese authorities refused to let an Apple equipment supplier export machinery to India needed for the iPhone 17’s trial production  —  For several years, Apple has been working hard to make more of its iPhones in India so it can reduce its dependence on China … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samantha Subin / CNBC: ServiceNow reports Q1 revenue up 19% YoY to $3.09B and gives an upbeat forecast; its CEO says it had “very positive” discussions with DOGE; NOW jumps 14%+  —  ServiceNow shares surged 15% on stronger-than-expected first-quarter results and an upbeat forecast despite the uncertain macroeconomic environment. Lees verder op Tech Meme