Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Meta is ramping up work on its first glasses with a display, codenamed Hypernova, which it could debut as early as the end of 2025 for $1,000 to $1,400  —  The company intends to introduce its first glasses with a screen as early as the end of this year — a product it sees … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: TikTok is shutting down its Instagram rival TikTok Notes on May 8, 2025, directing users to Lemon8, a similar ByteDance app with 12.5M MAUs as of December 2024  —  TikTok is shutting down its Instagram competitor, TikTok Notes, on May 8.  The photo-sharing app launched in testing in Canada, Australia, and Vietnam last year. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yazhou Sun / Bloomberg: Sources: Finland-based IQM, which builds full-stack superconducting quantum computers, is in talks to raise €200M+; IQM raised a €128M Series A2 in July 2022  —  IQM, a Finnish startup that builds quantum computers, is in talks to raise more than €200 million ($216 million) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

CNBC: Circle files for a US IPO, with plans to list on the NYSE under CRCL; Circle, which issues the USDC stablecoin, is reportedly seeking a $4B to $5B valuation  —  Circle, the company behind the USDC stablecoin, has filed for an initial public offering and plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange. Lees verder op Tech Meme

AnnaMaria Andriotis / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Visa offered Apple ~$100M to become the Apple Card’s payment network; Amex is also competing while Mastercard is trying to keep its role as the network  —  Visa, Amex and Mastercard are all competing to be the network for Apple’s credit card  —  Visa has offered Apple … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alexander Maxham / Android Headlines: Leaked renders of the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold show a design similar to its predecessor’s; sources: it will feature a TSMC-made Tensor G5 chip and 16GB of 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

Jake Kanter / Deadline: YouTube suspends two major fake movie trailer channels from its partner program, after a report on how the AI-heavy trailers generated millions in ad revenue  —  The Google-owned video-hosting giant has turned off ad revenue on Screen Culture and KH Studio trailers after a Deadline investigation chronicled … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yazhou Sun / Bloomberg: Sources: Finland-based IQM, which builds full-stack superconducting quantum computers, is in talks to raise more than €200M; it raised a €128M Series A2 in 2022  —  IQM, a Finnish startup that builds quantum computers, is in talks to raise more than €200 million ($216 million) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samantha Subin / CNBC: CoreWeave shares close up 41.8% at $52.57 in their third trading day, bouncing back above the $40 IPO price and bringing the company’s market cap to ~$24.9B  —  CoreWeave’s stock popped nearly 42% on Tuesday, bouncing back above its initial public offering price following a lackluster second trading day on the public markets. Lees verder op Tech Meme

John Hudson / Washington Post: Sources: WH national security adviser Michael Waltz and other National Security Council members have conducted government affairs over personal Gmail accounts  —  Trump’s national security adviser is trying to manage his way out of a crisis.  But new revelations about his team’s operational security are piling up in the inbox. Lees verder op Tech Meme