08:00 Nadat het Bart De Wever (N-VA) acht maanden kostte om een regering op de been te brengen, is ook de eerste begrotingsronde van Arizona een ezelsdracht geworden. Na een lange discussie over het budget …Lees verder op De Tijd
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Appfigures: ChatGPT was the most downloaded app globally in March, excluding games, with 46M downloads across App Store and Google Play, its biggest month ever — ChatGPT became the world’s most downloaded app in March, excluding games, topping the usual contenders for the No. 1 spot, Instagram and TikTok. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News: Asia’s startup funding fell 40% YoY to ~$13B in Q1 2025, the lowest funding for a quarter since $12.3B in Q4 2014; AI startup funding fell 50% YoY to just $1.8B — While OpenAI’s massive $40 billion funding boosted global and North America’s funding totals, Asia was not so lucky. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ryan Weeks / Bloomberg: Architect Partners: Q1 2025 was a record quarter for crypto M&A with 61 deals and $2.2B in total deal value, including Kraken’s $1.5B acquisition of NinjaTrader — A false dawn for M&A? — Is the crypto M&A boom for real? We asked Casper Johansen, partner at The Spartan Group, a digital assets advisory firm. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Meaghan Tobin / New York Times: ByteDance, which spent an estimated $11B in 2024 on infrastructure for AI, is using data from ~1B users of its apps as the linchpin of its growing AI business — A set of popular apps helped China’s ByteDance develop a key component of advanced artificial intelligence: information on how a billion people use the internet. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Across the Lone Star State, you’ll find plenty of internet providers to choose from. CNET’s broadband experts identified the best options for speed and value.Lees verder op Cnet
Apple may spread higher costs across all products and services, says this expert. Here's how to save if you need a phone.Lees verder op Cnet
Kate O’Keeffe / Bloomberg: US investigators are probing whether the China ties of TP-Link Systems Inc., the US-based business of Wi-Fi router giant TP-Link, pose an “unacceptable risk” — – TP-Link Systems still has sizable China presence, records show — Founder says he’s ‘chosen the US’ in company’s restructuring Lees verder op Tech Meme
Counterpoint Research: In Q1 2025, SK Hynix overtook Samsung for the first time to lead global DRAM revenues with a 36% share, driven by its dominant 70% market share in HBM — – SK Hynix takes lead for first time ever in DRAM, grabbing 36% share of revenues in Q1 2025 — In particular, the company dominated in critical HBM with 70% market share Lees verder op Tech Meme
Financial Times: Bain Capital agrees to buy Blackstone-backed HealthEdge, which offers SaaS for health insurers to modernize their systems, sources say for ~$2.6B including debt — Sale of US healthcare software company grants two-fold return on investment — Private equity firm Bain Capital has struck … Lees verder op Tech Meme