Financial Times: Thoma Bravo closed a €1.8B fund for European software deals, after opening a London office in 2023; the US PE firm has deployed €14B in Europe since 2010  —  Private equity investor’s partner says the region’s market ‘isn’t as crowded as in the US’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Italy wants to replace STMicro CEO Jean-Marc Chéry for poor performance, as the Franco-Italian chipmaker struggles to navigate a slump in chip demand  —  Italy’s government wants to replace Jean-Marc Chéry, the man at the helm of Franco-Italian chipmaking joint-venture STMicroelectronics NV, for poor performance. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Utah, South Carolina, and at least seven other US states recently proposed bills to require app store operators to check user ages, a move supported by Meta  —  Meta spars with Apple and Google over who’s responsible as child-safety advocates push for age checks Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Adobe launches an updated Photoshop app for iOS, including many design, editing, and AI tools from the desktop app; an Android app is coming “later this year”  —  It’s free and available on iOS first, with an Android version coming later this year. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Israeli startup Quantum Machines, which offers hardware tools to other quantum computing companies, raised a $170M Series C led by PSG Equity  —  Quantum computing remains a holy grail in the world of technology, but with some important breakthroughs in the last several months … Lees verder op Tech Meme