Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times: As TikTok faces a US ban on April 5, the ByteDance-owned app has a new ad campaign framing TikTok as a savior of Americans and a champion of small businesses  —  The popular video app, which could be banned in the United States next month if it is not sold to a non-Chinese owner … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: Quora’s Poe launches a cheaper $5/month premium tier, alongside a new $250/month plan that it says is better for more “expensive” models like GPT-4.5 and o1-pro  —  Poe, Quora’s chatbot app, launched one of its most affordable subscription options on Monday, priced at just $5 per month. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Shekoofeh Azizi / Google Developers Blog: Google releases TxGemma, a collection of open models built on Gemma that are designed to improve the efficiency of therapeutic drug development  —  Developing a new therapeutic is risky, notoriously slow, and can cost billions of dollars.  90% of drug candidates fail beyond phase 1 trials. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google debuts Gemini 2.5, first with 2.5 Pro Experimental, a “thinking” model that Google says leads on some benchmarks; available now for Gemini Advanced users  —  Following updates to the models that are available for all users, Google today announced Gemini 2.5 Pro (experimental) for Advanced subscribers and developers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Apple announces WWDC 2025 for June 9-13, which will be an “entirely online” event free for developers, with an in-person special event at Apple Park on June 9  —  Apple has officially announced WWDC 2025.  The event will take place on June 9 and run through June 13 at Apple Park in California. Lees verder op Tech Meme