Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Meta, Alphabet, and Snap beat analysts’ estimates in their Q1 results, showing acceleration in advertising growth after struggling to rebound from a dismal 2022  —  A view of Google Headquarters in Mountain View, California, United States on March 23, 2024.  —  Advertising is so back. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Julie Zauzmer Weil / Washington Post: The US IRS says it spent $10.5M to develop and $2.4M to run its free tax filing website, used by 140K+ taxpayers in 12 states, and claims high user satisfaction  —  In its first year, more than 140,000 households in 12 states did their taxes with Direct File Lees verder op Tech Meme

Washington Post: TikTok users with stigmatized interests or marginalized identities express anxiety over its potential ban, as rebuilding their communities elsewhere may be hard  —  President Biden signed legislation Wednesday that could ban TikTok, leaving users in the United States who have spent years building … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: EyeEm, the bankrupt photo sharing network acquired by Freepik last year, will license users’ photos to train AI if the images are not deleted within 30 days  —  EyeEm, the Berlin-based photo-sharing community that exited last year to Spanish company Freepik after going bankrupt, is now licensing its users’ photos to train AI models. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Julie Zauzmer Weil / Washington Post: The IRS says it spent $10.5M to develop and $2.4M to run its free tax filing website, used by 140K+ households in 12 states, and claims high user satisfaction  —  In its first year, more than 140,000 households in 12 states did their taxes with Direct File  —  The Biden administration … Lees verder op Tech Meme