Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: Tencent reports Q4 revenue up 7% YoY to ~$21.6B, vs. ~$21.8B est., a ~$3.8B net income, vs. ~$4.6B est., and plans a $12.8B+ stock buyback, as gaming sales slow  —  – Revenue growth in the quarter was its slowest in a year  — Tencent joins tech rivals in ramping up shareholder returns Lees verder op Tech Meme

Liz Alderman / New York Times: France begins work on “a national solution” to protect IT giant Atos, which manages nuclear data and cybersecurity, after Airbus talks failed; ATO.PA drops 20%+  —  The French government said it would seek “a national solution” to protect Atos, a debt-burdened company that serves nuclear programs and the military. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brian Westover / PCMag: Lenovo updates its $1,239+ ThinkPad X13, available as a laptop or 2-in-1, and $1,199+ ThinkPad L-series, adding a 16 model, available with Intel or AMD chips  —  The Lenovo ThinkPad family grows with new X- and L-series laptops, this time built around AI-enabled silicon from both AMD and Intel. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Bengaluru-based audio platform Pocket FM, which offers series with short episodes, raised a $103M Series D led by Lightspeed, a source says at a $750M valuation  —  India-based audio platform Pocket FM has secured $103 million in Series D funding led by Lightspeed Ventures with participation from Stepstone Group. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Muyao Shen / Bloomberg: Filing: MicroStrategy bought 9,245 bitcoin for $623M between March 11 and 18, taking its total holding to 214,246 bitcoin, worth ~$14B, or 1%+ of all bitcoin  —  – Purchase were made with proceeds from a convertible note sale … The enterprise software maker, whose corporate strategy includes buying … Lees verder op Tech Meme