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Fear of Queer: Kremlin’s Hate Speech Against The Eurovision Written by Matt Wickham UCMC/HWAG analyst “A freak show.” “Dangerous to watch.” “Song Contest of a singing sodemite-leftist.” The 2024 Eurov Source : https://uacrisis.org/en/fear-of-queer-krem…

Google schedules I/O 2024 for May 14, where details on Android 15 and Android XR, AI announcements, and more are expected; the date was hidden behind a puzzle (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2024/03/14/google-io-2024-date/

Google I/O 2024 set for May 14
Following the "Break the loop" puzzle this morning, Google has announced that I/O 2024 is taking place Tuesday, May 14...

Berlin-based finmid, which makes embedded fintech solutions for SMBs, raised a €23M Series A at a €100M post money valuation, bringing total raised to €35M (Anna Heim/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/15/finmid-wolt-smbs-loans/

Finmid raises $24.7M to help SMBs access loans through platforms like Wolt | TechCrunch
finmid is building an embedded finance product that targets that relationship between marketplaces and sellers, and raised a Series A round to further build out its product and enter new markets.

AWS details its European "sovereign cloud", designed to enable greater data residency, starting in Germany, and plans to invest €7.8B in the region by 2040 (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05…

AWS confirms will launch European 'sovereign cloud' in Germany by 2025, plans €7.8B investment over 15 years | TechCrunch
AWS has confirmed its European "sovereign cloud" will go live by the end of 2025, enabling greater data residency for the region.

Vodafone sells its Italian business to Switzerland's Swisscom for €8B in cash and plans a €4B stock buyback; Swisscom will merge Vodafone Italia with Fastweb (Daniele Lepido/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Swisscom to Buy Vodafone’s Italian Business for €8 Billion, Merge With Fastweb
Swisscom AG has agreed to buy Vodafone Italia for €8 billion ($8.7 billion) and merge the carrier with its own Fastweb SpA business, fending off rival bidders including French billionaire Xavier Niel.

TikTok-funded Oxford Economics study of 1K US SMBs and 7.5K users: in 2023, TikTok drove $14.7B in SMB revenue, added $24.2B to US GDP, and supported 224K jobs (Taylor Lorenz/Washington Post)
https://wapo.st/3VfHAyq

TikTok claims its contribution to the economy is huge
The report was done with the cooperation of TikTok, which granted its authors access to information on the site.

Sources: TikTok's US revenue hit a record $16B in 2023; ByteDance revenue grew 40% YoY to $120B in 2023, with a net profit of $28B (Financial Times)
https://t.co/aKkCIIZBoU

A leaked Dell XPS roadmap details Qualcomm's "Oryon V2" series, possibly named Snapdragon X Gen2 and launching in H2 2025, and "QC Oryon V3", set for late 2027 (VideoCardz.com)
https://videocardz.com/newz/exclusive-

Exclusive: Qualcomm Snapdragon X "Oryon V2" and "V3" series arriving in 2025 and 2027 - VideoCardz.com
Dell XPS Qualcomm leak: next-gen Snapdragon X series in mid-2025 Qualcomm Snapdragon X Gen2 and Gen3 already in the planing. Qualcomm is said to be launching X Series processors this month, with the first laptops arriving as early as May 20. This is the day ASUS will introduce its first laptops powered by Qualcomm’s new […]

Walmart starts selling Macs directly for the first time, partnering with Apple to offer M1 MacBook Air for $699; Apple stopped selling M1 MacBook Air itself (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/15/walmart-m1-macbook-air-launch/

Walmart begins selling the Mac for the first time: M1 MacBook Air for $699 - 9to5Mac
Walmart is teaming up with Apple to sell the Mac for the first time. In a press release today, the...

Sea reports Q1 revenue up 23% YoY to a record $3.73B and a $23M net loss, Shopee's revenue grew 31% YoY to a record $2.95B, and expects 2024 to be profitable (Tsubasa Suruga/Nikkei Asia)
https://t.co/vY7dy81f0V

Singapore's Sea posts record revenue in Q1 on e-commerce growth
Tech group 'on track' for second straight annual profit despite stiff competition