Tech Meme

Monica Chin / The Verge: LG Gram 17 Pro review: a discrete GPU, lightweight at 3.2 lbs, a 144Hz screen, and ample ports, but a flimsy chassis and not the best Nvidia GPU for the price  —  LG’s new Gram Pro is a three-pound laptop with an RTX GPU inside — a great achievement for LG and a fairly niche product for the rest of us. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sean Hollister / The Verge: Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 for XR devices, with 2.5x the GPU and 8x the AI performance over Gen 1, and the Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 for smart glasses  —  The Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 puts head and hand tracking on the chip — and the AR1 has ‘on-glass AI.’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Kraken plans to offer US-listed stock and ETF trading, a source says in the US and the UK through a new division, Kraken Securities, targeted for a 2024 launch  —  – Kraken targeting 2024 launch for stock trading: person  — Move comes almost two years after Bitcoin’s $69,000 peak Lees verder op Tech Meme

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: US v. Google: Microsoft says the company has tried for years to displace Google as the iPhone’s default search engine, but Apple never seriously considered Bing  —  – Executive testifies Microsoft sought browser switch for years  — ‘Apple is making more money on Bing existing than Bing does’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: The US DOJ sues eBay for allegedly breaking environmental laws by allowing sales of harmful products, like 343K+ devices that “defeat” vehicle emission controls  —  The U.S. government on Wednesday sued eBay (EBAY.O), accusing the online platform of violating the Clean Air Act … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Victoria Song / The Verge: Hands-on with the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses: a classic look, 12MP vs. 5MP makes a big difference, some audio leakage, and a promising tool for content creators  —  Unlike the original, I kind of see where Meta’s going with its second-gen smart glasses. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: The US and Japan warn that the China-backed BlackTech hacking group is breaching network devices, including Cisco’s, to install backdoors on corporate networks  —  US and Japanese law enforcement and cybersecurity agencies warn of the Chinese ‘BlackTech’ hackers breaching network devices … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Christine Hall / TechCrunch: B2B payments startup Slope, which in April debuted SlopeGPT as the first GPT-powered payments risk model, raised $30M led by Union Square; Sam Altman invested  —  Slope, a business-to-business payments platform for enterprise companies, closed on a venture round of $30 million to expand its business. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sean Hollister / The Verge: Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 for XR devices, with 2.5x GPU and 8x AI performance compared to Gen 1, and the Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 for smart glasses  —  The Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 puts head and hand tracking on the chip — and the AR1 has ‘on-glass AI.’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Eddie Makuch / GameSpot: Mark Zuckerberg says that Xbox Cloud Gaming is coming to the Quest 3 in December, letting users play hundreds of titles on “a massive screen, anywhere you go”  —  Get ready to play Xbox games in yet another place.  —  Xbox Cloud Gaming is already available on Xbox consoles … Lees verder op Tech Meme