Tech Meme

Electronic Frontier Foundation: The FBI’s seizure of Mastodon server Kolektiva.social in May, part of a raid over unrelated charges, should serve as a wakeup call to fediverse users and hosts  —  We’re in an exciting time for users who want to take back control from major platforms like Twitter and Facebook. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Will Knight / Wired: How a US Navy task force is using AI to police the waters of the Gulf of Oman for pirates, a glimpse of increasingly capable autonomous systems transforming war  —  Ships without crews.  Self-directed drone swarms.  How a US Navy task force is using off-the-shelf robotics and artificial intelligence … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority: Evan Blass leaks over a dozen official images from Samsung Unpacked, showing the Galaxy Z Fold5, Z Flip5, new Galaxy Watch6, Galaxy Tab S9 tablets, and more  —  All we need to know at this stage is pricing and availability details.  —  •  —  TL;DR  — A long-time leaker has posted … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sam Rutherford / Engadget: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 hands-on: essentially the same displays and some nice upgrades, but Samsung seems to be wasting its advantage and $1,800 is ludicrous  —  Even with a new hinge, a brighter display and improved multitasking, the Z Fold’s rivals are catching up. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Victoria Song / The Verge: Samsung announces the $300+ Galaxy Watch6 and $400+ Galaxy Watch6 Classic, powered by Wear OS 4, reviving the Classic’s rotating bezel, and more  —  The Classic’s rotating bezel is back — and the display bezels are a lot thinner all around.  Oh, and here comes Wear OS 4. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dan Seifert / The Verge: Samsung unveils the $800+ Galaxy Tab S9, $1,000+ S9 Plus, $1,200+ and S9 Ultra, offering a similar design, new CPUs, and new OLED displays, shipping August 11  —  Samsung has announced its latest high-end Android tablets: the new Galaxy Tab S9, S9 Plus, and S9 Ultra. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: Samsung announces the Galaxy Z Fold5, offering the same 7.6 and 6.2 displays, Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, 50MP rear camera, a new hinge, and new colors for $1,799  —  Samsung is now on its fifth generation of foldable smartphones, with the Galaxy Z Fold 5 being the culmination of the Fold series. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Samsung announces the Galaxy Z Flip5, offering a larger 3.4 cover screen, up from 1.9 on the Z Flip 4, a new hinge, 256GB storage, and more for the same $999  —  The Motorola Razr Plus’ reign as the best flip phone might be short-lived.  —  The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 is officially here … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Twitter changes its handle from @twitter to @X, Twitter Blue to @XBlue, @TwitterSupport to @Support, and more; the previous @X owner now uses @x12345678998765  —  Twitter has changed its official handle to @X as part of the ongoing rebranding.  As a result, the original @Twitter handle is now inactive … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emilia David / The Verge: GitHub, Hugging Face, Creative Commons, and others write a paper for EU policymakers encouraging support for open-source AI models ahead of the final EU AI Act  —  In a paper sent to EU policymakers, a group of companies, including GitHub, Hugging Face, Creative Commons, and others … Lees verder op Tech Meme