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Xiaomi plans to focus on 5G phones and reduce its range in India, trying to claw back market share lost to Samsung and other rivals in its second biggest market (Sankalp Phartiyal/Bloomberg) 25-07-2023

Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: Xiaomi plans to focus on 5G phones and reduce its range in India, trying to claw back market share lost to Samsung and other rivals in its second biggest market  —  – India is smartphone maker’s biggest market after China  — Xiaomi has fallen to No. 4 after once dominating the market Lees verder op Tech Meme

Instagram rolls out creator subscriptions in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain, and the UK, expanding on support in the US (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch) 25-07-2023

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Instagram rolls out creator subscriptions in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain, and the UK, expanding on support in the US  —  Meta announced today that it’s rolling out Instagram subscriptions to all eligible creators in Australia, Brazil, Canada … Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at the impact of AI on the $200B gaming industry as some executives push for AI adoption and say the changes, while painful, can empower smaller studios (Bloomberg) 25-07-2023

Bloomberg: A look at the impact of AI on the $200B gaming industry as some executives push for AI adoption and say the changes, while painful, can empower smaller studios  —  – Entire sector is being reconfigured with AI taking over jobs  — Change is seen as painful, but necessary and inevitable Lees verder op Tech Meme

Apple faces a £785M class action lawsuit, claiming to represent over 1,500 app developers, over its App Store fees at the UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters) 25-07-2023

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: Apple faces a £785M class action lawsuit, claiming to represent over 1,500 app developers, over its App Store fees at the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal  —  Apple (AAPL.O) on Tuesday found itself the target of a 785-million-pound ($1 billion) class action lawsuit brought … Lees verder op Tech Meme

In a two-day test across top Mastodon instances, researchers find 600+ pieces of known or suspected CSAM and ~2,000 posts with the top 20 CSAM-related hashtags (Washington Post) 25-07-2023

Washington Post: In a two-day test across top Mastodon instances, researchers find 600+ pieces of known or suspected CSAM and ~2,000 posts with the top 20 CSAM-related hashtags  —  Happy Monday!  Send news tips and summer podcast recommendations to: cristiano.lima@washpost.com. Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at government-run internet referral units, starting in 2010 to police content in the UK before spreading globally, as the EU DSA mandates transparency (Paresh Dave/Wired) 25-07-2023

Paresh Dave / Wired: A look at government-run internet referral units, starting in 2010 to police content in the UK before spreading globally, as the EU DSA mandates transparency  —  Social apps prioritize content moderation tips from governments and online watchdogs.  A US court ruling and a new EU law … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The UK plans to force social media and ad platforms like Google Ads to stop scam ads including fake celebrity endorsements and pop-ups with malware (Thomas Seal/Bloomberg) 25-07-2023

Thomas Seal / Bloomberg: The UK plans to force social media and ad platforms like Google Ads to stop scam ads including fake celebrity endorsements and pop-ups with malware  —  – Ad-tech will be forced to crack down on scam advertisements  — Measures are intended to complement the Online Safety Bill Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paris-based defense electronics and cybersecurity company Thales agrees to buy US-based cybersecurity firm Imperva from Thoma Bravo in a deal worth $3.6B (Sudip Kar-Gupta/Reuters) 25-07-2023

Sudip Kar-Gupta / Reuters: Paris-based defense electronics and cybersecurity company Thales agrees to buy US-based cybersecurity firm Imperva from Thoma Bravo in a deal worth $3.6B  —  French defence electronics and cybersecurity company Thales (TCFP.PA) said on Tuesday it had agreed to buy U.S. cybersecurity company Imperva … Lees verder op Tech Meme

An in-depth look at mainframe computers, their 50+ year history, and the IBM mainframe, a business mainstay that represents most of the estimated 10,000 in use (Andrew Hudson/Ars Technica) 25-07-2023

Andrew Hudson / Ars Technica: An in-depth look at mainframe computers, their 50+ year history, and the IBM mainframe, a business mainstay that represents most of the estimated 10,000 in use  —  In this deep-dive explainer, we look at a big-business mainstay.  —  Mainframe computers are often seen as ancient machines—practically dinosaurs. Lees verder op Tech Meme

The UK plans to force social media and ad platforms like Google Ads to stop scam ads including fake celebrity endorsements, pop-ups with malware, and more (Thomas Seal/Bloomberg) 25-07-2023

Thomas Seal / Bloomberg: The UK plans to force social media and ad platforms like Google Ads to stop scam ads including fake celebrity endorsements, pop-ups with malware, and more  —  – Ad-tech will be forced to crack down on scam advertisements  — Measures are intended to complement the Online Safety Bill Lees verder op Tech Meme