Tech Meme

Mike Scarcella / Reuters: Apple says it will ask SCOTUS to revisit an Epic case ruling that Apple cannot keep devs from offering links in apps to payment options outside the App Store  —  Apple (AAPL.O) said on Monday it will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its challenge to a judge’s order in an antitrust case brought by … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Mastodon refreshes its official Android app with Material You support and adds 294K users over the weekend, though MAUs are still well below their peak  —  While Twitter is busy limiting the number of readable tweets and breaking its Tweetdeck app, open source Twitter alternative Mastodon … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Insider: Instagram’s Twitter-like “text-based conversation app” Threads has appeared in the Google Play store in some European countries  —  – Instagram appears to be getting ready to launch its Twitter-rival app called “Threads.”  — The app has been in development since Jan … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dave Lee / Bloomberg: Twitter offering no timeline for its “temporary” reading limits, with CEO Linda Yaccarino keeping mum, could create a perfect opening for Meta to launch Threads  —  It was a trying weekend for those who still believe Elon Musk has what it takes to turn Twitter into a success story. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Jio Platforms unveils a ~$12 4G phone in India with mobile payment tech and access to Jio’s video and music streaming services, and a $1.5/month 14GB data plan  —  Reliance’s digital arm, Jio Platforms, has unveiled a new mobile handset and associated tariff plans, the latest in a series … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: China imposes export restrictions on gallium and germanium, used to make chips and other electronics, starting on August 1, likely raising manufacturers’ costs  —  China imposed restrictions on exporting two metals that are crucial to parts of the semiconductor, telecommunications … Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: A look at the cottage industry of tech contractors in Russia, many employed by oligarch-linked Citadel Group, building digital surveillance tools for the FSB  —  Russia is incubating a cottage industry of new digital surveillance tools to suppress domestic opposition to the war in Ukraine. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: How some crypto miners want to repurpose their idle rigs to train AI models, which isn’t easy or cheap but can be more affordable than Big Tech’s cloud services  —  Demand for high-end chips allows cryptocurrency companies to repurpose idle equipment  —  The boom in demand for high-end chips powering … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: Apple and Luxshare cut Vision Pro production plans from 1M to fewer than 400K units in 2024 due to many manufacturing problems for the $3,500 headset  —  Initial hopes of 1mn shipments in 2024 launch year dashed by manufacturing problems  —  Apple has been forced to make drastic cuts … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: Pornhub blocks access in Mississippi and Virginia over age verification laws and says before it went dark in Louisiana traffic fell ~80% there due to such a law  —  Pornhub is now blocking people in Mississippi and Virginia from visiting its website over laws that would require the service to verify their age. Lees verder op Tech Meme