Tech Meme

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Motorola launches two Razr phones, including the $999 Razr Plus with a 3.6 outer display, an inner 6.9 165Hz 1080p panel, and Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset  —  Moto is adding two new foldables, led by the Razr Plus.  Its 3.6-inch cover screen makes it more than just a nostalgic tribute to your favorite 2000s flip phone. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: WordPress.com launches paid newsletters, with the option available to all WordPress.com blogs, even those on the free plan  —  WordPress.com is taking on Substack and others with today’s news that its Newsletter product will now support paid subscriptions and premium content. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk: DeFi lending protocol MakerDAO’s community votes to ditch $500M of the Paxos Dollar stablecoin from its reserves, impacting roughly half of the token’s supply  —  The result is a significant blow for Paxos as MakerDAO currently holds roughly half of USDP’s total supply. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Isaac Schorr / Mediaite: The Daily Wire claims that Twitter canceled a deal to premiere What Is a Woman and threatened to “throttle” the documentary over two instances of “misgendering”  —  Daily Wire CEO Jeremy Boreing tore into Elon Musk and Twitter for allegedly threatening … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Daryna Antoniuk / The Record: FSB claims Apple helped NSA hack Russian diplomats’ iPhones; Kaspersky: unknown malware successfully targeted iPhones up to iOS 15.7 with zero-click exploits  —  Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) is accusing U.S. intelligence of hacking “thousands of Apple phones” to spy on Russian diplomats. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk: DeFi lending protocol MakerDAO’s community votes to ditch $500M of the Paxos Dollar stable from its reserves, impacting half of the token’s supply  —  The result is a significant blow for Paxos as MakerDAO currently holds roughly half of USDP’s total supply. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jessica Bursztynsky / Fast Company: Match Group announces gay dating app Archer, initially launching in NYC, followed by LA and DC in the coming months, the company’s first app for queer men  —  Dating giant Match Group announced its latest app, called Archer.  —  The app, initially launching in the New York City area, is a … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aria Alamalhodaei / TechCrunch: LA- and Bengaluru-based hyperspectral orbital imagery startup Pixxel raised a $36M Series B led by Google after launching three demonstration satellites in 2022  —  Hyperspectral imagery startup Pixxel has closed $36 million in funding as it prepares to roll out new remote sensing and analytics capabilities to customers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: As ASML reaches a ~€275B market cap, twice that of Intel, a look at the fundamental limits on making ever-smaller chips, which could finally end Moore’s Law  —  For decades, ever-tinier semiconductors have allowed huge leaps in computing progress.  Not for much longer, warn experts Lees verder op Tech Meme

AnnaMaria Andriotis / Wall Street Journal: Some Apple Savings Account users have had trouble transferring money from their accounts; Goldman representatives have given differing responses on what to do  —  Some customers said it has taken weeks to withdraw their money, and that the bank’s instructions have differed Lees verder op Tech Meme