Robert Stewart / NOLA.com: Filing: Globalstar signed a $64M deal with SpaceX to launch satellites for Apple’s Emergency SOS iPhone feature in 2025 — Globalstar has enlisted Elon Musk’s SpaceX to launch a host of satellites it will use to provide a communications network for an emergency Apple iPhone feature … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Reuters: Canada tries to address Big Tech’s Bill C-18 concerns, saying Google and Meta would pay publishers ~$126.6M and ~$44M per year; Meta plans to keep blocking news — Canada unveiled draft rules on Friday for a law to compel internet giants to pay news outlets, saying it was addressing … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: The manager of .ai TLD for British territory Anguilla estimates the island will make $25M to $30M from domain registration fees in 2023, up from $7.4M in 2021 — Anguilla is expected to make millions this year from a surge in demand for web addresses ending with .ai, thanks to the frenzy around artificial intelligence. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Anton Shilov / AnandTech: Samsung reveals the world’s first 32Gb DDR5 DRAM die, letting the company lower the cost of high-capacity memory modules and build record 1TB RDIMMs for servers — Samsung early on Friday revealed the world’s first 32 Gb DDR5 DRAM die. The new memory die is made on the company’s 12 nm … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Juliette Guéron-Gabrielle / New York Times: Paris becomes the first European capital to outlaw rented electric scooters, after an April 2023 vote; e-scooter rental companies are shifting to electric bikes — But the city is adding bike lanes, and scooter companies are shifting their focus to electric bikes. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Steve Dent / Engadget: Sony unveils the Xperia 5 V, with a 120Hz, 6.1 display, a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, a 52MP sensor, and a heat diffusion shield, shipping in “late September” for €999 — It also has a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor and heat diffusion shield for gamers. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: Sources: EU regulators plan to block Booking.com’s €1.63B acquisition of Sweden-based Etraveli over competition concerns; the UK CMA approved the deal in 2022 — EU regulators are set to block US online travel site Booking Holding’s €1.63bn purchase of Sweden’s Etraveli Group following concerns … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: Sources: EU regulators plan to block Booking.com’s €1.63B acquisition of Sweden-based Etraveli over competition concerns; the UK CMA approved the deal in 2022 — EU regulators are set to block US online travel site Booking Holding’s €1.63bn purchase of Sweden’s Etraveli Group following concerns … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Monica Chin / The Verge: Lenovo unveils Legion 9i, a $4,400 gaming laptop with liquid cooling, a 16 Mini LED screen, 13th Gen Intel Core i9, and a GeForce RTX 4090, shipping in October — Lenovo has announced a new Legion 9i, and it might just be the wildest thing I’ve ever seen from the Legion line. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Christine Hall / TechCrunch: NYC-based Benitago Group, an Amazon e-commerce business acquirer that has raised $380M in equity and debt over the past two years, files for bankruptcy — Benitago Group, an Amazon e-commerce business acquirer, filed for bankruptcy this week. The move comes after the New York-based company … Lees verder op Tech Meme