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

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

Reuters: Canada tries to address C-18 bill concerns, saying Google would pay ~$126.6M and Meta would pay ~$44M a year to publishers; Meta says it will 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

Vishal Chawla / The Block: Herodotus and StarkWare unveil a developer tool that can verify data at any point in Ethereum’s history, overcoming the last 256 blockhash verification limit  —  – London-based startup Herodotus, in collaboration with StarkWare, announced a tool that gives users the ability to verify data from any point in Ethereum’s history. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority: Honor says its foldable phone Magic V2, launched in China in July 2023, is coming to Europe, the UK, Latin America, and other markets, except the US, in Q1 2024  —  The Magic V2 will come to global markets roughly six months after the Chinese launch.  Ouch.  —  •  —  TL;DR 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

Steve Dent / Engadget: Sony unveils Xperia 5 V, with a 120Hz, 6.1 display, Snapdragon 8 Gen2 chip, a 52MP sensor, and a heat diffusion shield, available in late September for €999  —  It also has a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor and heat diffusion shield for gamers.  —  Sony has unveiled the Xperia 5 V smartphone … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrea Park / Fierce Biotech: Boston-based Beta Bionics, whose automated insulin dosing software the FDA approved in May 2023, raised a $100M Series D, taking its total funding to $293.5M  —  In the wake of earning FDA clearance for its insulin pump an |  In the wake of earning FDA clearance for its insulin pump … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Juliette Guéron-Gabrielle / New York Times: Paris becomes the first European capital to outlaw rented electric scooters, following a vote in April; e-scooter rental companies shift focus 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

Anton Shilov / AnandTech: Samsung reveals the world’s first 32 Gb DDR5 DRAM die, allowing the company to lower costs of high-capacity memory modules and build 1 TB 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-class … Lees verder op Tech Meme