Stephen Shankland / CNET: A deep dive into the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro’s camera tech, like Video Boost, which uses AI processing in Google’s datacenters to dramatically improve image quality  —  With its Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro smartphones, Google is bringing its big guns to the battle for smartphone photo and video leadership. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Julia Moskin / New York Times: Blackbird, a restaurant loyalty tool founded by Resy and Eater co-founder Ben Leventhal and which uses the $FLY native token, raised a $24M Series A led by a16z  —  Ben Leventhal says Blackbird will give many independent restaurants the means to identify and reward regulars for the first time. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google rolls out emoji reactions in Gmail for Android, coming to iOS and the web “over the next few months”; non-Gmail users may get emoji reactions as an email  —  Google is bringing emoji reactions to email, starting with Gmail for Android, to let you “express yourself and quickly respond.” Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: Memo: Amazon is shutting down Amp, its live audio streaming app launched in March 2022 that let users act like DJs by playing music and talking alongside songs  —  The service launched in March 2022 following a frenzy around live-audio services during the pandemic. Lees verder op Tech Meme